Fin du Monde
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For years I refused to drink beer, any beer,
awful stuff to my taste. When I did, though,
rare as it was, it was only to “fit in” – and to
avoid snide and unflattering remarks from
frien...
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Categories:
unflattering, how i feel,
Form: Light Verse
Fragment 8-29-2024
...Unflattering Echoes
.for public domain
My echoes return
from barren canyon walls,
absent of the flattery,
I often seek from mirrors....
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Categories:
unflattering, self,
Form: Free verse
Matthew delivers his latest bullet tin
...Matthew delivers his latest bullet – tin...
from the Harris-Walz front
where liberal minded socially progressive
electorate doth agonizingly grunt
targeted in crosshairs scoped out
eager and ...
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Categories:
unflattering, absence, america, angel, august,
Form: Free verse
Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod
...Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod
Any idea regarding who unnamed individual earned such lofty title? I offer a clue, that averred person unknown to many other...
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Categories:
unflattering, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Where art thou unknown spellcaster
...Where art thou unknown spellcaster?
If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
against riptide of ineradicable anguish.
Living hand to mouth
f...
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Categories:
unflattering, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
February 13th, 2023 old man winter gave a one two punch
...February 13th, 2023 - old man winter gave a one...two punch
Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such 24/7 round the clock whether coverage
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Categories:
unflattering, abortion, abuse, age, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Shooting Birds At the Moon
...Was I maudlin over our breakup? For a minute.
If I think of you now, it’s like a slideshow of unflattering images.
At the time, my breakup buddies reminded me you were a bad
choice - like a br...
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Categories:
unflattering, absence, break up, humor,
Form: Free verse
The Swim
...I like to walk beside the sea
I find that it relaxes me
That is, until I decide
To take a plunge into the tide
This comes after careful thought
(It's taken much longer than it ought)
It loo...
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Categories:
unflattering, beach, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Motormouth Is Talking
...My co-workers in the hallway are laughing
I rush out to listen; but I must have missed the punchline
They are trying hard to like each other, I can see that.
Motormouth is talking, so I slink back...
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Categories:
unflattering, work,
Form: Narrative
Pristine Interpretations
...The obstinate angel stands between her desire and its realization
inhumed by impulse
then by mistrust be bound to walk a faithless path
and physical love
in unchaste carnal
be brought to unflatt...
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Categories:
unflattering, desire, longing, senses, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Just For the Sake of Saying Hello
...Just for the sake of saying "hello"
Courtesy garden variety/generic common Joe
who strives to achieve becoming
(even posthumously)
an esteemed writer likened to outstanding poe
whit – perhap...
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Categories:
unflattering, 12th grade, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
Get a Life You Are a Person No One Would Like To Be
...She wasn't clever or cool
allowed to stay home from school
within the four walls
of the house where she ruled
reducing her social scene to the bare minimal
as her knowledge and know-how didn't d...
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Categories:
unflattering, corruption, perspective, power, slam,
Form: Rhyme
How Convenient Slated To Receive Second Dose
...How convenient slated to receive second dose...
COVID-19 February 13th, 2021
Here at Highland Manor apartments
me and the missus occupy room B44
courtesy qualified medical personnel
Lansdale, ...
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Categories:
unflattering, adventure, africa, blessing, caregiving,
Form: Rhyme
The Weird Kids
...I can still picture Janno – a sweet nerdy cross-eyed girl from my school
who wore unflattering clothing and oddly-framed glasses.
Her grandmother was my unsimiling fifth grade teacher,
and later i...
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Categories:
unflattering, children,
Form: Free verse
Our Bountiful God
...Our God is bountiful because
He is the epitome of pious,
the paragon of virtue
and the abridgment of righteousness.
Rising from amidst the flame
of hope and unprecedented 'happiness'
a soul a...
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Categories:
unflattering, 9th grade, allah, angel,
Form: Free verse
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