Colonel Oliver North, US
..."I'm working on the Lento Form starts as a collage and not simplistically termed words, like my poem 'Ode to a Dove' that made Best Lento Form," ... by Poet.
*Actual Poem used below,
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Categories:
sophomores, allusion, analogy, appreciation, character,
Form: Lento
Mindbang
...We’re shape-shifting, my roommates and I. Transitioning mentally from freshmen and sophomores (nobodies) into juniors (somebodies). We’ve been around, we’re not the new kids anymore. We’re being seen...
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Categories:
sophomores, feelings, growth, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
Leaves
...It’s starting to cool down here in Connecticut. Leaves are falling, like giant, burnt snowflakes (science says that trees send chemical signals to their branches to clip leaves away).
Peter borro...
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Categories:
sophomores, autumn, boyfriend, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
Keep Your Mouth Shut
...She brought her alien sidekick to the cafeteria.
The rest of the sophomores gave them room.
Scooting out of the way, wondering what talents the sidekick had.
Just keep your mouth shut, she told th...
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Categories:
sophomores, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
White Rice
...White is for rice and brides - ready to commit.
White’s for ghosts and clouds or even carnations
but it should never, ever, be used for privilege
or worse yet, as poetic inspiration.
I’ve been...
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Categories:
sophomores, friendship, friendship love, school,
Form: Rhyme
At the Party
...A party scene, in
Senryus - from last March, when a
party could happen.
He looked at me
like a treat. “You,” he said,
are looking hot girl!"
“I’m only hot in
in the dazzling refl...
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Categories:
sophomores, 11th grade, best friend,
Form: Senryu
I Love Africanamerican Christian Culture: Forgiving Slaveholders and Tyrants
...Some serious religious sophomores claim Christ ('Witness' Bluff)
Almost like Columbus: to hit the Other, take their STUFF
Nothing Doing here; I am a Minister of Jesus' Gospel
For the same Reason...
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Categories:
sophomores, africa, bible, black african
Form: Verse
Unforgettable Places - Acts
...I have so many places/acts dear to my heart
I’m just dying to share some with you
Not to boast, I but honor them, all played a part,
I'm sure helped to bring me in your view!
Tell me what’s mor...
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Categories:
sophomores, appreciation, blessing, family, life,
Form: Quatrain
Growing Up, La - Part 3
...Chapter 3: College Preparation
My freshman year started quite smooth
Touch football broke my leg
My luck we had a tennis coach,
That brought things down a peg!
My algebra was like a dream,
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Categories:
sophomores, life, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
What the Fuss!!!!
...Excuse me, Excuse me, Mister Webster,It's my pleasure sir, so may I please
have a moment of your time?
See sir, Our teacher has asked us to define.
So out comes your book, holding the pen on the ...
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Categories:
sophomores, confusion, education, introspection, people,
Form: Concrete
Growing Up
...A kid goes from
lower kindergarten to
upper kindergarten...
but he's still a cute li'l
kid...
a student finishes
first year of high school
and moves on to the next
but he's still a student
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Categories:
sophomores, life, people, philosophy, student,
Form: Free verse