Call it a Family
...Life grew bland, banal, other B words
she said I need to gather a troupe
of like-minded sufferers
set up some auditions, form
a select band
we'll workshop the basics
characters, costumes
And...
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Categories:
troupe, character, family,
Form: Free verse
we are the mighty mighty miestanders
...We are the miestanders, a super proud religious group
almost thicker than friends in a traveling circus troupe
we wrote our own Bible; we’ve formed our own church
Don’t put us down, make fun or do...
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Categories:
troupe, humor,
Form: Rhyme
STARSTRUCK
...
I first beheld her in a play;
The leading lady on that day.
And every entrance caused a stir.
In a play I first beheld her.
By curtain call I knew for sure
That I would love her evermore.
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Categories:
troupe, first love,
Form: Quatrain
Ink
...The ink of storms wreaks havoc on the unturned page.
Pulped filaments flop face-lessly before eyes once warm, yet frigid cold.
Daring not to expect much to read or write,
I stare blankly from th...
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Categories:
troupe, absence, conflict, depression, drink,
Form: Free verse
Common Words
...That rainbow, the colors, the shimmer and glow!
But what do I know of light refraction?
This Medical Illustration Man has been drawn
with only nerve and bone. He's got a lot of nerve!
A dand...
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Categories:
troupe, poets, words, writing,
Form: Free verse
The Fox
...Once a fox was lost in the field;
No shelter, friends, nor food to yield!
His fending hope has lastly keened,
But stood once more when prey he gleaned...
There he melded with flocks of sheep,
...
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Categories:
troupe, betrayal, words,
Form: Rhyme
bone beach
...As Autumn idles
A laziness caresses the moon
Resting on a soft cloud bed
Her shadow taunting the night
In a nocturnal game of hide and seek
A soft aroma rises
From freshly trodden leaf beds
A ...
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Categories:
troupe, mystery,
Form: Free verse
As Autumn Idles
...As Autumn idles
A laziness caresses the moon
Resting on a soft cloud bed
Her shadow taunting the night
In a nocturnal game of hide and seek
A soft aroma rises
From freshly trodden leaf beds
A ...
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Categories:
troupe, seasons,
Form: Free verse
I Feel Proud as Souper
...
Poetry soup in troupe of poets on participation.
Originating opulent ideas on ornamentation
Exploring enjoying essence of emotions exchanging feelings.
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Categories:
troupe, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
And the Prize for the Best Name Goes to -
...
Poetry Soup rhymes with Poetry Group
not to mention Poetry Loop
as well as Poetry Troupe
Poetry Troop,
Poetry Sloop
and Po...
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Categories:
troupe, car, humor, identity, poetry,
Form: Monorhyme
SouperTroupers
...
SouperTroupers that’s what poets are
Writing away, everyone a star
Having fun when their muse is on fire
Until they have filled their heart’s desire.
Some write odes to the love in t...
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Categories:
troupe, creation, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Not For Elephants
...In the liveliest REM stage of his night
Bert beholds an unusual sight.
A troupe of pink elephants sound a trumpet blast
Then stomp united towards the grass.
On the other side, a team of tall st...
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Categories:
troupe, dream, football, funny,
Form: Couplet
Categories:
troupe, allegory, baptism,
Form: Carpe Diem
I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather
...I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather
I haint no spring chicken,
("Buk buk buk buk ba-gawk!")
but in Summer re:
long in tooth sexagenarian
nostalgic for the following imagery
ev...
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Categories:
troupe, age, allegory, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Awakening to the Red Road: An Ecopoetic Odyssey 'Part 5 of 6'
...V. "The Great Collective Awakening"
Aren't we the true definitive problem,
not just astray-
malignant corporations…
Or unresponsive governments ?
We are fault...
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Categories:
troupe, earth, environment, nature, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
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