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Forest Creatures
They've no doctors to alleviate pain
nor nutritionists to stem weight gain
No carpenters to build them a domicile
or dealers to sell them an automobile...
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Categories:
animal, inspirational, smart,
Form: Couplet
UnchartedCould have wished, would have shown me earlier,
If it weren't only for the tranquil color,
Covering energy, wasted serene past finally dissipated,
Uncomfortable in others' comfort, glossy sight surroundings,
Reexamining this position wasn't all it was cut out...
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Categories:
smart, absence, addiction, adventure, art,
Form: Free verse
Carte Steak Carnival Carnival Carte SteakTalos's teather
Protected by having
in an industry of lovers
he proceeds to ply
between two things i
characters together
heirs to assignment
cohorts of work
trouble through the details
sort out the duties
define there roles
championing each cause
might they labor
thus in toil must they
labor!
When...
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Categories:
smart, adventure, celebration, fashion, love,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Ode to a Highway StarLock up your daughter,
My wheels gonna slaughter,
Heading along the road,
Race ya, drive this load,
Beat you all, speed patrol,
Trailblazer, this my role,
You'll never catch my page,
I'm the star of this whole stage!...
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Categories:
appreciation, car, fate, smart,
Form: Rhyme
Little Red Riding Hood
She sewed all day and she sewed all night then gave her daughter a red cape, some bread and a brave warning, "Grandma needs you so remember, don't dilly dally in the forest Ruby....
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Categories:
funny, smart,
Form: Haibun
City LifeTalking to people
Circles of fear
Straight lines and queers
The conscious mirror drops narrator's tears
Never forgetting the bird with transparent wings
Zombies walking in and out of their mouths
Left me standing
No bottom
No escaping a loss soul...
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Categories:
heaven, people, raven, smart,
Form: Free verse
Ivan the YoungerThere is a game we play
but played by no one else
The same game you can play
If you play it by yourself.
I had long ago wondered
of what had me pondered
for at home is an enigma
and we...
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Categories:
smart, allusion, analogy, appreciation, boy,
Form: Chastushka
To my Daughter, AubreeIn the realm of words, where emotions flow,
I craft this poem for my daughter to know,
Some things I see in her as I watch her grow.
Her intelligence, a mind so wise,
She's smarter than she may...
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Categories:
beautiful, daughter, smart,
Form: Rhyme
RiddlesRiddles
Riddle me this Batman:
what is the middle of a fat man?
Is there anything clean
about a garbage can?
If two can dance
can Toucan Sam?
Is beige the same as ecru or tan?
Why
-does it come between ex and zee?
Is...
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Categories:
smart, 10th grade, deep, humor,
Form: Rhyme
EvolutionMy body tells the story of four billion years of living, of thriving, of flourishing. Each chapter a tale of surviving long enough to create another generation—replicas nearly the same, ...
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Categories:
smart, atheist, life, nature, science,
Form: Prose Poetry
Addiction a life without pie
A life without pie
Come On we can't stay young
Tomorrow knows the past
We have no choice
Since birth
You've been wild with a demon voice
In a forest with no paths
We follow the sun and the moon...
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Categories:
addiction, candy, evil, smart,
Form: Ballad
An Interior Mechanism"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe," ... Carl Sagan
Subtle crafts soundly, using euphemisms,
yet cluelessness dealt a sheltered abyss.
When one confront internal mechanisms,
whatchamacallit ... orphaned hit-or-miss.
A...
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Categories:
smart, allusion, analogy, conflict, confusion,
Form: Sonnet
Clever PoetryA wise collection of quotes.
A woman that works hard to be like a man has no ambition.
A small group of people can alter history if they are true to their mission.
The huge tree today is...
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Categories:
smart,
Form: Couplet
My Hour Glass FigureIt's been raining for more than twenty-four hours
But the rain can never dampen my spirits
The sun is shining brightly in my soul
I do not have special abilities
I just think “positive”
Anyone can do it
Even you
So give...
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Categories:
smart,
Form: I do not know?
Foxquick sight… caught
a creamy, frothy tail
skulking behind bins
caramel
this creeping tod
wry trickery, claw
prowl and sly, brazen
he's getting too brave
soon…
a knock on the door...
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Categories:
smart, animal, city, fun, night,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Smart Poems
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