Mt Zero-Sum
The Mountain
looms
and calls your name
To glory
or
perdition
Its summit
has a thousand
fathers
Whose abyss
awaits
— the orphan
(Beartooth Pass: August, 2025)
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Categories:
sum, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
To Sum Up Fall Using 3 Monokus
Sponsor: Rob Carmack - Contest Name '< 7'
Bare Autumn trees frowned - all their colorful leaves lay on the ground
Autumn holds them at bay – cold Winter winds want to come out to play
Seasonal work suited Autumn to a tee - rest of year fancy free
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Categories:
sum, autumn,
Form: Monoku
i still got sum
.
'neath thuh prairie'z
thickets
'long it's lush open
hidden
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Categories:
sum, baptism, dad, devotion, humor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Pecco Ergo Sum I sin therefore I am
Pecco, Ergo Sum
(I sin, therefore I am)
Not an aimless ride on Sunday morning,
But for a faith oblige I am tied to attend
“Sinners!” the priest thunders from pulpit,
“Repent, for your flesh betrays the soul!”
Verses cascade from the book of the wise,
Urging forgiveness to claim a seat
In a kingdom beyond the grave’s cold embrace.
I turn to
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Categories:
sum, anxiety, faith, religious,
Form: Free verse
Pecco Ergo Sum I sin therefore I am
Pecco, Ergo Sum
(I sin, therefore I am)
Not an aimless ride on Sunday morning,
But for a faith oblige I am tied to attend
“Sinners!” the priest thunders from pulpit,
“Repent, for your flesh betrays the soul!”
Verses cascade from the book of the wise,
Urging forgiveness to claim a seat
In a kingdom beyond the grave’s cold embrace.
I turn to
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Categories:
sum, anxiety, faith, religious,
Form: Free verse
Life Sum
Born into a world,
As a daughter or a son.
A new creation is unleashed,
A new chapter begun.
While mostly into a family,
Yet always as one,
Before becoming a new member,
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Categories:
sum, change, life,
Form: Monorhyme
Sum of Somes
Something in your eyes
Gives me butterflies +
Something in your smile
Makes me stay awhile +
Something in your voice
Makes my heart rejoice =
Some things in a someone
I love them all and then some
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Categories:
sum, dedication, devotion, for her,
Form: Rhyme
the sum of none
together we are nothing but one ~ apart everything except one
even if finally undone ~ we still ain’t finished before we’re done
By David Kavanagh
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Categories:
sum, meaningful, perspective, word play,
Form: Monoku
New-sum of LA'
Who could find the sheer temerity?
To wallow in such ( sin-serity )
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Categories:
sum, abuse, addiction, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
sum, appreciation,
Form: Ballad
Dim sum die-at
We bare of human; sic-ning'
Planned these decade long schemes?
Some mad-sters of eugenics
In bid to cap our dynamics.'
All based on their (spatial distancing)
And murder as ever
Of conscious never
With extremisam
Of which I am no fan forever.!
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Categories:
sum, education,
Form: Rhyme
Gush-Gush Risque Albarino and Merlots
Gush Potatoes
2 cups of sour cream
5 Tablespoons horseradish
1?2 cup of white cheddar
1 Cup of grated parmesan heavy cream
3 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of lemon zest
1 Tablespoon of red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon of of fish stock
4 cloves of minced garlic
4 green onions
1/2 cup of minced herbs
( thyme, rosemary,, parsley, dill,oregeno and tarragon)
2 grated hard boiled
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Categories:
sum, beautiful, dance, engagement, fashion,
Form: Bio
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears
You
Know
There is:
NO
EXTRA
TIME!
-Gray Squirrel
08-07-2024
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Categories:
sum, life,
Form: Free verse
SUM SUN SUM SUN
There's a secret in the SHIMMER
A shadow in its glimmer. SUM SUN? We say night? Its daylight.
ETERNALLY REALITY! IS there fright in the DIMMER? LOOK THE SUN SIMMERS when it sizzles
Day to day to day and day DAY DAYS and DAZE! What do you say
Sunshine? Do you mind this time?
The
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Categories:
sum, anxiety, appreciation, nature, new
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
sum, appreciation, poets, write,
Form: Free verse
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