floweresque
...At 13, I used old tissue paper
to craft my best friend her wedding veil—
a drapery, thrown together in a flurry,
taping together parchment scraps, fragile and pale.
I ripped my old notes to ...
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Categories:
taping, 12th grade, child, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Forro Part Two Glams and Glamorous
...Former champions (World Heavyweight and Tag Team champions)
were managed by manager Solfege Virtuoso. Trying to regain
their now lossed titles
the manger withdrew them from contention
and disallo...
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Categories:
taping, business, culture, education, film,
Form: Bio
Assert yourself
...Gluey aftersight
here is a drunken police officer
loved by a friendless prostitute
here is Chinese opium den
taping around your eyes
Here is a boy loved by many
adored by the crowd
a lonely ...
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Categories:
taping, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Long time Shelton, Washington transplants
...Long time Shelton, Washington transplants...
also known as
noteworthy Trader Joe's patrons
bass sic lee did treble themselves
conducting taping jam session
assembling (boxing), compiling,
and...
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Categories:
taping, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Recovery Isn't Just for Addicts
...Becoming the prey
I’m melting away like a 5 foot wick
To show a skeleton of who was once the author
Now the pencil tips break and the pens ink tends to escape
My eyelids worked overtime as haza...
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Categories:
taping, angst, devotion, emotions, lonely,
Form: Free verse
The Lone Shine of a Bassoon
...The Newly United Worlds Champion: I signed a contract weeks ago thinking I would be champion by the time this bout came along. The former champion
Kata fought his way into contention and demanded me...
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Categories:
taping, creation, leadership, music, repetition,
Form: Bio
Joe Bonamassa Inspiration
...Joe Bonamassa is famous for more than just guitar skills.
but as for the lovely array of ancient antiques,
His "Nerdville" house is filled with tools and artifacts.
Joe Bonamassa han...
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Categories:
taping, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history,
Form: Bio
Bound to Think Like That
...The narrative twists as I watch
Almost from a third person perspective
Everything tightens to say
"It's your fault, it's your fault, it's your fault"
Binding and twisting and turning
Til I'm tie...
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Categories:
taping, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Old Man From Missouri
...There was an old man from Missouri.
Biting his nails, he tended to worry.
Taping his fingers to stop the bad habit,
he switched to candy wherever he could grab it,
and once he was full, he alway...
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Categories:
taping, giggle, humor, humorous, hyperbole,
Form: Limerick
I'M a Vessel-
..."I'm a vessel
I'm a temple
of the Holy Spirit
I'm a vessel
taping me feel me I'm a container
a receptacle
suppository a drum
have not any disintegrating bones and dust I am not ...
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Categories:
taping, analogy, caregiving, creation, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Loose Change
...SOMETHING I WROTE BY EYE THOUGHTS,
THE SILENCE OF LOOSE CHANGE,
12:00 P.M. THE SILENCE FILLS THE AREA ROOM,
MY CONTINUE THOUGHTS,SOMETHING CONTINUES TO RESUME,
TO STEAL MY THOUGHTS,MY WAL...
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Categories:
taping, feelings, visionary,
Form: Free verse
Big Brother Could Be Watching
...Haven't got time for those cynical people
They're never gonna drag me down
Life's too short for whining and complaining
In their own negativity they drown
For twenty-four seven it's non...
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Categories:
taping, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Stalagmites
...I refuse to cease writing these words
though all my bones have been broken
splintered and shattered
like puzzle pieces
scattered on a tabletop
their pointy ends piercing
every muscle each tim...
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Categories:
taping, abuse, analogy, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Blame the Cocker Spaniels
...It’s the Cocker Spaniels this time the media screams
I roll my eyes, wondering when the cats will get some blame
Or the monkeys, cheetahs, sharks or giraffes
They are diabolical, plotting your dea...
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Categories:
taping, irony,
Form: Light Verse
Puppeteers of America
...How supreme the images portray
Painted in only white canvases on display
No vibrant pigments of differences
Cultures or brush strokes of excellences
How dull the mind of multitudes
Who judge the...
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Categories:
taping, black african american, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
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