An Acute Ache
..."Can you feel the soul of an abandoned house;
can you hear the whispering? "
Quote by _Constance La France
Your ancestors had built me, brick by bric...
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Categories:
serials, house, life, old, people,
Form: Rhyme
It Was An Age When
...It was an age when
bread was delivered
by a baker in a horse and cart
and carried to the house
in big wicker basket,
and the milkman left bottled milk
on the doorstep before the sun
was up, an...
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Categories:
serials, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Sonic Sonnet
...Sonorous, saporous symphonies: strong;
soothingly spirited, sublime sweet songs.
Satisfied sigh, sees salubrious springs;
sharp, sizzling sunburn scream: saltwater stings.
Searing sharp satiris...
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Categories:
serials, sound,
Form: Rhyme
A Flash View
...As the TV screen comes alive,
Screeching with news of death,
In natural calamities and road accidents
Of war on Ukraine that kills and maims thousands
Of carnage and bloodshed,
Of gory tales of...
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Categories:
serials, anger, conflict, death, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Similar Sounds
...Sonorous, saporous symphonies: strong;
Soothingly spiritual, sublime sweet songs.
Seismically sensitive subsurface screens;
Substandard systems severe shakes scarce seen.
Searing sharp satiri...
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Categories:
serials, sensual, silence, simple, surreal,
Form: Alliteration
Ghosts of the Catskills
...I stand inside a ballroom that stretches long before me,
it is a sitting room right now, formal chairs and setees,
tall windows stretch ceiling to floor, twice as tall as a man,
with velvet drapes...
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Categories:
serials, age, appreciation, beauty, history,
Form: Rhyme
Real Freedom
...In spite of celebrating our seventy-fifth Independence Day,
Our actual freedom is still miles away.
Freedom lies in our ability to breathe fresh air.
Freedom is the ability to show our love and...
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Categories:
serials, feelings, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Knife's Edge
...I often wonder at a knife-edge.
I thank, for this, the master craftsman;
Shine or dull; sharp; or blunt like a wedge,
Within them, hides vast arts a million.
Assortments of knife-edges I know.
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Categories:
serials, art, judgement, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Wonderful World of Creative Writing
...Most people think of creative writing, as belonging almost exclusively to the genre of the world, of fictional writing. When in fact any writing involving both skill and imagination. Might loosely f...
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Categories:
serials, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Lockdown- 23rd Day
...Stream of Karnafully river flowing in calm heart
No factory dust contaminating now its bard
I'm crossing the lane of flying birds, city to city
Everyday the sky forecasts death serials without k...
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Categories:
serials, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Leave Two Eat Word Play
...“We or barn to eat good food” ass a pay-rent I say.
sand-witches and serials cane keep yew light,
see food can bee hearty,
Jews may help yew stay fit,
bred, meet, eggs, been and milk or healthy;
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Categories:
serials, humor,
Form: Free verse
Relax
...Relax;
Rather block up the ass;
Gather the Self and watch;
Let me talk my mind,
Cus’ I don’t mind,
I’m really mine!
Jesus came, and was thirsty,
And even died at thirty;
Never couldn’t buy a ...
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Categories:
serials, cry, true love, trust,
Form: ABC
Entertainment In My Youth
...Entertainment in My Youth
By Franklin Price
revised and reformatted to poetic prose
(an experiment for me)
5/28/2017
Entertainment came quite easy, I could do it for myself. The public librar...
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Categories:
serials, life, youth,
Form: Prose Poetry
Passing Clouds
...Rain hurls wetness
Public places watered;
Soaking exposure
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Dark passing clouds
Loiter and linger;
Tears from heaven
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Rainy debris
Dry leaves soaked;
Earthy te...
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Categories:
serials, change,
Form: Haiku
Haiku Oomph
...Jog at skybridge
Dusk descends swiftly;
Deep darkness sums
Side by side we
Stride brisk and fast;
Stop clock moments
A neighbour smiles
Mobile cellphone chat;
Our feet speed away
Evening echoes...
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Categories:
serials, blessing,
Form: Haiku
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