An Uphill Journey
...“As we tread along the journey of life
We need to strive and strive just to survive.”- By author
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Categories:
verging, inspirational, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
Clinging to Hope: Hold onto This Anchor, Please
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I have been tossed in raging tempest storms,
and dealt with life's stress far beyond the norm.
I've walked alone on nights of pouring rain,
felt blows of physical and mental pain.
I've gaze...
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Categories:
verging, hope,
Form: Sonnet
ROBIN RED BREAST BUMBLE BEE AND KATY CATERPILLAR
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Hi dear friends, I’m back after a bad shingles attack and straight after that bronchitis verging on pneumonia.
Little Robin red breast bobbing up and down,
Would take away with glee, anybody’...
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Categories:
verging, life,
Form: Rhyme
Moving Uphill
...Moving up one's journey uphill,
Though for many a soul a thrill,
Is a scary endless struggle
Verging on a daily battle.
One may expect thorns on the way
And a scorching sun through th...
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Categories:
verging, inspiration, inspirational, motivation, moving
Form: Rhyme
geneva
...During finals week, I’d spent days on various reports and papers, scribbling in the margins of notes and books, checking facts, revising flashcards and prepping with friends. I’ve an unshakable faith...
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Categories:
verging, boyfriend, humor, love, school,
Form: Free verse
Pure Heart is a Spotless Mirror
..."The pure heart is a spotless mirror in which images of infinite beauty
are reflected,” Rumi
Placed 6th in:
Mirror Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sara Kendrick
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Categories:
verging, appreciation, beauty, heart, mirror,
Form: Quatrain
Tranmutation
...Written 12 December 2023
Transmutation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
Transmutation
Whether transmutation of energy
Is a...
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Categories:
verging, humanity, life, men, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Mirage Chaser
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Astride the dark cloud’s fringe of despair
Beguiling dreams gleamed like lines of silver,
Created dream-drenched wings of birds of desire,
Driven by the winsome winds through the rainbow flair,...
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Categories:
verging, desire, hope,
Form: Abecedarian
The Finis Sing Touches Touche
...The finis sing touches touché
Knead dull brows knitted;
belief system I cogitate
gearing thee ordinary bipedal hominid
acquiesces to deck the halls
of the mountain (dew) king with boughs
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Categories:
verging, 12th grade, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
I Ask Myself a Rhetorical Question Regarding
...I ask myself a rhetorical question regarding...
the durability, longevity, and tenacity of *****sapiens,
after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity.
How did the human species ma...
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Categories:
verging, africa, america, anger, april,
Form: Free verse
Fear Before Love
...Fear before love; tis ever
A street's heart-thumped view.
Abhorrence, through which a smile
Cracking, may burst through.
That which trembles, before dawn
Verging, tree-shaded
Its more than li...
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Categories:
verging, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Play It Backwards
...If you really want to know, play it backwards
Put the record on, the Beatles or the Byrds
An act you may find seemingly absurd
A hidden message fail safe, I’m assured
Is Paul really here and on...
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Categories:
verging, fun, music, riddle,
Form: Quatrain
Ah Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
...Ah...Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Aye sandman, I surrender to yar supreme governance
surreal spectacular soiree gifts subconscious sphere
soothing (analogous to natural pallia...
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Categories:
verging, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Sailing the Seven Seas
...The first expanse we crossed was called Delinquent Sea.
We trolled its murky depths with dreams of piracy.
Though landing swag with no regret,
Contentment slithered through our net.
We squandere...
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Categories:
verging, allegory, sea,
Form: Lyric
Sexual Harassment
...Another blazing steel
That carve wounds which don’t fully heal
Besides those of Big Brother Rape
Whose injurious clutch very few escape.
A pointing finger by forensic evidence maintained
Abo...
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Categories:
verging, abuse, anti bullying, desire,
Form: Rhyme
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