Carnival Date
...It was nineteen-eighty and I felt great -
off to the carnival with Brenda on a date.
Am I really going out with this beauty?
Showing her a good time - that was my duty.
Under the stars, on the i...
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Categories:
unconcealed, fun, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Muskerry Spring
...At Lough Allua, along the waterfront
One observes a turning of the tide
From river stones, which stay blunt
Are nature’s creatures, who needn’t hide
A little toad searches for anew
Commencing ...
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Categories:
unconcealed, ireland,
Form: Rhyme
Petal
...The Petal is a bud
That opens to a bloom
It blossoms with the Sun
On Summer afternoons
When Climate freezes Day
It’s easier for Men
To know why Petals wither
– Theirs to understand
But w...
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Categories:
unconcealed, flower, metaphor, summer, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
...Inspiration is something
That can be hard to sought.
But motivation it shall bring
When it is caught in thought.
Endless sources of it there
To broaden up your mind.
They are out there everyw...
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Categories:
unconcealed, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Dandelion little bud
...Dandelion little bud soon will have a golden crown,
taller this is bound to grow
upwards, skywards to our sun,
now ripened with blossom wide, unconcealed, too bold to hide,
until the time is r...
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Categories:
unconcealed, change, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Roots of Resilience
...In the realm of educational activism, a tale unfolds,
Where a hero, young and bold, his destiny beholds.
Nurtured by government schools, his mother's embrace,
A journey begins, a pledge to defend,...
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Categories:
unconcealed, devotion, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
CHANGE
...
Journey Journal Page
CHANGE
By Leon Enriquez
Change comes around
In a pin-prick poke
Sharp as a hard yoke
Not much of a joke
Off-balance, aground
A shaft of light
In a piercing w...
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Categories:
unconcealed, change,
Form: Rhyme
Harvesting
...Put Youself In Their Shoes Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Placed 1st
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It was late August, during summer break,
We went to our gran...
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Categories:
unconcealed, 5th grade, august, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Skin Unconcealed
..."All a man really wants, is a girl who looks good in a bikini." - Jack Freestone
Hot white sand sticks,
tingles the salacious sense
of beach-braced feeling,
clad in skimpy bikini.
Out of the...
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Categories:
unconcealed, body, sexy,
Form: Free verse
Transcending Boundaries
...In realms unseen, where hearts reside,
There lies a struggle, a turbulent tide.
A journey embarked, brave souls set free,
Transcending boundaries, embracing identity.
Amidst a world adorned in ...
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Categories:
unconcealed, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Kestrel
...Corn is harvested and hay neatly bailed
Indian summer hovers over field
Wind frolicker dived smoothly then impaled
Unwary creature who was unconcealed.
Small bird of prey with beautiful...
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Categories:
unconcealed, bird, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Melancholy
...O Melancholy, my home-alone friend,
with Indolence conspiring to mark time,
with best intentions, and thoughts unpenned,
and faded vision, as the perfect rhyme,
so almost, so not quite, so very c...
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Categories:
unconcealed, inspiration, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Spare Me Disaffected Trolls
...Spare me the agonizing of disaffected trolls
Who find nothing of substance worthy of note,
Desperately seeking a modicum of control
Their unconcealed nastiness a matter of rote.
Have they nothi...
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Categories:
unconcealed, anti bullying, feelings, perspective,
Form: Quatrain
Justice Will Always Prevail
...Justice Will Always Prevail
Troubled minds hear ephemeral voices invoke thunder lightning and brimstone
Arms and faces lifted skyward world leaders chant prayers of promise to atone
B...
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Categories:
unconcealed, destiny, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For War
...The Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand...
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Categories:
unconcealed, bible,
Form: Rhyme
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