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dampnessyou play an old song
as nights dampness kisses me
and you hold me close...
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Categories:
song,
Form: Haiku
This time aroundIn the twilight of a symphony's embrace,
Where whispers of souls find solace in space,
A voice akin to thunder in a storm's eye,
Unveils stories of life beneath a starlit sky.
Through the caverns of time, a river...
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Categories:
character, song,
Form: Rhyme
Jewella de Vil
{To be sung to the tune of Cruella de Vil song
from 101 Dalmatians movie}
Jewella de Vil, Jewella de Vil
If she doesn't tempt you, no other thing will,
To own her will take your strategic...
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Categories:
parody, song,
Form: Lyric
A Broken DissonanceHarmony was missing in the breezy hills,
lonely paths were gleaning with fresh rain;
eagles owned the chilly, noiseless heavens:
stillness reigned over the barren terrain!
Then a slender boy sprung from the creek,
he carried his backpack bending his...
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Categories:
song, boy, emotions, inspirational, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Broken DissonanceHarmony was missing in the breezy hills,
lonely paths were gleaning with fresh rain;
eagles owned the chilly, noiseless heavens:
stillness reigned over the barren terrain!
Then a slender boy sprung from the creek,
he carried his backpack bending his...
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Categories:
song, boy, emotions, inspirational, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Monica DeVil(To be sung to the tune of the Original Song - Cruella DeVil)
Monica DeVil, that's it!
Monica DeVil, Monica DeVil.
She is sister to the dear Cruella Devil.
To see her is to have a sudden thrill.
Not like...
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Categories:
song,
Form: Lyric
elephants
feather elephants
pewter clouds chime through forest -
sing saxophone songs
April 13th 2022
Contest: Wild Animal Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Syllable Counter Poetrysoup
First Place
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Categories:
song, africa, animal, celebration, nature,
Form: Haiku
Rainbow
Conductor of golden light leads musical kaleidoscope gardens
May 28 2022
Contest: Morning Monoku Poetry
Sponsor: Michelle Faulkner
PS Syllable Counter
5th Place
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Categories:
song, appreciation, color, morning, nature,
Form: Monoku
Jessica Rabbit
(To be sung to the tune of the Original Song Cruella De Vil - Not for contest)
Jessica Rabbit, that's it !
Jessica Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit.
If she doesn't please you, no pretty thing will.
To see her is...
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Categories:
song,
Form: Lyric
Zephyr
Sounds, bathed in memories,
Glistening, shimmering, sparkly sounds
On rivers of gentle, feeling left out
By August sun, blazing tangerine, bursting
Buttery wonder through the reflections,
Stirrings of grace, melodies of praise,
Imitating the faith that warms,
Souls embraced by the...
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Categories:
appreciation, song, sound,
Form: Free verse
Villanelles IIIThese are villanelles by Michael R. Burch and and villanelle-like poems...
Villanelle: Trump’s Retribution Resolution
by Michael R. Burch
My New Year’s resolution?
I require your money and votes,
for *you* are *my* retribution.
May I offer you dark-skinned scapegoats
and bigger...
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Categories:
song, america, anger, community, money,
Form: Villanelle
Villanelles IIVillanelle
by Michael R. Burch
Is poetry mere turning of a phrase?
Has prose become its height and depth and sum?
What happened to the songs of yesterdays?
Does prose leave all nine Muses vexed and glum,
with fingers stuck in...
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Categories:
song, dark, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Villanelle
Categories:
addiction, beautiful, love, song,
Form: Romanticism
Midnight Melody For Glenn Hughes-Gettin Tighter Lyric
Written: April 19, 2024, For Robert James Liguori Contest
Inspired from the Lyrics Gettin' Tighter
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Categories:
analogy, celebrity, song,
Form: Rhyme
That was Then, This is NowTurn up the radio and ...
It's the same ol' situation,
The same songs, same band
That raised my generation
That was then, this is now
Nothing's changed but my age,
And four numbers, somehow
On a calendar's page ...
It...
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Categories:
song, age, appreciation, fun, music,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Song Poems
Read wonderful song poetry on the following sub-topics:
beautiful, dynasty, her, him, life, love, lyrics, prayer, promise, unsung
and more.
Definition | What is Song in Poetry?
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