Morning Rise
Merlin's wand brushes the sky,
As the sun rises with a groan.
The caw of crows are harbingers
Of brightening days tomorrow.
Full rightly is the special one
Seated upon the Stone of Scone.
Prayers bring full circle ancestors,
Whose Book of Charms they borrow.
In four more days is Christmas Tide.
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Categories:
twenty one, religion, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Twenty-One Months
Twenty-one Months
By Franklin Price
10/18/2023
Twenty-one months have passed me by
Since God took my loving wife
For more than half a century
We honored vows for life
With all His love and wisdom
God took her, with Him, up above
Now she's looking down upon me
And still sending me her love
I feel her in my presence
I still feel her warmth at night
Underneath
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Categories:
twenty one, age, death, god, love,
Form: Rhyme
So You Say Your Turning Twenty-One Years Old Rap-Lyric Contes
so you say
your turning
twenty-one years old
today
Hootie Hoo!
happy birthday
and you want
some advice
on the game
of life
so you don't
get played
okay! baby
you know
you just came
to the wrong
place?
so this is the
first thang
i would say
been over
touch your
knees
because
your about
to take
a real spanking
life isn't what
you may think
you'll reach up
you'll get knock down
and sometimes
you can only partially
stand
your ground
it will
only hurt you
more
than
it hurts
me
see
i had
my dream
flash
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Categories:
twenty one, age, america, anti bullying,
Form: I do not know?
Felt Like Six Hundred Twenty One
dandelions were stretched out along the roadside spent
wild lavender thistles were shriveling into brown stalks
we had no air in our car, it felt like we were in a sauna
the first few seconds were great, then it felt stifling.
how hot is it? I asked my niece. She checked her phone.
Heat advisory, heat index, heat…..here it is.
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Categories:
twenty one, summer,
Form: Prose Poetry
Twenty One Year Leases of Life
Twenty one years a man grows
To become a full human.
He will battle all life's woes
And must prosper if he can.
Another score and one years he grows
To be now a full grown man.
By this time his role in life he knows
And has honed his acumen.
Yet a score and one years he grows
To be fully confident.
By this
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Categories:
twenty one, age, bible, body, creation,
Form: Verse
The One In Twenty Twenty-One
ONE IN TWENTY TWENTY-ONE
Happy New Year!
New page in the book of life
New hope, new chance, new experience
May 2022 bring happiness, wellness, and success
Just like the recently concluded 2021
Where I found I was the one!
I was the one and no other than in twenty twenty-one
I was able to face all the challenges
Adapted myself
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Categories:
twenty one, life,
Form: Bio
October Twenty Third Two Thousand Twenty One
October twenty third two thousand twenty one...02:44:06 PM
Eastern Standard Time abuzz auld Durin
(ya know whit I'm Tolkien about
Elder days long regarding) Autumnal thrum –
The perfect balm to avoid feeling glum
supine upon greensward
I (a doubting Thomas) hanker
to take front row catbird seat
divine myriad biota amidst heavenly Lily of the valley
(Convallaria majalis), he
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Categories:
twenty one, america, appreciation, autumn, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Fantasia Twenty-One
yellow bird is back to the tranquil meadow
where my soul finds a true repose,
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Categories:
twenty one, allegory, bird,
Form: Imagism
Micro Twenty One
Caught between
wanting to be social
and destroy the media
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Categories:
twenty one, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Turning Twenty One Again
Helmets are for sissies; I jump on my hog and head down the road
A two week vacation where I can be whoever I want.
No one knows me out here, I breeze down the highway
Loving the wind that rattles my teeth, feeling alive again
My youth comes back swiftly, I lose ten years every ten miles
There is
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Categories:
twenty one, age,
Form: Free verse
Twenty-One All the Time
One of my many foibles is greed.
I have placed myself in a bad situation indeed.
If I only hadn't sat at this blackjack table today.
My depleted bankroll won't permit me to stay.
I am flummoxed by the way the dealer pulls twenty-one.
That's it. I am over and done.
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Categories:
twenty one, games,
Form: Rhyme
Twenty Twenty One Will Be
Twenty-twenty one will be a year full of glad.
I am determined to eliminate all signs of mad or sad.
I will hold up my imaginary stop sign if gloomy thoughts arrive.
Deciding rather to conjure up joyful memories in fours and five.
Twenty-twenty one is going to be a fresh start, every day.
If we get to take off
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Categories:
twenty one, new year,
Form: Rhyme
New Years Day One One Twenty One
New Year’s Day One-One Twenty-One
David J Walker
One-One Twenty-One
Exhaling Decembers air
Breathing in and
Believing again
In hope
instead of despair
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Categories:
twenty one, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Twenty Twenty One
2021 has just arrived,
For most of us,we have survived.
We have said goodbye to family,
To friends we will never see.
Through all the tears and sadness,
You still live in our memories.
We miss you, goodbye.
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Categories:
twenty one, cry, death, family, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
One Year Four Months and Twenty-One Days
I have not penned a verse for many months because I have many things
That are undone, I have not penned a verse for months because the mornings have me on the run. Here I am flying high with a vision that is
brightening up the sky, the world is playing me for a fool and I
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Categories:
twenty one, abuse, anxiety, celebrity, character,
Form: Narrative
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