Torn by the Sky
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It was sunny the day our hearts broke away.
A decade has passed—but some wounds ignore clocks.
The news bloomed like bruises on a nation’s chest.
Shoreham stood still.
Time forgot how to move...
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Categories:
undervalued, faith, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Words
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‘Words’ , to explain its meaning, when someone tries,
It is never enough for my heart to suffice.
What is it? The mere joining of syllables to make it meaningful,
And use it in literature to mak...
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Categories:
undervalued, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Not Good Enough
...Dimmissed, defective, unimportant,
Discounted, unworthy,
Unnoticed, undervalued,
Guilt-ridden, under-employed,
Underpaid, misunderstanding,
Unempathetic, overwhelmed,
Under duress, under siege,...
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Categories:
undervalued, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Free verse
THE YELLOW HAWKWEED
...They sing their own songs
In the spirit of light.
No, they do not take credit for that.
Nor, do they drain under dust and disdain
That suffers hollow minds.
They compose their verses in the wi...
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Categories:
undervalued, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
I hate poetry
...I hate the verse, despise its embrace,
Yet, a poet I am, in this ironic space.
No, I genuinely loathe poetry's face,
It revolts within me, words of ignorance trace.
Yet, within its lines, a ref...
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Categories:
undervalued, appreciation, courage, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
CERAMISTA cliff leach
...CERAMISTA cliff leach
impermeable
& opaque
functional
translucent
vitrified
faience
undervalued
engobe
terra
signposts
burnished
& defined
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Categories:
undervalued, art,
Form: Didactic
Nature
...Nature is Life
Nature is living
Nature connects us to life, to the earth and to each other
Nature is Elysium
Nature is profound
Nature is ethereal
Nature makes me smile
Nature makes me joyous
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Categories:
undervalued, beauty, cheer up, earth,
Form: Free verse
Antidote To Alzheimer
...Hobby
is latent gene
Few explore
Many ignore
Hobby
not pastime leisure
it's undervalued
battery recharger
Hobby
of painting
I rekindled
in COVID
Painted 385 artwork
during lockd...
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Categories:
undervalued, art,
Form: Free verse
For Jax
...Papers super Doc
Cared out, by the system
Clockless but stand proud....
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Categories:
undervalued, care, feelings, hurt, inspirational,
Form: Haiku
Cok Is It
...Cherish the time with your parents
Our time will come just like theirs.
Keep holding on to those memories
Envisaging that good memories
will not cease forever
If you missed the precious yea...
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Categories:
undervalued, care, parents,
Form: Acrostic
Incoherent
...The whispers of thoughts lay temporal often lay in one’s unconsciousness something that was left unsaid. Is it that one rather not reveal one’s true ulterior motives because fear of the outcome? Or i...
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Categories:
undervalued, care, change, devotion, encouraging,
Form: Bio
Common Sense
...Our old friend Merriam-Webster tells us that the definition of common sense is: sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts.
English Language Learners’ defini...
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Categories:
undervalued, 6th grade, education, growing
Form: Free verse
P Q R S T U
...Playful pony promenade
Quietly quizzing querulous quail
Respite regulated regimented rabbits
Studiously steering sterling striped starlings
Tricking trinkets, trunks and tributaries
Undervalued,...
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Categories:
undervalued, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: ABC
Dancing a Breeze Like a Rose Petal
...I one day encountering a
blooming rose
Witnessing it's pollen being suckled
upon
By a common worker bee
I pondered what common
threads weave a webb
Was he or i in fact really
that d...
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Categories:
undervalued, slam,
Form: Free verse
Cherish For Life
...Cherish all your blessed and painful memories.
Hours of the day can never return; treasure them.
Every cherish begins in the heart, not the head.
Relationships with loved ones, to build inti...
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Categories:
undervalued, beautiful, care, celebration, cheer
Form: Acrostic
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