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Shorthand Poems - Poems about Shorthand

Premium Member Christ's Christmas Chiasm
... X marks the Gospel spot He’s the chiasm of B.C. to A.D. Like the Chi-rho symbol or ichthus fish There’s no disrespect, says R.C. X reminds us of Christ, [The Star that’s shining bright] It’......

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Categories: shorthand, christmas, jesus,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member I am Such a Gemini
...some people type right into the computer I never thought I would be one of them, but I am At this second I am sitting my car, writing on a clipboard As the words appear, I realize how Gemini I am ......

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Categories: shorthand, birthday,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Gray May
... This gray sky Of May does lie In lackluster color A futile eye With birds too shy To sing, or fly Through April's chill March lingered still Soaking in chains Of rain's domain Why this ......

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Categories: shorthand, longing, spring, weather,
Form: Rhyme
David Cherry
...His dad was a Commercial Traveller Who went to work in a suit and tie Didn’t have that weathered complexion From daily working under open sky. They lived last house in Mill Row The village schoo......

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Categories: shorthand, childhood, friend, in memoriam,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Letter X
...What's with this 'X' perplex? It marks the spot to dig for treasure It marks a crossing out A signature for the illiterate A cheeky peck on lips An addendum end to a letter penned Its shorthand......

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Categories: shorthand, language, social, symbolism,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Start the Day
...Lisa and I were watching one of our favorite series last night, a Japanese manga called “The Way of the Househusband” and I could barely keep my eyes open. I went to bed at a decent hour (11:30) but ......

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Categories: shorthand, angst, friendship, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
Old Pulp
...It comes wrapped up in clear mylar, like the ones comic people use, insides faded, creased and yellow, big red letters boast of the west, small rips and tears from ancient hands, and the collect......

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Categories: shorthand, adventure, age, appreciation, history,
Form: Blank verse
My Poet
...Looseleaf thoughts trailed behind me as I moved between moments. Onto the next will little regard for the last. Carelessly discarded attention to detail left a world crafted by outline, but devoid ......

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Categories: shorthand, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Phoenix Dreams In the Realm of Crows
... “Phoenix Dreams in the Realm of Crows” wake up shake up kaleidoscope girl jigsaw see saw fit the pieces she another world away the in-betweeen flows eas......

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Categories: shorthand, muse,
Form: Free verse
Circa February 12th, 2122 10:30 Pm
...Circa February 12th, 2122 ~ 10:30 PM Equals twenty one thirty 22:30 military time future time traveler looks back one century ago, oceanic waterways overladen with green slime, yours truly atte......

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Categories: shorthand, absence, age, celebration, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member La Madone Noire
...In my family, a convent in Lucerne, Switzerland loomed legend large. It’s name is “La Madone Noire” (the Black Madonna) and according to my mom, it is a “finishing school” where captious girls, who......

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Categories: shorthand, humor, kid, mom, parents,
Form: Free verse
Paternal Grandmothers Headstone Beth David Elmont Long Island
...Paternal grandmother's headstone - Beth David, Elmont, Long Island Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled alphanumeric characters legibly engraved se......

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Categories: shorthand, absence, america, death, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Croquis
... "The Croquis" I draw what is required from the Russian Doll embracing my mind Heart-shaped, a planchette to guide the necrophonic void ......

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Categories: shorthand, life, muse, time,
Form: Romanticism
Veracities
...No one ever said anything of any importance during those long, lonely years at the dinner table. Awkward ugly silences filled with talk of pars of roughs of lies as metaphor for truth while......

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Categories: shorthand, anger,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Black Cockatoo
... "Black Cockatoo" I was white as pure snow cotton thread through the eye of God's needle Black he was, not Egyptian, more ancient he ......

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Categories: shorthand, romance, sensual, silence,
Form: Romanticism

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