Eagle Rock Reverie
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Written: August 06, 2025
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The traffic roars as wounded gulls.
metal beats skated over the asphalt waves,
each honk a fractured praye...
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Categories:
thrived, bird,
Form: Free verse
The Shadow
...At The Dawn of My Time
The Light shone so brightly it blinded my sight
But with its warmth and promise of opportunity
I reveled in the notion of optimism and its delight
He lurked behind my bac...
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Categories:
thrived, age, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
not a democrat
...Not a Democrat
Is democracy good for individual freedom
a year when spring sprang early
he bought horse and cart and made a living
moving people's rubbish to the town's pit
He was not a man ...
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Categories:
thrived, 4th grade, america, april,
Form: ABC
You Have No Clue 2
...Before your clocks, before your name/
Before dust whispered into bone/
There was light-I was flame/
Crowned in brilliance, alone/
Not fallen. Not damned. Just other/
Too bright for Heaven's frag...
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Categories:
thrived, betrayal, character, confidence, deep,
Form: Free verse
Flower Chide IX, Thornpact
..."Eons back, we feared the petal's grace,
called beauty pride, and named it place"
"Mistakes were made, but wisdom stayed"
said Thallorin,"not every path must be replayed".
Each bloom now unders...
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Categories:
thrived, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Coral and Lime stone
...Coral and Limestone**
You can take the country out of me, but the essence of acid lime runs through my veins like an indelible mark of my heritage. Growing up on the island was a unique blessing, ...
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Categories:
thrived, angst, celebration, character, confidence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Lion of Burkina
...In the dust and drums of a battered land,
Rose a flame from the heart of golden sand.
Ibrahim Traoré, son of the soil,
With hands unbought and feet unsoiled.
Not born of palace nor Western mold...
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Categories:
thrived, integrity,
Form: Free verse
She wore the wrong thing that day
...That day she decided to speak
For too long they had called her meek
She woke up early
Decided she'd wear something that would compliment her curvy
Spent hours on her hair making sure each and e...
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Categories:
thrived, growth, inspirational, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
My Inner Voice Told Me
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Written: June 08, 2025, contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon.
Quote "Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." By RUMI
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Categories:
thrived, analogy, sound,
Form: Rhyme
They Called Her Triple Scoop At School For She Was Made Of Ice cream
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They called her triple scoop at school cuz she was kind of plump
she was made of ice cream, so all day long she ran and ran and ran
Sliding in and out of freezers just to gather herself ...
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Categories:
thrived, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
burial borne
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on ship’s voyage cosmos-deep
a captain’s life was laid to sleep
wrapped in linen mummy-style
and thrown into the stellar keep
he floated on in endless black
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Categories:
thrived, analogy, death, fantasy, science
Form: Rubaiyat
Adversities Halted This Promising Journey Of Mine
...Adversities halted this promising journey of mine...
wreaking much uneasiness and restlessness,
starting from zero is the demise of dreamers:
configuration can end in dissent and not shine
with t...
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Categories:
thrived, absence, allusion, anger, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Alone
...I sat still in the moment's silence,
Listening to the songs of the birds—
A melody of varied frequencies,
A harmony is born from nature's gifts.
I gazed at the radiant sky,
I watched...
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Categories:
thrived, bird, inspirational, mother, nature,
Form: Free verse
Viridescent Vines
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a crisp chill fills the early morning air
dew drops periodically appear on the
yellowing blades of grass
as a light frost coats
sh...
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Categories:
thrived, autumn, gothic, imagery, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Prism of the Left Eye
...Twin eyes, twin perspectives
Pick your poison; they're both too hard to explain
The cloudy sphere raining down once again
While it's earthen brother quakes uncontrollably
Ten years passed as te...
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Categories:
thrived, age, memory, mental health,
Form: Free verse
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