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The Battle of Depression
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K.S. LAKSHMI
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waning, depression, emotions, fate, hurt,
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Creation
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Victor Buhagiar
| Free verse |
waning, creation,
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EVERY BREATH
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Line Gauthier
| Senryu |
waning, life, moon,
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Dog Days Endure
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Connie Marcum Wong
| Rubaiyat |
waning, moon, star, summer,
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A Drink at the Moon Fest
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Charlie Way
| Rhyme |
waning, moon,
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Nocturnum
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Diana Almajan-Guta
| Sonnet |
waning, 12th grade, abuse, allusion,
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My Waning Years
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Connie Marcum Wong
| Enclosed Rhyme |
waning, autumn, romantic love,
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The Path Became Bloody, The Door Forever Was Shut, Part Two
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Robert Lindley
| Rhyme |
waning, courage, dark, death, hope,
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Eternally
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eric ploscik
| Free verse |
waning, appreciation, longing,
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Each Swearing, One Day More, Just One Day More
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Robert Lindley
| Sonnet |
waning, forgiveness,
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Hued Dawn Rises
by Subimal Sinha-Roy
HUED DAWN RISES
When the hued dawn rises from the horizon in flair
I find my mind morphing into a beautiful butterfly.
On its wings the tapestry of...
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Enclosed Rhyme |
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Categories:
waning, analogy, dream, life, light,
Loser, Let Go
by Gregory R Barden
I dangle from a frayed, silken cord of melancholy ...
Gaping beneath me, a chasm of hope and elation, aglow.
For most of a lifetime I've wrapped...
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Categories:
waning, analogy, fate, father, life,
GHOST OF EMMITT TILL SPEAKS
by Jack Peachum
d. Aug. 28, 1955
My name is Emmett Till—and, no, I will not go away—I will not!
It was long ago and far away— but not so...
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Dramatic Monologue |
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Categories:
waning, black african american, death,
Sugar Mountain
by Kai Michael Neumann
It is you and me when two become one
when time passes under a yellow moon
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Categories:
waning, happy,
life, afterall
by Rick Stassi
What is life, afterall?
The waning time from summer to fall.
Winter's sting shall take its toll,
In springtime thus a reborn soul.
Reborn on ground or there above,
For...
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Categories:
waning, christian, cry, death,
The time speaks
by Mustofa Munir
I am the time—the eternal wonder! I witness
The furious, rampant universe,
Its explosion and implosion!
I have my own conviction,
Persuasion, temptation,
Sometimes I become despotic, agitated,
Rumbling and...
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Categories:
waning, assonance,
Passing the test
by Chris Green
Feeling the pain as the solstice is waning
Counting the days till the end brings me home
Keeping a smile through the mess I am wading
Wondering why...
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waning, time,
Jagged Eyes
by Emile Pinet
Stealing light day had won
gray clouds evoke despair
choking a waning sun.
And dullness dims the air
as flower petals close
like the sun wasn’t there.
And brindled bruised splotches
dapple...
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Categories:
waning, 10th grade, beautiful, fire,
Sitting In The Dark, With Darkness Covering Me
by Robert Lindley
Sitting In The Dark, With Darkness Covering Me
Sitting in the dark, hearing voices in the hall
remembering my many lovers, one and all.
Some that sent my...
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Categories:
waning, conflict, dark, deep, introspection,
In My Fount
by Duncan R. M. Ferguson
If all my organs start shuttin' down
n' I've done my runnin' all over the town
Blinkin' redlinin' flatlinin'
e'ry thing starts to fail
Thinkin' med failin' hightailin'll...
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waning, uplifting, writing,
Moon Howlers
by taai tekai
Many eons ago, the loss, like an amputated arm
Opalescent rainbows faded, as memory clung so
Only a witnessing wilderness ached, missing a jo
Now, wolves sing...
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waning, allusion,
A perpetual benediction
by Mustofa Munir
You were still in my sight, all on a sudden
In my rhythmic heart you blended with a harmony
That brought a perpetual benediction, it was an
Ambience...
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Categories:
waning, love,
My Dear Friend Mo
by Jack Ellison
Must say my sweet charming friend Mo
Starts me off with love which I NEVER outgrow
Forever and ever
Forget her never
Takes my waning years to a loving...
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Limerick |
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waning, friendship,
How we met
by Joshua Popoola
Sitting on the railings nonchalantly
My eyes caught a glimpse of you
Under the waning moon
When the cock was yet to crow
I put on...
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Categories:
waning, abuse, allegory, emotions, for
Oh The Memories
by Jack Ellison
We're just a couple of happy souls
Traveling along love's highway
Doesn't matter if our roads never cross
Each day is a sunny and bright day
I'm conjuring up...
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Categories:
waning, memory,
Contemplating Love
by Brenda Chiri
As she sat there silently contemplating
Finding the past year to be fascinating
At times life could be emotionally draining
And if she ever found her resolve...
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Categories:
waning, devotion, dream, inspirational love,
Blind Passion
by Brian Densham
The horse – a creature of blind passion – pawed
The earth beside the silent fallen form
A digger of graves more noble and more odd
Than ever...
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waning, passion,
The Ghost of Boggy Creek
by John Gondolf
Long ago when I was younger, yearn for knowledge I did hunger,
heard about a rumor going ‘round.
Twas a legend told for ages, passed along as...
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waning, dark, horror, scary,
CHROME LAYERS OF AUTUMN
by nette onclaud
Autumn, wrap me in the fabric of uncoated leaves
just for this unequaled waning eve
as orchids rest beneath viscous cloudbursts:
I feel distanced from the elements...
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waning, autumn, image, leaving,
Bronze Oceans
by Dale Gregory Cozart
My schooner eases
into the tiger claw
that an umber peninsula
juts seaward.
The carnelian bay
beckons like honey
as I aim
for twilight's tangerine
and sun's waning citrine
in amber haze.
Papaya clouds...
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Ekphrasis |
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Categories:
waning, boat, color, ocean,