Aurora in the Ossuary - Broken but bold enough to bounce back
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Written: August 14, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
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I writhed in the womb of a necrotic hush,
a stygian silence where barghests lurk—
My ...
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Categories:
soulfulness, analogy, identity,
Form: Free verse
Inner Sanctum
...Gladness, sadness, soulfulness, and loneliness often foam.
The inner irritations that erupt like volcanoes
Unexpressed emotions, like ghosts of the passed away, roam
Urge to break all settled foun...
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Categories:
soulfulness, self,
Form: Sonnet
Midnight Blues
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My inspiration is Joe Bonassamo's cover of Midnight Blues
with fantastic, amazing blues guitar playing and voice
~ and my lyrics go like this ~
its dark dark in my soul at midni...
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Categories:
soulfulness, inspiration, song,
Form: Lyric
Feeling Joyful
...joy
happiness, gladness
refreshing, responsive, soulfulness
enthusiastic, exciting, embracing, empathetic
joy...
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Categories:
soulfulness, joy,
Form: Free verse
Rudimentary
...Change is Graceland when
you're close to the edge.
Future memories, wonderous stories,
our tales of tomorrow, yesterday and
today awaken words on living pages.
10 percent emptiness minus the
r...
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Categories:
soulfulness, adventure, analogy, appreciation, baptism,
Form: Free verse
Trixie Is Turning Thirteen
...Trixie had never been a teenager before her birthday
She had no idea which finger to flick or which toe to wiggle
Her godmother said “You’ll figure it out in your own way “
She gave her some faeri...
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Categories:
soulfulness, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Voiceless Eagerness
...I'm that my words and pen can't express my weakness.
Nobody could have foreseen I felt such happiness.
My bald secret is now included in my poetic liveness.
I'm at a loss for words...
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Categories:
soulfulness, allusion, appreciation, blessing, care,
Form: Monorhyme
Special Moments By Grand Minter
...A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere – “Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,” as Herbert says, fine nets and stratagem...
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Categories:
soulfulness, joy,
Form: Kyrielle
Behind Reach
...You seem behind reach...
if I had the courage to touch
your teary face and stop those tears,
I'd be glad to give you more happiness!
Your beauty is the secret you hide
inside waiting for someo...
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Categories:
soulfulness, beauty, devotion, fear, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Lyric of the Marshland
...Sweet butterscotch dew dimples on the lips of daffodils
In flourishing fields fondled by four leaf clover
Each scant spikelet of small white blooms playfully pleasure
Rejoicing with fragrance with...
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Categories:
soulfulness, beautiful, bird, butterfly, daffodils,
Form: Verse
Transposed
...The Art
The art of music reveals the soul's effigy
The overture that eternally imparts its recital
To amplify our harmony with ageless elegy
To Give....
To gi...
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Categories:
soulfulness, giving, heart, inspiration, life,
Form: Rhyme
Aging, Stampeding, Triumphant
...Aging like a fine wine (if I liked wine)
Narcissistically loving, proudly broken
Daughter of the Pryors, Moe and Vickie, soulmates
Lover of calm breezes running the first of 10 miles on a Sunday m...
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Categories:
soulfulness, identity, me,
Form: Bio
On Being Soulful
...On Being Soulful
Spiritual moments
on being soulful
find their certain
metaphysical aspects
when one seeks a
deeper meaning
and a sense
of true joy,
by connecting
with one’s soul
that li...
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Categories:
soulfulness, allegory, creation, earth, god,
Form: Verse
I Am 5'6
...Poem: I am 5'6
5'6 brown eyes 178lbs of soulfulness.
Yes my skin is dark brown but there is need for sadness.
What you're looking at is a woman with goals and vision.
Just don't try to interr...
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Categories:
soulfulness, poems,
Form: Free verse
Blushed Heartstrings
...Love, the voracious blush of wine rosé brushstrokes, coloring heartstrings amidst a peaceful soulfulness.
One Liner About Love Contest
Sponsor: Silent One...
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Categories:
soulfulness, feelings, fire, longing, love,
Form: Romanticism
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