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Codons of Contempt: A Crime Against Empathy
... We came not for conquest, but for containment— though conquest is what happens when containment itches beneath the skin like sulfur spores in a sealed lung. They had the secret. Not gold, n......
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Daniel Henry Rodgers
Categories:
shrank,
death, fear, horror, myth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Why Can't I?
...You can’t defeat me! You can’t stop my crimes! I’ll someday get it right, you see, I’ll even do it speaking rhymes. I can rob a bank. I can end it all. Your hero powers have been shrank - Or......
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Erika Benson
Categories:
shrank,
confidence, fantasy, funny, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Thaws in Winter Embrace
... Written: February 03, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Charles Messina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This clock let forth one painful scream Bliss time shrank, as a ......
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Sotto Poet
Categories:
shrank,
love, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
The Lemon Tree
... It was a big backyard, big enough to hold the imagination of a boy - trees to climb, sheds to explore, a large lawn to swing a bat or kick a ball and in a quiet corner, a sanctuary for......
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Paul Willason
Categories:
shrank,
childhood, nostalgia, religion, teenage,
Form:
Free verse
A convo to myself
... I don't even know myself that well that I cannot understand my actions. I had a lot of tension with a boy because he did things that were just not okay. I asked him about it, and he blocked me, whi......
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Adna Demiri
Categories:
shrank,
9th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Reverse Psychology
..."Show and tell suggestions the opposite, that sometimes their way doesn’t work." Quote by poet Mimsy Loved to Mimic Mimsy so pretty Loved her little kitty So very bitty Mimsy so very wi......
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Eve Roper
Categories:
shrank,
cat, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
Sins
...Eve listened to the evil feelings and thoughts in her heart. Adam heard her hissing, as though, conscience tearing apart. Arrogance-filled waywardness shined in the form of Apple. Against their pr......
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Christuraj Alex
Categories:
shrank,
life, sin,
Form:
Sonnet
Senryu'terus
.... Yes ‘tiz the true mom ‘hind the doctor’z gown mine shrank whilst your'n fourth’d our son ......
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James Peranteau
Categories:
shrank,
beautiful, birth, blessing,
Form:
Senryu
In the quietness of dusk, when shadows stretch long over the fields of memory
...In the quietness of dusk, when shadows stretch long over the fields of memory, Memories rise like reflected ghosts, wandering through the labyrinth of thoughts, Taking me back to the times of child......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
shrank,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Gethsemane Experience
...Like a pearl falling into the Pacific, he felt lost. His human nature shrank and shattered like an autumn leaf. Blood poured into sweat. Into his core, he was tempest-tossed. Was he weak yet? Did ......
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Christuraj Alex
Categories:
shrank,
jesus,
Form:
Sonnet
Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure
...[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’] __________ A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at......
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Terry Flood
Categories:
shrank,
adventure,
Form:
Narrative
A Morning In Miniature
... Carpet patterns and the swirlings of grain in wooden floors were maps to me of exotic worlds, portal holes for a child to enter and explore places edged on the furthest reaches of the f......
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Paul Willason
Categories:
shrank,
light, morning,
Form:
Free verse
Maybe
...I held my small beautiful thing in my hand Precious pure perfection Oh how it brought me joy You asked me “May I see what you are holding?” I responded “Of course my dear friend.” You blissfully......
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Richard Lamoureux
Categories:
shrank,
extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Well, Here Is Another Nice Mess You Have Gotten Me Into
...At last, Mr. J Bugman is now a retired Judge-man. For many years he has punished many, spared few. His verdicts never alter even if there is no hangman. He had no rest, no serenity, working ......
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Osman Gani
Categories:
shrank,
funny, humorous, parody,
Form:
Light Verse
Elixir of Silence
...Written: October 1st 2023 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the ocean of silence, I’m stunned Astonish by its grandeur as I descend. A comely curtain of conciliatory......
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Sotto Poet
Categories:
shrank,
analogy, appreciation, silence,
Form:
Rhyme
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