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Pluck a Poet

...Loves me, Loves me not? Loves me, Loves me not? Plucking petals is biased, as most flowers have 5 petals! Counting the fingers and toes of a poet, is ever so biased as well! My dear, do you pluc......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, angst, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Thinking Out of the Box

...Thinking Out of the Box Ah, yes! It is! Another one of life’s great challenges! Thinking Out of the Box should never be taken lightly. Being human beings, it is well worth remembering that we......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, allegory, celebration, change, deep,
Form: Didactic

Never Give Up

... Never Give Up Written: by Miracle Man 4/5/2020 life isn’t always fair, and social standing, money, or some other attribute doesn’t define the person, a person is defined by his/her h......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, god, hope, life,
Form: Free verse

Passing With Regret

... Passing With Regret? (Written about someone long since passed) Written: by Miracle Man 1-23-2020 In spring of life he saw true love and marriage, It was a time of no worrisome thin......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, death, sin,
Form: Lyric

Spring Reverie

...On the cusp of two seasons, We savor warmer days and sun, But bundle up at night for good reason. The air smells suddenly alive, My mood's no longer doleful. Time to revive and thrive! Stu......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, nature, spring,
Form: Sonnet

Silence of the Lambs

... Dueling Americans love drawing blood from a distance Crossing swords with their dogma guns ... a test of mettle: Who will bow first to the pressure building in their lungs Bipedal z......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, political, society, truth, violence,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Ode To Misery

...My love seems to have passed away The pain of lies and Death's dire sting; All stick with me throughout the day For when morn comes and birds all sing I then recall my misery There is no good ......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, change, conflict, depression, feelings,
Form: Terza Rima

The Wall and How It Will Come Down

...What do you do when you've hit "the wall" When there's no stamina left and your hope has stalled? Do you scream at the top of your lungs, Do you wring your hands that have been many times wrung? ......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, anger, anxiety, beauty, bible,
Form: Rhyme

A Gardening Expose

...With these lines I’ll relate an intriguing tale of dubious accuracy For I Hope to unveil sordid affairs of more than one conspiracy! Be warned, that though you might be disturbed by the facts I rel......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, garden, word play,
Form: Rhyme

Allow the Mind

...Allow the mind Afford its need to conjure Profound: If exaltation and majesty Require a bit of provocation and amnesty today Humor: As remedy and coagulation From the bleeding of Pain, stress......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, humanity, imagery, imagination, introspection,
Form: Free verse

A Curious Spirit

...She entertains fantasies of unicorns and dragons. And a curious spirit, she oft thinks outside the box. She is an illusionist; famed for her vanishing act. And breaking with tradition......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, beauty, character, emotions, feelings,
Form: Blank verse

Awaken Me

...Awaken me when the storms arrive.... That test the mettle of souls alive... Awaken me when the rains guffaw.... Like particles escaping from an empty jaw....! When ghosts and demons haunt this place......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, inspirational,
Form: Couplet

Plasma Picks

...My remote control taunts my mortal sloth Pale light pulses, pulling me like a moth Such a vast plethora beckoning me Urging to decide what I long to see I’ve got cop dramas to test my mettle C......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, funny, satireme,
Form: List

Seed

...Stunted growth, some seedlings need both sun and rain The sun went away, never returning again Seedlings into striplings grown warped and weak Striplings become plants, prospects bleak To bea......Read the rest...

Categories: test your mettle, life, love, nature, butterfly,
Form: I do not know?