ON READING GREACIAN URN“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter” – John Keats
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Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Shape
Safety Key
Categories:
analogy,
Form: Shape
A Keyhole
Categories:
art, imagery,
Form: Shape
The Needle
wri
ting is
knitting
your life
thro ugh
a nee dle
and if
you sew
emotion
secret
you’ll
get
nu
dg
ed
a
w
e
e
n
s
y
Writing is knitting through the needle if you sew emotion, secret, you'll get...
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Categories:
wisdom,
Form: Shape
The Butterfly
Categories:
butterfly,
Form: Shape
A dripping faucet
Categories:
adventure,
Form: Shape
Categories:
dark, heaven, night, sky,
Form: Shape
Venal Treacle
Written: April 21, 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand
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Eat
this
red
fruit
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Categories:
appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Shape
Categories:
appreciation, eulogy, faith, prayer,
Form: Shape
Categories:
music,
Form: Shape
Happiness Fluffled Feathers
Categories:
analogy, bird,
Form: Shape
Christmas Tree
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I
am
a green
Christmas
tree aglow blinking in the
darkest night
decorated with lights and ribbons
angelic star at the top
and gifts at the base.
I see smile on each and every face
in the happy season of love
when the light of hope shines
bright and spreads the festive magic in the cold air
as the wafting snowflakes weave motifs outside
the joy of warmth from...
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Categories:
christmas,
Form: Shape
Flying Over Canopy
Categories:
bird,
Form: Shape
The Bell Tolls
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horizon
dark
the
n
i
g
h
t
fills
me like
still sorrow
as birds return
to nests from sad
sky bringing on their
wings the distant music
of the drifting clouds from
the departing day sinking slow
in the horizon I hear in the wind
on which floats the chime of a far
away bell ringing a soft voice of
someone calling that sets me to
a journey inward where I find
my soul silently...
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Categories:
analogy, metaphor,
Form: Shape
Broken Balloon
you didn’t know how
you broke my balloon heart
gloomy clouds melted in the
sky of my eyes, and in torrent
of tears dreams floated away
with the torn petals of flower
called love that bloomed in
my garden all through the
years until one dismal
night storm came
and crushed it
creating the
debris of
me
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Categories:
analogy, heartbroken,
Form: Shape
Specific Types of Shape Poems
Read wonderful shape poetry on the following sub-topics:
animals, christmas, death, dog, family, flowers, food, friends, funny, kids, kindergarten, life, love, music, nature, nursery, school, spring, winter
and more.
Definition | What is Shape in Poetry?