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Empire Emphatically Enforces Exercise
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Verse |
supremely, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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THERE ARE DAYS WHEN
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Beata Agustin
| Rhyme |
supremely, appreciation, emotions, faith, god,
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BadNews Suspension
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
supremely, games, health, history, integrity,
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Degenerating Democracies
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
supremely, america, community, health, integrity,
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StereoTypologies
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
supremely, america, christian, culture, health,
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Swamp Babies
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
supremely, culture, environment, farm, health,
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High Jinx At The Okay Coral
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matthew harris
| Dramatic Verse |
supremely, 11th grade, 12th grade,
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LORD, I DEDICATE THIS PANTOUM TO YOU
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Beata Agustin
| Pantoum |
supremely, appreciation, blessing, christian, dedication,
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Thine Eldest Graduating Sharply Splendidly Supremely
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matthew harris
| Elegy |
supremely, 12th grade, absence, daughter,
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Shana Aubrey Harris, Sans Dunning
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matthew harris
| Ballad |
supremely, 10th grade, 11th grade,
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Pondering Eternity
by Elena Welsh
Yesterday I pondered eternity
And found myself supremely lost in my head
In the memories of
Fond moments
Hateful words
Emotions surging to the surface
Cascading down...
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Categories:
supremely, hope, sad,
CareGiving Stories
by Gerald Dillenbeck
The Tyrant
Was born ginger
and learned WhiteRacist
from Dad
dead now about a year.
Possibly opioid addiction
but certainly something
in growing families
of yin-suppressed
self-medicating
LeftBrain too dominant
addictions
to chemical acclimations.
Dad left by death
Tyrant's...
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Political Verse |
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supremely, bullying, caregiving, education, health,
Out for a Spin
by Gerald Dillenbeck
I take a four-fold spin
through Bill Plotkin's wheel
of bilateral identities,
iconic developmental faces,
ironic personalities.
FIRST comes Eastern-born
dawn of human infancy,
Innocent Sage infants
so WiseElder
in our LeftBrain emergent
wrinkling unfolding...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
supremely, gender, health, humor, integrity,
priceless prospective professionals of tomorrow
by matthew harris
periodontal disease the bane
of Homo Sapiens,
and many a canine species
such as Great Dane
or an alien pet smart...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
supremely, 7th grade, 8th grade,
What is WHITE
by James Edward Lee Sr.
Why ?
White, what's right and or wrong with it
Is it pure, is it natural
Supremely bred, seldom lead
White, what's right and or wrong with it
White...
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Dramatic Verse |
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supremely, blessing, celebration, color, community,
The Indivisible Divide
by matthew harris
tension between
this singular male offspring and me dad
proved more ineradicable
then tensile strengthened steel rebar
which wall veritably, unequivocally,
terribly outlived purposefulness, egad
yet remained intact
even after this son...
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supremely, angst, bereavement, conflict, dad,
Trump Against Conservatives
by Gerald Dillenbeck
What are some differences
between post-millennial Trumpism
and pre-millennial Republicanism?
I know...I know!
Republicans used to be fiscal conservatives
but now support a one trillion dollar deficit
per unaffordable health and...
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Political Verse |
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supremely, abuse, bullying, caregiving, corruption,
Being Right
by Ian Love
Being right all the time can be very boring...
if always right, perhaps you may have little to say
that's a...
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Categories:
supremely, art, philosophy, religion, science,
Holier With Thou
by Gerald Dillenbeck
My continuing impatience problem
with smug fundamentalists
self-asserting holier than thou moral positions,
is that Christ's main point is not
Holier Than Others, like Chosen People
but Holier With Thou,
as...
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Political Verse |
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supremely, culture, god, imagination, integrity,
Shana Aubrey Harris - part two
by MATTHEW harris
a boon against strife
wool worth effort and propensity
to revel qua biological miracle re: said offspring
did inadvertently teach me lessons of life
to...
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Ballade |
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supremely, angel, appreciation, beautiful, birth,
PolyBoxes ParaDoxes
by Gerald Dillenbeck
I faced alarming paradoxes
as I headed toward puberty.
First,
my King James Bible-belting parents,
extended family,
and all-hopelessly-WHITE farm community
taught me
God loves me
and all the children,
red and yellow,
and black...
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Political Verse |
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supremely, bible, christian, gender, god,
Eyes of a Dying Wolf
by Gerald Dillenbeck
I looked through the eyes of a dying wolf
to see fires flaming out our horizon
as long as this wild wolf had seen.
He saw a time
when...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
supremely, community, earth, fire, integrity,
Tricks With Treats
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Economic Tricks as Political Treats
from the Peace Council of MotherTrees
Herein lie my tricks with treats,
said she.
I imagine with my family,
and my on-line cooperative Allies,
and then...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
supremely, education, games, health, humor,
Transcending Boundaries To Trash
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Transcending boundaries to trash
transacts through vulnerabilities to crash
into compost cash.
I see and feel strange conjoining
curious listening to speak with old as young.
We carry less allegiance...
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Political Verse |
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supremely, age, gender, health, humanity,
Slice and Dicey EcoFeminists
by Gerald Dillenbeck
We could invite many ways
to slice and dice the prism
EcoFeminist.
I first ran into this label
when spoken by a sexual advocate
in the early 70s
at the University...
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Political Verse |
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supremely, earth, education, humanity, humor,
Reading Writers
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Hey!
Who?
Me?
Yes!
Do you remember back
when you were reading The Human Comedy
and thinking you would always live on a planet
where a few great writers
lived royally and with...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
supremely, humor, integrity, vanity, writing,
Patriotic Rhythm and Blues
by Gerald Dillenbeck
If you believe professional athletes
should punch their Free Speech Rights out
when they punch in their employment clock,
Why is it fair
to also believe
you have not twittered...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
supremely, bullying, earth, gospel, health,
So Finely Flawed
by Gregory R Barden
OH, DEFECTS, DIVINE!
Oh, fabulous fallibilities!
You, so perfectly imperfect ...
Like a rill in the rain,
Its path unestablished 'til...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
supremely, beauty, passion, romance,
Love Of Our Life
by Faeeza Paruk Simjee
LOVE Of Our Life
Life’s journey swim links 2 defined moments - birth & death.
To survive its stretch we swim different strokes,
Delivered inner strength combats heavy...
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Tail-rhyme |
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Categories:
supremely, desire, emotions, god, love,
AIN'T NOTHING BUT A CAKE WALK
by VAL BROOKLYN Rogers BLK PANTHER
Those words on my mind " Ain't
NOTHING BUT A CAKE WALK"
Sitting back in my father's favorite chair
He was right it was easy, a cake walk.
Thinking...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
supremely, anger, angst, anxiety, child,