Tough Old Bird
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Tenacious on occasion.
Orderly always.
Unspoiled by opinions of others.
Generous to a fault.
Honesty is his only policy.
Outperforms what is expected.
Longing for Heaven.
Decisiven...
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Categories:
solves, age, christian, courage, heaven,
Form: Acrostic
My Maajaan
...The desire of a clouded sky is to wash away pain of the earth,
Regardless of it’s elaborate discomfort and darkness full of pain.
A motherly affection desires to root out the sources of pain and sm...
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Categories:
solves, age, angel, appreciation, birth,
Form: Free verse
WHY DO YOU MARRY?
...For some, it’s a softer escape
A flight from silence, not quite love
As if a ring alone could mend a soul
Bruised by too many “maybe tomorrows."
To others, it’s help dressed in vows
A lifeline...
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Categories:
solves, 12th grade, love, marriage,
Form: Free verse
I Admire the Poet
...I admire the poet
who looks life seriously in the eye,
whose emotions he won't deny.
I admire the poet who makes me cry,
but I'm not him, and I won't try.
I admire the believer
who will neve...
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Categories:
solves, feelings, life, philosophy, poets,
Form: Rhyme
war solves nothing
...if politicians had to go and fight wars there wouldn't be any...
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Categories:
solves, leadership, war,
Form: Monoku
Mr Calm, Cool and Collected
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Pick on me. I stay calm
Insult my family. I stay cool
Hit me as hard as you dare.
I stay collected
Anger never does me any good
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Categories:
solves, anger, change, cool, peace,
Form: Free verse
This::illusion
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This may come unspoken
dismay is mostly taboo
This count feels endless
discount refills the queue
This trust I lost in God
distrust found in the pew
This stain runs too deep
disdain ...
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Categories:
solves, life, perspective, word play,
Form: Monorhyme
Presently
...presently, the patch of an eye, one seeing,
the other believing; and the bite of a bunny
above a lip - such a dangerous deliverance.
presently, the Winter witch, pricks fingers,
which crack and...
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Categories:
solves, today,
Form: Free verse
Ice Cube Tray Solves the Case
...Detectives found everything shipshape and in its place
Except an ice cube tray full of water sitting on old lace
This housewife was neat, she would have never left it out
We arrested the culprit, ...
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Categories:
solves, murder,
Form: Rhyme
WATER
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First life in water
providing shelter.
Water in kettle.
so sad to settle. ...
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Categories:
solves, water,
Form: Couplet
An Intimate Portrait of the Poet
...Today, we're tasked to handle
the question that is Crandall.
We hope to shine a candle
on that most intriguing man.
You see him in the market -
his car, where did he park it?
My word, and you ...
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Categories:
solves, me, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Hesitancy Define First Step Divine
...I saw all life fade ... merely pass away
of all that I knew hath spun around me
past brace presence death, carpe mortem day
Night hung in shame, weighed aim, promised Word--stay
I s...
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Categories:
solves, analogy, faith, heaven, hope,
Form: Villanelle
He's My King
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"This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We're o...
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Categories:
solves, appreciation, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
The Difference
...Here's the difference
Man's problem solves in man's way
No interference....
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Categories:
solves, conflict, perspective, proposal,
Form: Haiku
C H I
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C H I is the placeholder of your W I L L embarked
REALIZED unto R E S O L V E
RESOLVE to ignite DESIRE's S P A R K
MEDITATION on the P A S S I O N
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Categories:
solves, art,
Form: Other
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