Wish I had a Giant
...Wish I had a giant that I could outwit
I’d sneak away when he told me to sit
Bring back the cops and they would arrest the nitwit
Alas, my tiny beanstalk has not grown one whit...
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Categories:
sneak away, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Trying to Sneak Away for a Bit of Fun
...Loud crazy-sounding hullabaloo in the center of town
Carnival? Fiesta? Mobsters? Balloon-shaping clown?
We could not wait for our parents to slumber
Creeped out of our windows, hid behind piles of...
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Categories:
sneak away, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
And So We Fished
...We climbed the gate while it was dark
So no one saw us in the park
We’d leave at eight and we’d be fine
For ‘Mr Keys’ would come at nine
This garden where the roses grew
In memory of people w...
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Categories:
sneak away, appreciation, fishing, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
From Different Skies
...Started Writing on July 23, 2024
Finished writing on Oct. 29, 2024
They grew up in different parts of the sky.
A chance meeting changed each of their lives.
Each flying as part of their flock...
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Categories:
sneak away, animal, bird, romantic love,
Form: Couplet
after the storm abates
...after the storm the sky sighs
relieved the rage has expired
with a rolling fade rumble
all is quelled to quietude
after rain a damp dank shroud
covers the earth utterly
enveloping everything
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Categories:
sneak away, storm,
Form: Jueju
Reflection
...The darkness in the sky is brightend by the stars and the moon,
looking at the liquid mirror rippleing the reflection from above.
the abstract beauty created by the the creature swimming in the mi...
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Categories:
sneak away, allusion, beautiful, courage, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Yesterday’s Wishes
...Back when girlish daydreams
rode the ether like coal-glowy-clouds
my featly feet kept a beat in spring grass
as I flounced with Romany winds—
breezy-gypsy-lips brushed my cheek
as I whirled i...
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Categories:
sneak away, dream, innocence, life, longing,
Form: Free verse
Bel Canto What's Ruining me What's Ruining Us
...One's perspective
might be the precursor to his down fall
when it's all or nothing
he might end up
with know one at all
betrayal of ah lover
has real consequenses
a fool only loves someone
th...
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Categories:
sneak away, break up, conflict, culture,
Form: Ballade
Sanctuary
..."If there is a place where peace and stillness prevail, to it people like to retreat when beset with the perils of life. It can be our home. In every storm it is a refuge, a haven of joy and a sanctu...
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Categories:
sneak away, appreciation, holiday, house,
Form: Free verse
Streaming Dreams
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Dreams- with minds, often fight.
At times, they sneak away to entertain- or quake
causing fright!
Details converge
forming new versions- true or fake-
that merge
with beams
to...
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Categories:
sneak away, dream, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Listen
...Listen.......
Sometimes the dirtiest minds have the sweetest voices,
Soothing the ignorant people captivated by the
Idea of freedom ,equality and dignity.
And these voices are beautifully masked ...
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Categories:
sneak away, betrayal, evil, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Serenity
...Serenity where are you hiding?
The edges I feel are jagged and
Abrasive, not conducive with
The peace I seek to find.
My mind is always busy:
Thoughts rushing like commuters
To a waiting tr...
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Categories:
sneak away, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Witches Dance
...We marched down to the meadow to watch the witches dance.
Their bonfire was popping and crackling, you could hear it in France.
I was so excited; my feet were doing a skipping kind of prance.
I ha...
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Categories:
sneak away, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
My Dream Vacation
...Ooh, to take a magic carpet ride
Just disappear from here
To sneak away and explore the world
Just travel around its sphere.
Perhaps sneak away to Instanbul
Catch a whirling dervish show
Mayb...
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Categories:
sneak away, fantasy, imagination, love,
Form: Imagism
Categories:
sneak away, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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