Salty Brine of Turning Tide
...
torrents of tears flowed
when he saw a sea dragon
beached dehydrated
for he knows that it like him
could only shed tears on land
the tears were salty
welling from bag of sea brine
in the o...
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Categories:
scalded, angst, anxiety, courage, forgiveness,
Form: Tanka
Volcanic Eruption of a Soul
...In the mine of silence,
within the furnace of pain,
a burning soul, prepares for
a tremendous explosion!
The mantle rocks fractured
by the tre...
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Categories:
scalded, anger, earth, emotions, fire,
Form: Free verse
Snow
...The untimed snow rushed insulted against the glassed shoulders on the poster,
and they were made of paper, they were bare…
It cried, scalded, on the painted, colorful faces,
and they were made of ...
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Categories:
scalded, allegory, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
firefight
...
temperature rising
fire storm raging inside
her soul skin is scalded
blisters sizzle her mind
parsimony lost in translation
thoughts on autopilot and overdrive
emotions opposing each other...
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Categories:
scalded, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Heatwave
...We stepped carelessly outside
one hot August day,
to see the seething summer sun
and her wrath on us she lay.
The sweltering heat
it struck us first,
and sent us hunting for shade
dizzy with...
...
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Categories:
scalded, environment,
Form: Rhyme
HOW CAN I PRETEND : PART 1
...HOW CAN I PRETEND ?
PART 1
How can I pretend when
flutters across my chest only
prickle as your thought
arrives with doubt or hope
What is hope anyway ?
A flimsy wish built upon
a mat...
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Categories:
scalded, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
I do not read your poems
...I have held it
Caressed its jagged smoothness
Embraced its subtle metaphor
Wept in its nuanced nudity
I have been held hostage
Imprisoned by strangers
Tortured by their words
Scalded by thei...
...
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Categories:
scalded, emotions, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Critterature: The Saga of Veronica Vole
...This is the saga of Veronica Vole
Who committed the perfect crime.
She murdered three lovers,
But not all at once,
She did 'em in one at a time.
The first was a lemur,
A two-timing schemer,
...
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Categories:
scalded, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Four Seasons
...
Summer’s footprints are here,
scorching land at noon.
scalded tree leaves fear,
they will fall soon.
Dawn emits autumn hue,
cloud laces sapphire sky.
Grass dons pearly dew,
rust...
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Categories:
scalded, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Will I Still Wear My Scars?
...When this cold, broken world is healed of its sins,
and flooded with light and the warmth of your grace,
When all is reborn and remade for forever,
and time's paralyzing fear is erased from realit...
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Categories:
scalded, body, faith, religious,
Form: Free verse
Horn Had Taken a Hike to Find Father Farrell
...Find Father Farrell and Terrell
when over barrel
while incredible church is imperil
find (call) Father Farrell (Terrell)
Parish which we cherish would scream
when scalded with steam so it di...
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Categories:
scalded, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Weevil Weather
...It was not healthy,
a blunderbuss wind
had shot itself.
Strong legs for weak minds
were needed.
Therapy dogs did their best
to heal the barking mad.
Weather pattens predicted
downcast ski...
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Categories:
scalded, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Can Only Imagine How N'Ice E-Z Floe
...I can only imagine how n'ice e-z floe...
Tubby in the calving throes
breaking free and clear
shepherding, milking, and honing
rambunctious as bovine bris
versus being stymied courtesy
cow ...
...
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Categories:
scalded, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Empty Swing Swings
...The empty swing
swings gently
in the gentle
breeze that wafts
across the empty
playground park.
The dust in the foot-pans
beneath the swings
lifts up in the breeze,
swirls and curls in
a s...
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Categories:
scalded, death, destiny, earth, earth
Form: Free verse
St Remy Wine For Enemy
...He had as a friend met Remy,
Now, he is his sworn enemy:
On seeing Remy would withdraw,
Race towards any exit door,
For if Remy did, sword could draw:
A full fight or half of it sure!
A frien...
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Categories:
scalded, allusion, conflict, courage, violence,
Form: Rhyme
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