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Notes May Not Be The Best Way
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
surest, introspection,
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For Once
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Laura Breidenthal
| Free verse |
surest, art, beauty, courage, heart,
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Deeds speak louder
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Funom Makama
| Limerick |
surest, character, class, community, society,
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My Search is Over
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Adeleke Adeite
| Enclosed Rhyme |
surest, appreciation, friendship, god, happiness,
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Cold, lonely, desolate night
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Gary Onderisin
| Prose Poetry |
surest, fear, loneliness, nature,
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Edge of Reality
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
| Free verse |
surest, allegory, metaphor, philosophy, visionary,
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WASTING TIME
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Demetrios Trifiatis
| Monoku |
surest, life, success,
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The Earth Is Flat So Push Them Off It
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Michael Zavaletta
| Rhyme |
surest, society,
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The Surest Path to Progress
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Michael Zavaletta
| Haiku |
surest, philosophy, war,
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The Surest Path to Peace
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Michael Zavaletta
| Haiku |
surest, peace, war, prejudice,
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Sunset
by Victor Buhagiar
The scarlet sea is almost calm tonight.
The sinking sun splashes its fiery rays
over the billowing flame-tinged waves
as red stained sails stretch full to catch
the...
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Categories:
surest, emotions, god, sunset, universe,
Burning Grass and 100 Syllables of Tragedy
by Jake A.
I can forgive as easily as snow
will melt at winters end,
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Categories:
surest, dark, deep, devotion, humanity,
Rhein II - The Photograph
by Julia Ward
From Wikipedia: "Rhein II" is a photograph made by a German visual artist
in 1999. In 2011, a print was auctioned for $4.3 million,...
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surest, art, river,
Regardless
by Emenaha Godwin Holiday
I know you have heard many love stories, some that melt your heart
Can’t tell you about mine but you gotta know that love is still...
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Categories:
surest, africa, birthday, self, spoken
What If
by Emenaha Godwin Holiday
What if the sun never rises nor set?
To shine upon your face and let you know how beautiful you are
What if the rain...
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Categories:
surest, absence, abuse, conflict, grief,
8 vs 2
by Michael Todd
"Aaagh", a yelp for help pierces the air.
I rush in my underwear to stop and stare.
For there in the empty bath, he sits and laughs,...
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surest, conflict, fear, funny, insect,
Survival
by Viv Wigley
When pretty girls often walk past
I make sure I don't look too fast
I like being kissed
not feeling a fist
and...
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surest, humor, relationship,
MY MOM
by Jaafar Sadig El Waad
TO MY MOM DADA ZOUWAIRATOU M YAUKI
THE TRUEST HAUSA-FULANI
The iron core of the whole family
She stands with the long rooster
First crow which tears up, praying,...
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Categories:
surest, allah, blessing, childhood, culture,
Falling Deeper
by Terrell Martin
When clouds draw near and all my fears become creepily consuming –
As paralysis and pain set in the cold blood running through me.
And...
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surest, fear,
Ask and Receive
by Connie Moore
Ask and Receive
I Wasn't Very Old, I Guess
When I First Heard of You,
And I Thought Some Awful Things
Because I Didn't Think These Things Were True
Well,...
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surest, religious,
Tribute to my Lord
by Adesina Idris Dolapo
Every beat of my heart
Every step of my sole
Every tap of my fingers
Say....
Allaah...
Every leaf in the greens
Every skin in the grasses
Every wing in the airs
Say...
Allaah...
Even...
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Categories:
surest, allah
All Hallow's Eve
by Shadow Hamilton
T'is the time of year when things do go bump in the night
a time when witches come back to life ready to snatch a child
to...
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Categories:
surest, halloween,
BEYOND THE CLOUDS
by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
When the clouds appear so calm,
Glaring golden like glazing metal,
The world sees much less than nothing,
Understanding far less than the paranormal;
Begotten by the surest knowledge
Creeping...
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Categories:
surest, bereavement, betrayal, life,
Silent Weep, Broken Dreams
by Elijah Chara
Howl of fierce storm in despair solitude
Hark against fear, joy aggrieve attitude,
Worst for hope that strikes deep wound left unkind
Was a treacherous path, roots branched...
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surest, romance, sad love,
A chance you armed as FOX YIN TUNG -Hong Kong
by cheung shun sang
A chance you armed as FOX YIN TUNG..
Trimmer chances will wangle out of laws.
Chance your arms are smuggle men.
Hong Kong FOX YIN TUNG...
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surest, dark, drug,
INGRATITUDE
by Demetrios Trifiatis
INGRATITUDE
“No surest enemy than the one who was benefacted" SOCRATES
Ingratitude,
You ungrateful:
Traitor of trust
Destroyer of kindheartedness
Apostate of friendship
Annihilator of beneficence
Assassin...
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Categories:
surest, friendship, grief, life,
People Who Marry
by Adeleke Adeite
People who marry with the
mentality
that something is better
than nothing,
usually end up
facing a fatal reality
that something turns out
to become nothing.
People who...
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Categories:
surest, marriage
who is the Alien
by Rollo West
Sometimes I think the surest sign that
life exists elsewhere in the universe
is that none of it has tried to contact us....
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Categories:
surest, life, universe,
NEVER ENOUGH LOVE
by Andrew Crisci
Never enough love to fill me up as a clown
when mood remains low;
I'd love to spin around twice,
hold someone's hand and fall down
to touch the...
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Categories:
surest, adventure, dedication, happiness, love,
Once Bitten
by ilene bauer
Something happens, causes stressin’;
Maybe it will teach a lesson.
Caution is the surest guide
To safeguard what you fear inside.
If you let down your defenses,
Possibly, some wrong...
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Categories:
surest, introspection,