Neatness and Godliness
...Every picture I’ve seen of you as a child,
You wear your hair in plaits.
A stern middle parting and two dark brown braids
Falling down on each shoulder.
A maypole’s dream.
You would do your b...
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Categories:
toenails, bereavement, children, grandparents, poverty,
Form: Free verse
A Note to No One In Particular
...I always feel a twinge of anger,
a truck load of guilt,
and a dash of sorrow
whenever I think of her
But mostly nothing at all
My guess is all those year of
cuts to the bone
ingrown toena...
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Categories:
toenails, childhood, depression, emotions, hope,
Form: Free verse
Drone
...Drone
little specs down below
watch them scurry to and fro
streams of white and red
filling an ocean at my behest
with broken backs and crooked limbs
their hurried toils
are the subject ...
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Categories:
toenails, corruption, culture, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Nervous
...I keep thinking about this summer—about starting a new school—and as soon as I do, I find myself internally monologuing and getting all high-schooly. It’s hoot, I know, but I can’t seem to help it.
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Categories:
toenails, feelings, future, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
IRON MAIDEN
...Sponsor : Robert James Ligouri
IRON MAIDEN
Iron maiden was she
fathered from loins of
Zeus flow free ~
surrounded by swords
steely three, icicle aura
bounded hounded
innocence thor...
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Categories:
toenails, allegory, allusion, character, courage,
Form: Alliteration
Smooth operators
...
There’s a demon on my shoulder,
clipping toenails into my ear
An angel on the other,
nibbles wax so I can hear
He makes balm for my lips,
lights candles once a year
Both play devil’s advo...
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Categories:
toenails, allusion, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Burden of Broken Ties
...
Written: December 31, 2024, Contest: Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
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Welcome into the world,
with grazing blue eyes and sap...
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Categories:
toenails, analogy, god,
Form: Free verse
The House on Lake Maggiore
...The House on Lake Maggiore
The house on Lake Maggiore was reality, a physical truth,
my imagination became the artist.
The day has become a deckchair, gently folding itself up
as my walk le...
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Categories:
toenails, home, house, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Hallway
...Hallway
Things the upstairs hallway desperately needs to
make her feel like a
hallway include:
jugs of
water with a
hint of
lemon and
sarsaparilla (yuk!), heads of
asparagus, afros,...
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Categories:
toenails, humor,
Form: Free verse
A Book Of Shadows
...
In between a wand and a warded space
lies an old Book Of Shadows to embrace;
Fee fried foe thumbs,
throw them in as the guitar strums;
Picked over hair follicles and toenails,
A few fast...
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Categories:
toenails, emotions, feelings, magic,
Form: Free verse
another abcedarian for fun
...all automatic alligators arrive arrogantly
barely behave beautifully but brazenly
carousing with creepy cruddy crocodiles
desperately denying despicable wiles
effectively expediting expediency
f...
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Categories:
toenails, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
To The Other Side
...Out of the blue on this summer day
Richie asks me if I want to swim with him across the lake
Sure what the hell and that is that
I will match the older boy’s vim and whim
Two strong boys armored ...
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Categories:
toenails, best friend, endurance, father
Form: Free verse
The return of the Big Sky
...!51+alabaster
Bender Biscuit
Jab_rightcross
Gut Wrench-
Fleeing the hold.
ah-ooh
ah-ooh
chopin
reversed
big chopin
told me
there it is!
referre contact
stay out of the action
there the ...
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Categories:
toenails, music,
Form: Ballade
THE TRUTH ABOUT UNDERSTANDING TRUE LOVE
...
My heart will always be expecting good times
many hearts expect good times
their future lies in expectation of positive futures
there is no substance to save the soul when expectation dies
The...
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Categories:
toenails, age, love, lust,
Form: Free verse
Foot Fetish
...Fantasy
Only
Orange
Tangerine
Fingernails
Exciting
Toenails
Inspiring
Smile
His...
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Categories:
toenails, appreciation,
Form: Acrostic
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