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Indecorously Out of Control
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colin mitchell williams
| Free verse |
riddle, society,
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What Wasted Wastes
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Eric Nelson Manley Shelman
| Free verse |
riddle, anger, angst, anxiety, cry,
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Farrago Go Again With My Gallimaufry
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matthew harris
| Lyric |
riddle, 10th grade, 12th grade,
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SOD'S LAW
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Ann Gilmour
| Rhyme |
anxiety, humorous, riddle, stress,
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Humankind
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Brandon Connor
| Lyric |
allegory, humanity, life, riddle,
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Doubt
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Babafemi Yinka Olubodun
| Blank verse |
riddle, bereavement, corruption, fantasy, imagery,
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The Path Became Bloody, The Door Forever Was Shut, Part One
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Robert Lindley
| Rhyme |
riddle, dark, deep, evil, horror,
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Cougar Fan
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Michelle Faulkner
| Limerick |
confusion, funny, riddle, word
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Realm
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Nagella Jean-Baptiste
| Epic |
future, riddle,
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HELL
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Line Gauthier
| Senryu |
riddle, innocence, integrity, mystery, people,
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Auguries
by Julian Scutts
“Robin Redbreast in a cage,”
So sweet this line from a bygone age!
But now ‘tis not the heavens that rage;
‘tis Raging Ram who now holds...
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Burlesque |
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Categories:
bird, poets, riddle,
The art of saying what cannot be for Harriet Monroe
by T Wignesan
The art of saying what cannot be
………………………………………..for Harriet Monroe
… said
………………or need not be
What's the difference if you call tinnitus or l'acouphène a 'tintement, a...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
art, death, irony, riddle,
BECAUSE THE FIRE HAS GONE ALL DARK
by jack cooper
Getting it out with a good shout
Now don't go and pout
Deep down inside so riddled with doubt
Need to find a safer route
Tired of fighting these...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
riddle, break up, emotions, friend,
I know its plagiarism - NONE
by Mick Talbot
NO THEME NONE
JULY 2018 STANDARD, ANY FORM OR NONE, ANY THEME, UPTO A MAX OF 20 lines Poetry Contest, sponsored by Brian Strand
7/9/18
Check poets notes;...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
poetry, riddle,
Humpty Dumpty Unsung Hero
by george seal
Humpty Dumpty, it was not his real name,
A nom de guerre that brought widespread fame.
...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
riddle, hero, mystery, nursery rhyme,
A Quest For Two
by Brenda Chiri
He was cool, aloof, and yes holding back
She gave too much,fell to hard and too fast
In himself he knew something he did lack
Feeling to...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
riddle, confidence, courage, dream, love
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
by T Wignesan
What's the difference…
The difference between the Short Distance's height
And the Long Distance's shallowness drawn tight
Is that neither knows the hollowness of its might
Whichever way they...
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Quatorzain |
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Categories:
fantasy, riddle,
MOON LEFT
by Paris-Maree Boreham
Ocean loved Moon,
Obeyed all his commands.
Then one night got furious,
So rolled with all the sands.
That was not enough for her
So pleased was she to...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
riddle, day, funny, love, moon,
Hallowed Hollowed
by John Anderson
At the core of a hollow is a hole
a void of emptiness
that only exists
because its surroundings
are something solid,
with something hallowed,
missing within....
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riddle,
Amnesia
by Ramesh Deshpande
Amnesia
The never ending sufferings in life
Have made me habitually insensitive
To glee for petty joys offered by life
For I have forgotten the delights of life.
Life so...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
riddle, angst, depression, mystery, philosophy,
In 100 Years
by J. I. Thomas F.
At last! We shall see the end of our toil.
Through thought, thought itself has been overcome.
For thousands of years, we bent to the soil.
'Tis virtue!...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
future, math, meaningful, riddle,
Mortar
by Cary Snowden
When I was young I helped my dad to build a wall of bricks.
He showed me how to mix the mortar so it rightly sticks.
Start...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
father, riddle,
Mrs Biddle and the Cat Called Tiddle
by Julie Dunkley
Mrs Biddle had a cat called Tiddle,
Tiddle had a wiggle in a basket, by the side of Mrs Biddle,
Mrs Biddle wasn't pleased,
she had to get...
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riddle, animal, cat, forgiveness, funny,
His Old Clothes
by Emile Pinet
Standing silent, without a single friend
defiant in the face of wind and rain;
a fragile trickster, he is part pretend,
and yet,...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
riddle, 8th grade, feelings, garden,
CruxKnot
by Greg Gaul
emotionally struck
active still
questioning questions
passionately ambivalent
ever now
dreaming thoughts
stopped start
selfish caring...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
riddle, conflict, confusion, crazy, deep,
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
by matthew harris
chin lightly nested atop
loosely peopled interlaced fingers
supported via multi purpose table
bent arms displayed elbows cocked
(approximately gabled
at ninety degree...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
riddle, 11th grade, 12th grade,
When
by Gershon Wolf
When is When When?
--When When means When?
That's when!
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Epigram |
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Categories:
riddle, word play,
The Baby Goat
by Pixie Dust
she makes her escape
while the truth is left agape
lies get video taped ...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
allegory, riddle,
Bill
by Juliet Ligon
Bill is my name, fresh-pressed, dressed in all green,
flaunting the face of a president.
I have long been your resident,
resting in your fold.
Envy may be a...
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Personification |
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riddle, giving, green, introspection, meaningful,
Natural Text
by Newton Ranaweera
Are You masculine
men manipulated
to colonize women’s mind?
Then why my mother calls You,
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Free verse |
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Categories:
beauty, mother, nature, riddle,