during take-off i shouted, 'GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN'
the plane ascended.
i yelled it.
this straw in the wind; fly fly fly
i felt it was a necessary affectation
to ensure a safer flight
or rather a calmer form of passenger
bring out the java
i want to ride the bean
we soar, slope upward
i greet the turbulence
with grit
i summon over a flight-attendant and
offer to help up
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Categories:
shouted, age, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Aliens! I shouted above the roar of the blaze
"Aliens!" I shouted above the roar of the blaze.
Please rescue us from this godforsaken place
veritable hellscape, where angels fear ingress.
Just then an unexpected pleasant distraction
woke me from induced stupor linkedin to Los
Angeles fires jump/kick starting telepathic wife
high connection between yours truly husband
to a righteous leftist extraterrestrial establishing
an immediate cove Van Halen brotherly bond.
Here and now
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Categories:
shouted, 12th grade, america, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
my mother shouted 'do you want a coffee?' just as a bloke was teeing off on the first hole
bizarre stuff
in fact, she'd never visited a golf course before
in fact, as i took my daughter to the clubhouse toilet
i held the door open for her
the contents of the coffee was
all over the floor
i hit my tee shot against the trees
and the ball ricocheted back onto the fairway
'Good shot!' my mother yelled
there was a
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Categories:
shouted, absence, anger,
Form: Free verse
JUDGED
There is a root behind it.There is shade behind.
There is a lap behind, Behind those memories,
There is love behind it.
Another turnover makeover the hope,
One chapter opens, another is closed.
I shouted, I shouted, I shouted aloud,
All in me, all of me, I grabbed it all and threw it loud.
A diagram, I made, a hope, I
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Categories:
shouted, 7th grade, allusion, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
A Witty Moment
Month December had brought paddy harvest too. Father was busy in the field for harvesting. I was
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Categories:
shouted, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Doubted Than Shouted and Pouted
when we had doubted
many bad names were shouted
perturb and pouted
for words complete loss
that created much chaos
in bed turn and toss
rather repugnant
as well as being pungent
must be confidant
should see game scoreboard
see looked forward and toward
won when most points scored
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Categories:
shouted, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku