On the Banks of the Potomac
...We were accustomed to being in the military living in the
barracks, having inspections and following the rules.
Yet, at summer's zenith, my sweetheart and I and our two
friends left behind the Ft....
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Categories:
unexpectantly, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Legend
...A veteran winger of the American women’s soccer team,
Megan Rapinoe is much maligned now,
for she unexpectantly missed a penalty in the shootout
in the crucial match against Sweden that caused
th...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, america, soccer,
Form: Free verse
One Day
...One day it’s going to happen, just you wait and see, there will be a day that you will run into me unexpectantly
And when I am standing there in front of you with that awkward look upon your face, i...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, happiness, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
The Departed Son
...I love you much,
Billy Patrick,
And I miss you so much more!
I hope you're resting peacefully,
I'll see you soon at Heaven’s door!
Until we reunite, my son,
Keep an eye from above on y...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, bereavement, death, dedication, father
Form: Rhyme
Tuning In
...When there be no inspiration
Shrouded in gloomy darkness
Upon our brow perspiration
We shift into tranquil stillness
Attention poised unexpectantly
No one within now searching
A throb wi...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, inspiration, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Not Behind Your Departure
...Should I see you coming from afar,
I would swing my hands at a tick of a clock,
You might take delight in delaying all those congregants,
As they stay unexpectantly in shock,
Then you come in...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, adventure,
Form: Classicism
Daft - Happy Chappie
...Happy Chappie had a lightbulb brain wave
Thinking his idea some time he would save
Usually when he went out and about
He forgot his way back without any doubt
Thought if I butter well my outdoor ...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, character, crazy, giggle,
Form: Rhyme
Equations of Life
...It has come to my very attention
Life is a series of formulas and equations
In order for us to be complete and whole
We must balance and equal situations
A formula to determine that which is requ...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, life,
Form: Couplet
The Painful Truth
...I close my eyes to imagine your face
but pain invades and the image is erased
tears gather at the corner of my eyes
as i sit and remember all of your lies
I try to reach out to see if your there
bu...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, lost love,
Form: Couplet
The Glass
...The sand is pouring soo fast.
I feel incredibly entombed.
I yearn to break the hours surrounding me,
the way I got that wound.
And even though, I am all alone,
in the dark, in the estranged, I am fre...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, love, people, recovery from...,
Form: Rhyme
Joseph
...Joseph
A phone call brought the bad news,
you have left us unexpectantly.
Dazed and shocked, we try to understand,
we go though the motions,
while our insides are torn and tears are falling.
Mom...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, loss, life,
Form: Free verse
The Bridge of Canterbury
...That bridge hanging precariously
Across the threatening gulf
Was the only escape to mortality
For we were safe then
Playing in the litter under it
Without the pretense of be...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, childhoodworld,
Form: Free verse
The List
...How do I love thee,,
Let me count the ways
That seems even hokey for a poet to say
But hearing your voice and feeling your heart
Brings the lists alive that I’ve had from the start
As a young ...
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Categories:
unexpectantly, lovelife, words, god, heart,
Form: I do not know?