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AI versus HI -1
...In dream last night when I talked to AI, Our dialogue went on back and forth like this: I said, look, brain sees what it likes well nigh, Hope, you help not with same human disease. Men well ca......
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Aniruddha Pathak
Categories:
twenty percent,
dream, technology,
Form:
Sonnet
Stultiloquence of the Room
...I knew the women had arrived by the stultiloquence of the room Chatter went up another twenty percent when mom arrived on her broom Annual witch’s gabfest convention was a hit in New England today ......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
twenty percent,
women,
Form:
Rhyme
Uncle Jimmys Profits
...Uncle Jimmy was always bragging about his profits. He constantly had things to sell. I made two dollars, a ten percent profit. I made five dollars, a twenty percent profit. I made seventeen dolla......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
twenty percent,
life,
Form:
Free verse
The Space Around Me
...The space around me gets larger everyday and the wind that sits beyond the mountain is blowing residue of hope in the air and the birds sitting on top of the tree trembles in fear. The thistles ......
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Christine Phillips
Categories:
twenty percent,
adventure, character, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Narrative
Fruit Leather
...You bite that apple! Give it a go, put on a show There is no shame You said shame is a sham And clams are happy Do they hop or skip? Tripping along the seafloor Playing hopscotch Eating numbe......
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Raven Boerger
Categories:
twenty percent,
fruit, humor, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
...The headlines blared “COVID-19 vaccines kill people!” “More vaccinated people die of COVID than non-vaccinated!” “COVID vaccines are a government conspiracy!” Wait a minute, though. Let’s think......
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Robert Grappel
Categories:
twenty percent,
health, math,
Form:
Didactic
Can'T We Do Better
...One hundred people saving ten dollars per week a thousand dollars per week fifty-two thousand dollars per year the deposit for a house every year a road to wealth and growth that is my idea......
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Bernard Barclay
Categories:
twenty percent,
inspiration, international,
Form:
Narrative
Frangelico
... There is a hazelnut-flavored liquor named "Frangelico" It's named after a hermit monk who lived long ago. This twenty percent alcohol spirit comes from Italy. All over the world, it has ......
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Robert Pettit
Categories:
twenty percent,
drink,
Form:
Rhyme
We Treat Impotence With a Science
...We treat impotence with a science, And, we are proud of the results! Twenty percent of our clients, Were jailed for sexual assaults!......
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Alex Klugman
Categories:
twenty percent,
funny,
Form:
Quatrain
This Too Will Pass
...I feel sick. Feverish with chronic, Long standing lung disease. The governor here Has mandated everyone Wear a mask when they go out In public. Some people will have to wear it 24/7. Makes ......
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Catie Lindsey
Categories:
twenty percent,
life,
Form:
Free verse
Lost In Dismay
...Do you spend twenty percent of your time acquiring your beliefs And eighty percent of your time in defense Do you have blinders on about what you conceive In fear of the critics ......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
twenty percent,
lost,
Form:
Rhyme
The World Is a Clown
...The world is a clown looking at you up and down The world is a clown; the plane is about to touchdown Madness in the East, madness in the west And the north and the south are gallivanting in their......
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Christine Phillips
Categories:
twenty percent,
appreciation, confidence, desire, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Meet On the Upper Floor
...What would the rich do without the poor? If there was no poor to clean the floor What would the rich do without the poor? If there was no one to guard the door What would the rich do without the ......
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Christine Phillips
Categories:
twenty percent,
beauty, change, emotions, friendship
Form:
Narrative
There Is No Excuse For Ignorance
...There is no excuse for ignorance You must know when you were born There is no excuse for ignorance You are sucking the energy out of the popcorn And fooling everybody about your naked charity Th......
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Christine Phillips
Categories:
twenty percent,
absence, betrayal, business, confidence,
Form:
Narrative
Four O Clock
...Everyone has his four o’clock there is no doubt about that Everyone has his four o’ clock even if he wears a cowboy’s hat Everyone has his four o’ clock even if he roams around in a bureaucrat’s fe......
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Christine Phillips
Categories:
twenty percent,
autumn, character, community, corruption,
Form:
Narrative
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