heat
...Charles and my predawn jog was a sweat-athon and as the sun rose, a heat-dome brightness tattooed crisp shadows in every corner. Any lingering coolness was burned off - evaporated.
It was 94°f, 3 ...
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Categories:
venti, emotions, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Venti Chai with Cold Foam
...I went to Starbucks this morning,
it makes me sick with regret,
now my morals I am mourning,
And I hate the drink I get.
I want to be more punk,
Minimalist and spikes adorning,
so i ditched al...
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Categories:
venti, 12th grade, political,
Form: Free verse
A Hole, New Dimension, E T
...
The in-sense of dying night falls
in the early morning burn.
The mating song of the beast calls in the darkness,
hyenas mimicking loved one,
per eac...
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Categories:
venti, art,
Form: Rhyme
Vanilla Latte
...The taste of vanilla lingers on my lips, long after we kiss,
The flavor of her love, always at the tip of my tongue,
The curvature of her shape flows elegantly,
Her skin feels smooth and velvety a...
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Categories:
venti, desire, loneliness, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
The Only Star For Me
...The Only Star For Me
It’s my corner coffee shop, Starbucks
The cheer starts here with hot coffee
I’ll get yours, it’s nothing, awe shucks
A home away from home, my family
A blended Frappucci...
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Categories:
venti, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Lita
...We’re on Fall break this week and Peter’s favorite aunt - Lita - is visiting. Lita’s a tall, slim woman (eek! A guess), in her early sixties. She’s nicely weathered and tan. I’m sure she once had Pet...
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Categories:
venti, boyfriend, family, halloween, school,
Form: Free verse
In the Car
...[To the tune of Superstar from the musical Jesus Christ, Superstar]
All you drivers, listen up! You need a new plan.
Driving down the highway, you gotta use bot...
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Categories:
venti, food, travel,
Form: Lyric
The Store of Rhyme and Reason
...I have people often ask me
Where do you get this stuff
Which got me into thinking
Of opening something up
A little shop where poets
Can freely purchase rhymes
Either in bulk quantities
Or on...
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Categories:
venti, fun, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Wall Street
...By Laura D
August 26, 2016
Give me the strength to carry through
The times you knew the audience was out of view
When you're alone and crying out to nothing
No one can hear the ugly side of fo...
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Categories:
venti, conflict, confusion, corruption, introspection,
Form: Lyric
Starbuck's Day
...From my alarm's first beckoning
until that first Venti Columbian at Starbuck's,
I knew the day could be filled with stress.
There was an endless Leadership Staff
meeting where Hanrahan imposed hi...
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Categories:
venti, stress,
Form: Free verse
Veni Vidi Venti
...To slay that draggin'
You really need a good night
But when your bed's a bit too far
Take a break
Pull over your car
Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew
Really anything will do
Rockstar Monster
Superd...
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Categories:
venti, food, funny,
Form: Free verse
Siren of the Seas
...Her currents are the watercourses
that drive the gales and rain
her depths carry the bounties
that man has fished for gain
Her circulations can bring the te...
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Categories:
venti, adventure, inspirational, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
The Definition of Innocence Part1
...What is innocence
Is it a little boy
that pulls his toy
fire truck down the street
And it follows him on a string
As he dodges empty beer bottles
And crack needles
Wishing his toy.
had wing...
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Categories:
venti, life, sad, slam
Form: Dramatic Verse
Cup of Joe
...- First Cup
Brew, Plunge, Percolate,
Morning ritual observed...
Elixir of life.
- Single-Shot
Caf, Half-Caf, De-Caf,
Espresso, mocha, latte...
Steamed milk, not too hot.
- Americano
Tall...
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Categories:
venti, food
Form: Haiku
Tu
...tu vedes mihi se voles et in loci que voles, ego sum diversus-
scribo versum,
entro spaci Mnemosiae,-
rosae
sunt in verbi, dolori et desideri,
et verae
sunt gratitudinae
da cordi a medici Hos...
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Categories:
venti, nature,
Form: ABC
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