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
Ancestral 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
Yesterday'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
Romance 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
Torchbearer
...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
Aries
...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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