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The Complexus of NexusAre butterfly wing movements in Brazil the nexus
That creates our terrible tornados in Texas?
Though we may not understand the how and the why,
We should remember our words can make children cry.
Before broadcasting our gossip far...
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Categories:
butterfly, life, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
If When How Where Who And Why?Why do they say
you can't take money with you when you go?
So what do you do if you go out shopping?
The grass is 'always greener on the other side?
Not if you have a sandy beach...
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Categories:
confusion, crazy, funny, riddle,
Form: Free verse
Guess whoBorn into a band of heavenly bliss
he wrote about territorial piss
One song so deep it dripped from ceilings
liked to eat fish, coz they have no feelings?
Married a madwoman her name was (Love)?
drug addict too,...
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Categories:
allusion, riddle, visionary,
Form: Rhyme
She thinks I'm CrazyShe thinks I'm crazy and she's right
That's why she won't date me but she might
Find someone better, she hopes
She can search forever, she won't
She's trying to be choosey & its fine
She'll eventually choose me in...
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Categories:
confidence, longing, poems, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Guess WhoHe visits only once a year,
but never stops to chat,
his generosity well known,
he's jolly, round and fat...
Guess who???...
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Categories:
riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Guess Who
Born in London in eighteen eighty nine,
a 'rags to riches' story just like mine.
His childhood was full of horrid violence.
In adulthood he was the king of silence.
In silent reels of comedy he found his fame.
Moving...
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Categories:
appreciation, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Perfectly FrankFrankly, he was a man
Though not very tall,
His voice made him seem
Very big to us all ...
He could be an actor
He could even dance,
With a photogenic smile
And a dapper stance
Gentle and sweet
Known for his eyes,
Donning...
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Categories:
riddle, celebrity, character, heart, music,
Form: Rhyme
When Songs of Joy Are Sung, Deep and Full-Throated
When songs of joy are sung, deep and full-throated,
Gay lines of cheer blissfully oft' may spring;
but songs sung happily hide a secret coded
within a bard's...
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Categories:
riddle, allusion, beautiful, imagery, imagination,
Form: Sonnet
You Know WhoHe had a big schnozzola
and sang with bold hat and smile.
Heard on the old Victrola,
one of his tricks to beguile.
It was fo, lo, dee, oh, do,
in old New Orleans city.
But that was ages ago.
Then, a...
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Categories:
celebrity, city, fun, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Stir
Written: February 28, 2024
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Mayhem prevails as calm dries and stirs rise.
A ruckus erupts as words and...
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Categories:
analogy, fire, riddle,
Form: Sonnet
Unseen LinesHow shall we begin?
I'll do my best to fit in,
transcending silhouette, minimalistic.
Expressive curves, pause for a second,
what is it that you've seen?
Move in, embrace. Balance erased,
no longer in control,
unexpected, this has...
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Categories:
riddle, anxiety, art, conflict, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
myth, riddle, senses, spiritual,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
riddle,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Few Things I LikeSweet toothache
Undersigned pen names
The name of lilac and it's feels
The nature of drumbeats
Unplayed games
And how our heart, it heals
Squeezed oranges
The texture of velvet
Seldom singing wrong lyrics, that cut
Egoistic arguments
Hurried footsteps into the moon
We're all...
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Categories:
riddle, beautiful, color, desire, extended
Form: Rhyme
In The EndAwakened by song of long distant voice,
a beam of light cuts the abyss.
Serenades calling, the lost and the falling,
sneaking into lives gone far amiss.
The sound of strings breathing, emotions retrieving,
new rhythm transforming new sight.
Each serenade...
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Categories:
inspiration, poetry, poets, riddle,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Riddle Poems
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