Earth
...
a blue speck of yonder eons
my cosmic charisma
in spatial silent spin
immaculate
stream strings wind in rhapsody breeze
through the topographic template
carved of rocks
the sands of tim...
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Categories:
usurps, analogy, earth,
Form: Other
The Painter
...
Lure of mirage
in deranged dunes,
dances in
dandelion rhythm
with oasis dream,
illusion inscribed
in sane sands of time,
sliding continuum
with desiccated travail,
thirst unquenched,
...
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Categories:
usurps, analogy, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Sky of Fireflies
...Sunset.
Darkness quickly descends.
I feel like dancing on my large lawn.
Astonished I admire
the rise of fantastic fireflies.
Such beauty usurps my breath.
Fireflies waltz in wei...
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Categories:
usurps, imagery, insect,
Form: Free verse
Stardust On Autumn Leaves
...The air feels nippy as the Night stretches,
adjusting itself to fit Fall.
Silence replaces the songbirds' sweet songs;
while wailing winds
compose a dirge for Summers's death.
And in the...
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Categories:
usurps, autumn, beautiful, beauty, change,
Form: Free verse
The Beholder
...
Lure of mirage
in deranged dunes,
dances in
dandelion rhythm
with oasis dream,
illusion inscribed
in sane sands of time,
sliding continuum
with desiccated travail,
thirst unquenched,
...
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Categories:
usurps, analogy, beauty, life,
Form: Free verse
Consciousness Correction
...
“False pride...true greed...
corrupt...agreed”
_by Poet
Fate is a fickle force that blinds
and often messes with our minds,
...
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Categories:
usurps, betrayal, corruption, emotions, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Scoundrels of the Senate
...Again these men comes to mind,
Paid to say yes and nay,
Lame duck,
Canker, ***** rapscallion minds
Incorrigible,
Political impostors detached from the humdrum of street cries
Maggots in honor...
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Categories:
usurps, africa, analogy, corruption, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Fate
...Fate is a fickle force that blinds
and often messes with our minds,
to pull the rug from under us;
comes out of nowhere without fuss.
Fate changes things we'd never guess;
but this one change,...
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Categories:
usurps, change, fate, poetry, writing,
Form: Couplet
The Cardinal and the Rose
...Bright red bouquet of cheeks, a ruddy sweet.
Strawberry twist, like licorice - a treat.
The cardinal, robust. The rose blossom -
Its warm inviting blaze-fireball, awesome.
Like Winter dove - ...
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Categories:
usurps, bird, flower, imagery,
Form: Couplet
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal Moment
...Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment
alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit;
ofttimes...
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Categories:
usurps, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
Bird In Hand
...Money for today
but not for tomorrow
Bees in the bonnet
cows in the barn
Poverty lessens
the weight of ambition
Our wishes and dreams
back burner to warm
Love for today
but not for tomor...
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Categories:
usurps, time,
Form: Rhyme
False Liberal
...the false liberal
a profiteer
takes advantage of good and vice
wants to profit from our sacrifice...
Does not llove life sucks it up,
does not love humanity
explores it...
Is a pariah,
a ...
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Categories:
usurps, abuse, allusion, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Political Verse
A Holiday Tale
...A commoner King usurps the crown
Marries a blueblood of royal renown
Drunk as can be, in an imperial mood
Orders the Queen to appear stark nude
Before his commoner friends, no less
She ...
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Categories:
usurps, anxiety, holiday, jewish,
Form: Narrative
Your Artistic Interpretations Regaled These Deux Mopic Eyes
...(otherwise titled psalm to
Amelie Beth by Matthew Scott,
his genuine, gluten free and non GMO
poetic non fake appreciative guise.)
Ah, thee availed me reason to craft
a poem with rhyme or reas...
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Categories:
usurps, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Peace In War
...the war is waged,
around me and within me,
the flavor filtered in the air, lilac,
battle lines drawn, us and them,
no middle ground,
in bloom at the fringe of a field of wild flowers, lilac,
sa...
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Categories:
usurps, black african american,
Form: Free verse
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