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Torchbearer in the Ocean

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E-very
V-essel
A-waits
N-ew
S-ea

J-ourneys
O-f
S-hips,
E-xpecting
P-eaceful
H-arbingers.

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Monocrostic (Birthday of Evans A. Joseph)...
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Categories: torchbearer, birthday,
Form: Other

A Tortured Poet

... Written on April 19th 2025 for Sara Jama's The Chaos in my Heart Contest

I am wrapped in darkness, crippled by the chaos in my heart.
Swallowing tangled foxgloves of regret, I spiral....
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Categories: torchbearer, dark, deep, loss, poetry,
Form: Free verse



By George burn hing hard, I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright

...By George (burn hing* hard), I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright

offers his unsolicited tidbits 
as scene courtesy 
the following virtually 
staged philosophical insight.

Arch back like...
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Categories: torchbearer, adventure, appreciation, art, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAncestral Whispers

...Ancestral Whispers
In the depths of the earth, the roots of time stretch like pulsing veins,
Nourishing the collective memory with the fertile essence of our past,
And I, a poet wandering through ...
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Categories: torchbearer, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberYesterday's Wishes

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School bullies will always call you names,
but would they if they knew I was your blood?
Maybe the insults would have stopped.
There would have been a lot less scraps.
I would be a man without ...
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Categories: torchbearer, angst, father son,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberRomance in Twilight

...The essence of your emerald eyes engulfs me
into romantic rainbow realms
of sensitive sensual surrender
that spins my heart in Twilight's timeless texture

leading us to a kind kingdom of lush k...
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Categories: torchbearer, romance,
Form: Alliteration

The Wayfarer and the Thirteen Kingdoms Part 1

...All the stars and their kingdoms use Christ’s name in error 
Muttering to themselves “Who is this quiet torchbearer?” 
“Where did he come from; what place birthed this wise wayfarer?”
“How did thi...
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Categories: torchbearer, beautiful, mystery, myth, mythology,
Form: Musaddas

Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years Ago

...Excerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago... 
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater), 

and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice read...
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Categories: torchbearer, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Me From Here

...In the land of Aotearoa, where stories intertwine,
Where the waves caress the shores, and mountains proudly shine,
I raise my voice to honor those who came before,
As a descendant of Karitane, a M...
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Categories: torchbearer, history,
Form: Narrative

By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To Playwright

...By George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright

offers his unsolicited tidbits 
as scene courtesy 
the following virtually 
staged philosophical insight.

Arch back like 
a professional...
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Categories: torchbearer, adventure, age, angel, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Hysterical Blindness

...It continues to befuddle my inquisitive mind
why many of you have attacked and maligned
vaccines, and have decided to become aligned
with other naysayers. Are you physically blind?

It's...
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Categories: torchbearer, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTorchbearer

...how much hate does it take to burn a nations flag ~ who sets this standard


u CHOOSE Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Anthony Biaanco
#13 Flag burning 
How many syllables 17
04/07/22...
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Categories: torchbearer, allusion, america, hate,
Form: Monoku

Premium MemberAries

...Astonishing self-assured warrior. 

                           Rough acts entail his mettle and intrepidity. 

                             Idoneous healer, he uses dauntlessness. 

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Categories: torchbearer, blessing, confidence, destiny, fate,
Form: Acrostic

The Land Has No Boundaries

...The Land has no boundaries,
There is no place for disharmonies!
The air has no biases; they are for all;
The trees and the rivers are for everyone,
Whether it be summers, spring or fall;
Let us ...
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Categories: torchbearer, courage, racism, strength,
Form: Rhyme

Nobel Lionized Matriarchy

...Freely forming metrical mainstays
poetic occasion to phrase
the fairer and gentler sex,
thus the following turns of phrase
to bestow acknowledgement

regarding wonderful wise ways
of collectiv...
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Categories: torchbearer, angel, appreciation, celebration, inspirational,
Form: Elegy

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