Carnival Night Was Special
...Carnival Nights Poetry Contest
Robert James Liguori
There was a special carnival set in my memory
Rides, games, and food, cherished, and a prelude to our first kiss
And a second date where we w...
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Categories:
sleeved, beauty, cute love, memory,
Form: Free verse
No More Coercive Control - FICTIONAL POEM
... From the moment we met
he'd treated me like a princess
I was young and naive
flattered by his attention,
misinterpreting it as a forever love
Mum took an instant dislike to him
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Categories:
sleeved, abuse, violence,
Form: Free verse
If ye benevolent reader count yourself as a wise married man such as m
...If ye benevolent reader count yourself as a wise married man such as me...
(truer words never spoken nor written)
take my word and decline
and absolutely refuse to take masterly crafted bait
vide...
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Categories:
sleeved, absence, adventure, allegory, america,
Form: Free verse
When No Means Nothing
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Throughout my life, the same phrase has been repeated to me- “no means no.”
The concept of refusing an action you’re uncomfortable abetted me towards hope; growing up, distraught was brought upon...
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Categories:
sleeved, abuse, child abuse, depression,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Real World Sedative Huitain
...Knew just what she wanted to say,
that’s what she steadfastly believed;
Jazzed to write this poet at play,
clever words with rhythm are weaved;
No longer with that spirit sleeved
ghost whispers ...
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Categories:
sleeved, dream, emotions, feelings, poetry,
Form: Other
Look in My Closet
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Look in my closet and what will you see?
First is the shoe holder hung on the side of its door.
It holds shoes sometimes not matched up and some I rarely wore!
Tightly pressed together are m...
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Categories:
sleeved, clothes,
Form: List
SARTORIAL SELF-PORTRAIT
...SARTORIAL SELF-PORTRAIT
Even as a young man,
I dressed just like my dad.
‘Clothes are what defines you,’
Was a saying my mother had.
But now I’ve retired from the city,
Per...
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Categories:
sleeved, character, clothes,
Form: Rhyme
Vice President Elect Alexandria Ocasio Cortez 2024
...Uncertain if my one man pep rally appeals to thee most amazing, daring, grueling... youngest aspirant to restore Earth in the balance predicated upon uncomfortable truth. The old geezer here would be...
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Categories:
sleeved, angel, appreciation, beautiful, birthday,
Form: Free verse
I Won't Wear it
...we got new red shirts from the PTA on Monday
It was comfy, so I wore it to school on Tuesday.
Then I texted McBride, my bestie.
Wear your new red shirt, I said, we can be twins.
She texted back...
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Categories:
sleeved, friend,
Form: Narrative
Embrace The Day
...Embrace the Day
Before manscaping with my hair trimmer,
my arm hair army wrapped further,
further around my cylindrical arms,
like wheat stalks before the harvest.
All atilt in a summertime wi...
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Categories:
sleeved, 12th grade, appreciation, assonance,
Form: Free verse
Elasticated Waistbands
...Elasticated waistbands, at what age?
Comfortable trousers are all the rage.
For a mature figure and the oversized,
Some teenager's just take the rise.
Long-sleeved shirts in summer months
Cove...
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Categories:
sleeved, celebration, clothes, freedom, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Train
...Through shoeless feet I feel
The ground trembling
I thrust my fist into the air
And pump it up and down
The blast of the horn drives me back a step
I yell, but my voice will not rise above the b...
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Categories:
sleeved, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sunburned
...I should've worn a longer-sleeved shirt--
then maybe now my arms wouldn't hurt!...
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Categories:
sleeved, body, clothes, hurt, recovery
Form: Couplet
Homework Habits of a Perfectionist
...Ask my parents. They’ll tell you, my favorite phrase, growing up was, “I can do it all by myself.” One day, I sat, spinning the top of my Flintstones vitamin bottle, wondering, how many spins until t...
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Categories:
sleeved, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Thought We Were Modern In 70s
...In the seventies we thought we were modern
Utmost chic, sassy, on the cutting edge.
With our bell bottom slacks
And our bell sleeved shirts and dresses
Perhaps we were.
Everyone had the same pat...
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Categories:
sleeved, fashion, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
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