Mad Song Stanzas
...To write a mad song takes
so very little time:
just jot some words
not too absurd
and make sure that some rhyme.
The first line stands alone;
the next rhymes with the last.
Then you can do
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Categories:
some rhyme, appreciation, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Always home
...Just walking to and fro
Cause I have nowhere to go
Taking it kinda slow
Admiring the view
Everyday there is something new
Storing memories for some tomorrow
To help me past any coming sorrow...
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Categories:
some rhyme, beautiful, birth, blessing, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Lifes passing
...Sitting here looking around
With my hound
Somewhere in the lost and never found
Lost in time
Writing some rhyme
Sound of silence fills my head
Sometimes I feel dread
Ringing
Stinging
I see ...
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Categories:
some rhyme, creation, dream, giving,
Form: Rhyme
Times past
...I walked this life alone
So much I have grown
Trying hard to be true
In all the things I do
Love passes by
No need to cry
Why bother to try
I spent some time in the past
Wishing I could make ...
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Categories:
some rhyme, beautiful, blessing, christian, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Rambling words
...Time on my mind
So much left behind
Life stuck in rewind
Doing my best
Trying pass life's test
As I bumble my way
Through each day
Learning as I go
Because I wish to know
If it was even wor...
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Categories:
some rhyme, allusion, angel, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Wish
...I have come so far
Forever reaching for a star
My legs so weary
Of life's bitter sweet dreary
The pain
The stain
I want no more to hold
Memories of life untold
I'm about to fold
I want to r...
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Categories:
some rhyme, blessing, body, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Voice
...A voice whispers inside my head
Thoughts of love feel me with dread
Don't let anyone near
Hold no one dear
They only bring a tear
Walking away
Never to stay
Staying alone
Cold my heart has gr...
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Categories:
some rhyme, anger, mental health, mental
Form: Rhyme
Sound
...There you go, thinking you have to try
Even though you know in the end you'll just cry
Thinking one of these days
I'll mend my ways
Maybe find myself new
As the hunger grew
Turn on the light
M...
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Categories:
some rhyme, anxiety, art, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Overload
...Times the world overloads me
All I see
Close my ears
Cover their tears
Seek some peace of my own
To protect me from all I've been shown
Since I don't know when
I've always picked up my pen
Aw...
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Categories:
some rhyme, baseball, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Untangle
...Times the world overloads me
All I see
Close my ears
Cover their tears
Seek some peace of my own
To protect me from all I've been shown
Since I don't know when
I've always picked up my pen
Aw...
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Categories:
some rhyme, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
A Love Story
...I wrote a book. a love story.
in pages few. about me and you.
thoughts and dreams. hopes and fears.
of good days, and sad. some smiles and tears.
times little journeys, marked by seasons.
echoes...
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Categories:
some rhyme, i love you, love
Form: Rhyme
Let There Be Limericks: To All You Wannabe Poets
...I
To all you wannabe poets,
Here's a word of advice ere you start:
If you want folks to love it,
Keep your ego out of it,
When you write always write from the heart.
II
It's great fun to wri...
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Categories:
some rhyme, poetry, poets, writing,
Form: Limerick
Jerusalem Council
...Some men came down from Judea.
They were teaching all the brothers,
Unless you are first circumcised,
You neither can nor will be saved.
They were teaching all the brothers.
So Paul and Barnab...
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Categories:
some rhyme, bible,
Form: Pantoum
Big Whoop
...To New Year’s Eve, I say - big whoop!
What’s there to celebrate?
A year of stress and fear and loss
Which may not yet abate.
Of course there were some ups as well -
New babies born and time
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Categories:
some rhyme, new year,
Form: Rhyme
Play On Words
...Write here, right now. Write now, right here!
Capture the moment while it's near
and seize the day. You now know how:
write now, right here; write here, right now.
The rhyme is tight. The ti...
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Categories:
some rhyme, word play, words,
Form: Quatrain
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