DOG CHASES TAIL-Doggone It for Pick a Title Poetry Contest
...DOG CHASES TAIL
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In circles goes the dog,
a furry whirlwind, tail a-wagging,
his nose to the ground, sniffing out the ghost of a bone
with no clue ...
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Categories:
spell is broken, 12th grade, dog, memory,
Form: Free verse
Something's Jumping In The Pumpkin Patch
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Sneaking through the graveyard
in the dead of night
to a hidden garden
in full moonlight
you want to be careful better beware
the fiery eyes
of the scarecrow's stare
if the spell is ...
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Categories:
spell is broken, fun, grave, halloween, scary,
Form: Rhyme
When the Magic Spell has Broken a Song
...When the magic spell is broken and the fog begins to lift.
And the heat of the day breaks through and clarity is no longer adrift.
The damp quickly dries and the light erases doubt.
No longer...
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Categories:
spell is broken, heartbreak, love, magic, rose,
Form: Lyric
When the Magic Spell Is Broken
...When the magic spell is broken and the fog begins to lift.
And the heat of the day breaks through and clarity is no longer adrift.
The damp quickly dries and the light erases doubt.
No longer in...
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Categories:
spell is broken, analogy, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Reverie
...In reverie I wander far from here,
To lands where troubles disappear,
Where cares and woes are left behind,
And joy and peace are all that find.
The world around me fades away,
And in my mind ...
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Categories:
spell is broken, anxiety, fear, lost, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Toyland Battles
...The child, now sleeping, loudly snores.
The nightlight shines there on the wall.
If you could peer under the door,
The sight awaiting would enthrall:
It seems the toys have come to life!
They ...
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Categories:
spell is broken, dream, war,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Spring Shall Overcome
...Bare of snow and ice we were
In the winter’s dwindling days
And we marked upon the calendar
The season’s changing phase
Eager things poked up their heads
To test the springtime air
Some colou...
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Categories:
spell is broken, metaphor, seasons, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Thrall
...Thrall
The cup has arrived, take my blood.
Fill it up with the good stuff.
Drink the wine, while I unwind these chains.
I have been trapped too long in this self-made cage.
Tear at the b...
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Categories:
spell is broken, dark, dream, life, loss,
Form: Bio
Campfire At Night
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To gaze into a campfire at night
And see nothing…
For the common man
Is an impossible feat
For one’s primal brain (not unlike a moth)
Is drawn to the flame
And will command no less ...
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Categories:
spell is broken, emotions, fire, night,
Form: Prose Poetry
Pronoia Happiness Finals
...Brezsny in quotes:
"Bestow a blessing on a person you've considered to be beneath you
or alien to you."
Donald, may your future communications involve both deeper listening
and comprehensivel...
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Categories:
spell is broken, blessing, earth, health, humanity,
Form: Prose Poetry
Spell Fades Away
...All was scary as we crouched down to wait,
In the shadows for a victim chosen by fate.
T'was supposed to be a holiday of misery,
But apparently, my heart has chosen another story.
At the stro...
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Categories:
spell is broken, brother, friendship, goodbye, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Dancing Fantasy
...As our song plays,
As we gaze deeply,
In each other's eyes.
We fall into a trance.
You take my hand,
And I follow,
Dancing slowly in your arms,
Until we embrace.
Still dancing,
And falling d...
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Categories:
spell is broken, dance, fantasy, kiss, love,
Form: Free verse
Spring Blossoms
...When winter's spell is broken
And gray skies turn to blue
Spring blossoms will awaken
To cast their spell on you
A plethora of colors
Will dance upon your eyes
As sunshine plays...
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Categories:
spell is broken, spring,
Form: Rhyme
She Comes, Part Two
...The drum, the drum, the Druid in the East
The daylight shattering the glass of night
Behold the mead and cake that form the feast
Behold the glorious blessing of the light
The blazing gorse f...
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Categories:
spell is broken, england, magic, mother daughter,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Alice Through the Looking Glass
...Now that the wicked witch has left the room….
Alice…in Never, Never Land, with clouded brow, and foggy mind, stares through the looking glass at the flames of autumn falling from the maples trees....
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Categories:
spell is broken, death, life, old,
Form: Narrative
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