The elegance of privilege
...Privilege is elegant
Graceful, as it glides like a breeze
Unnoticed by those who catches its attention
Noticed by those who live in the shadow
Although it's voice not loud
It's presence dema...
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Categories:
vicinity, discrimination, power, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
A Night Out at the Carnival
...Under the inky façade of the night sky,
With reluctant steps, I joined the stream of men
Flowing to the place of the great celebration.
A huge crowd was already there in the temple p...
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Categories:
vicinity, celebration, feelings, night,
Form: Free verse
Kundalini
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Written: July 6th, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
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Line of inquiry: fact or fiction? what does it mean in actuality, to be touc...
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Categories:
vicinity, analogy, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Howling Wilderness
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Written: June 16, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Quote: "I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in the mountains and the desert..." By Rumi
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Categories:
vicinity, appreciation, change,
Form: Rhyme
The gown
...She was dainty with long curls of sunlight for hair. absolutely breath taking.
She seemed to emit a radiant perfection. Hand sculpted by god himself. She wore an elegant gown, emphasis on the way...
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Categories:
vicinity, appreciation, women,
Form: Free verse
Different Whips
...Lil mama in a Q50 infinity
Known to handle drama
Pulls up any vicinity
know a broad in a Amg
we hit the drive through theater
And we blow on trees
I know a hottie in a Beamer
She fiends for...
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Categories:
vicinity, car, funny love, hip
Form: Verse
In the Sun's Rosy Vicinity
...Little Arabella Miller lived in town, but far enough out in green country,
To watch the raspberry sun go down, and to climb a lavish, plum tree.
Arabella was seven-years-old, and had a th...
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Categories:
vicinity, beautiful, color, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Cloaked Destiny
...Death is in relentless pursuit.
It pervaded my thoughts,
assaulted my senses.
I scramble, rerouting courses.
A thousand voices call out my name.
Taunts, screams, cries alike.
Yearning, warni...
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Categories:
vicinity, death,
Form: Free verse
Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks II
...I hate it when a girl rolls her eyes,
because that means she's on to my lies.
And then it's harder to get her
to let me under her sweater,
and then on to the ultimate prize.
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Categories:
vicinity, funny, giggle, howl, humor,
Form: Limerick
Some things shatter, some things bloom
...Crushed.
Dust chokes the air
And encircles the vicinity
Burnt.
Charred and battered.
A blackened stump,
The remains of what once was alive.
Hacked to pieces.
Still, lifeless—
Left to die...
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Categories:
vicinity, abuse, appreciation, betrayal, dark,
Form: Free verse
Precious
...#Precious
Day in and day out,
In my window,
my eyes lay low,
like a lion on its prey,
awaiting only to quench my soul
with your luminous glow.
Your drizzling laughs,
consistently sending sh...
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Categories:
vicinity, beautiful, crush, feelings, how
Form: Free verse
Sky of Fireflies
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My head feels like it's being squeezed in a vise. Eardrums must have blown out from the explosion since I hear absolutely nothing, not even my own breath. Slowly rising to my feet I survey the dama...
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Categories:
vicinity, war,
Form: Haibun
It’s a secret
...Alone in the midst of many I feel,
rapture of bliss magnetism in wonder,
which manifests rapturous zest and zeal,
caused by divine sublime silent thunder,
rising from a fulcrum deep down under
b...
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Categories:
vicinity, joy, love, spiritual,
Form: Dizain
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the mont...
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Categories:
vicinity, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
I do believe
...Bounded by honourable hearts
Delicious dreams gravitating the mind
Gleam sunset patching life with brightness!
As autumn rain effectuates its pledge
While stars evince my inner desires,
I do bel...
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Categories:
vicinity, confidence, courage, endurance, faith,
Form: Free verse
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