Rejuvenating Proof
...Rejuvenating Proof
Counteroffensive cataclysms clamouring for defeat
Apprehensive magnetism that makes you feel complete
Comprehensive pragmatism that can sometimes drain and deplete
Recompen...
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Categories:
understating, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Politics of Coronavirus
...The government is not debating,
Internally or understating,
Attacking, flipping the opposition,
Or denouncing the wealth creating.
All parties work together,
To social fairness we toast,
Main...
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Categories:
understating, freedom, health, hero, inspiration,
Form: Quatrain
A Through Z On Fire
...Alligator alley always answers
Bringing bulbous batches of bubbles
Creatively and curiously cavorting
Deliberately denying and distorting
Elusive energy and enthusiasm
From freakish forwarding ...
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Categories:
understating, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
The Intermission
...easily remembered
his lines
made some feel he had the easiest
job in the show
he spoke three words
three words that would
be the middle and change of the way or direction
the show would run.
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Categories:
understating, adventure, business, creation, encouraging,
Form: Classicism
A Legacy Worth Bearing
...I was named ...
For my father, but not quite as you might think ...
His first name is my middle name, Richard,
And his middle name, Thomas, was my brother's first name,
(Though my brother swi...
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Categories:
understating, appreciation, family, father, father
Form: Free verse
Re-Union
...Understanding like respect can be earned,
It is a classless, fool less image to be worn.
You can learn understanding but never teach,
I am smitten with your understanding of all things.
Feel ...
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Categories:
understating, loss, love,
Form: Blank verse
Flan
...Flan
The perfect dessert for me.
For it has the perfect texture , so consistent throughout.
It's gelatinous yet doughy body that is so sweet to the soul , tongue and mouth.
So beautiful and underst...
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Categories:
understating, family, food, friendship, funny,
Form: Free verse
Madly Iridescent
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Madly Iridescent
By Rick Rucker
My wife had told me about her boss,
That, to not meet her, would be my loss,
I stopped by to see my Honey,
Something silly, like to give her money,
She sai...
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Categories:
understating, introspection, me, wife, life,
Form: Couplet
His Hell
...It roars thunder and bellows a storm,
it's vengeful like scorned gods.
A gory feature of demonic forms!
And I see it more and more envelop,
everything about me.
Everything sanity marshals!
Till words...
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Categories:
understating, depression,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
235 Years of Independence
...Today is July the 4th and millions of Americans are celebrating.
We got independence in 1776 and that's something I'm not understating.
Many people will be shooting fireworks tonight.
When I light...
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Categories:
understating, holiday, inspirationaljuly,
Form: Rhyme
May Be the Last Time (I Don'T Know)
...Wings of a monarch butterfly
erratically flapping against a breeze.
Slimy trail of a snail
leaving ground ooze below the knees.
Clear sky of night has a pristine cosmic
view beyond polluted i...
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Categories:
understating, introspection, lifenight, night,
Form: Rhyme
Re-Alignment
...When I tried, I’d grab your hand
Pull you close and hurt you inside
When I lived, I’d bring you down
There’s nothing left to live for this time
Funny faces, painful places
Tempting lies and me...
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Categories:
understating, faith, imagination, inspirational, life,
Form: I do not know?