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Tall Tales of a Stolen PoetHe knows what he sees in the mirror
the twists of reflection getting closer
a creature from the dry land malachite
covering up stories in his favor
how long can the charade go on?
standing on backs of brunette crowns
blame...
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Categories:
word play, betrayal, character, poets, word
Form: Free verse
EPHEMERALloneliness
does not sleep
weariness
grows
shadows
of
fire
flame splashes
sleep
in
a
field
of reflections
on a faded
sky
light dreams
caress &
surprise
me
simplicity
unveiled
shapes
to extinguish
then
multiplies
injustice
transports
me
into temptation
of leisure
only I'm alone
useless
in
the clarity
of
the
absurd
desires
dry up
& separate
me
to love
this ephemeral reign
...
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Categories:
inspiration, word play,
Form: Ekphrasis
Poached WordsAll his best lines were mine; devoured my mind; words plagiarized.
Receiving compliments that came from my pen. He smirks and laughs with a devilish grin "I got away with it, again!"
He calls himself...
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Categories:
word play, betrayal, dark, evil, giggle,
Form: Free verse
Charm Offensive
Joe B. warns Bibi
Israel needs to be disarming
not one Palestinian to be harming ~
Bibi finds Joe B. less than charming
...
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Categories:
word play, international, leadership, war, word
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
word play, anxiety, appreciation, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: ABC
Motion DirectionGod moves in straight circles
in rounded lineal
pointless points
at the sharp of blunts
we are slow to catch on
racing about
on oil and ice
a fat ass can be
a saving grace
God loves
Thank God...
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Categories:
word play, emotions, forgiveness, freedom, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Sonnets for Comedians
Serious poets write fancy sonnets
Fear not, entertainers and comedians
If the clown shoe or nose fits, don it
The...
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Categories:
humor, poets, word play,
Form: Rhyme
The CBA
Categories:
insect, sound, word play,
Form: Free verse
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Categories:
word play, fantasy, fun, funny, meaningful,
Form: Light Verse
Letter to Oz - A RequestDear Poet Soup..
A request, dare I ask,
Could you withdraw
Mysterious mask?
As if in Oz
I feel I am
But hope your wizardry
No sham
For I request
A feature fair
To pin a poem
In the air..
High up above
As if balloon..
(Your...
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Categories:
word play, sexy, simple, social, society,
Form: Other
Hippo Carebulging
burgeoning
bulbous grin
widening
a widened chair
to sit him in
liking
lotions
rubbed on chin
and greying
gruelling
sunburn skin
...
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Categories:
word play, animal, fun, funny, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
LIST poetically speaking
Categories:
poetry, word play,
Form: Bio
COLOURISTACLOURISTA
mood
& personality
an
intuitive
complex
of influence
decor
perceived
in
a spectrum
of
primary
pigments
tone
& saturation
red orange
yellow green blue
purple sides
of shortest
hue
'til blackness
in white
fades
into
a unity
of grey
with
intriguing
sublety
&
intensity
in
the
lasered
eye
emit
random
chaotic
photons
both coherent
&
radiates
sensations
in contrasts
&
complements
vibrate
in
the spatial
mind
light/dark
instinctive
& vivid
a
visual
spice
enlivens
&evokes
awareness
of
apparel
impressions
piquing
unadulterated
clarity
&
appeal...
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Categories:
art, word play,
Form: Didactic
A TANKA PROSE afterword
I walk through the glade
colour enlightens me-
in my mind's eye
abstractions rainbow
my persoective
The soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,shadowing the speckled sallow saffron
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;brilliant boneblack grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation as...
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Categories:
art, nature, word play,
Form: Didactic
RECITISTA part 2simplicity
caress
the ear
momentary
sounds
&echoes
with
raw intensity
fused
in universatility
a dramatic
paradox
in pleasant
modulation
exhuberant
& harmonious
unique
challenging
exploratory
fluidity
of voice
to
the
inner
ear
treasures
of
breath
emphasizes
refrain
in
tantalising
finger prints
an
aural
crossweaved
in
a trace
resemblance
of
emotive
gaps
&
silences
mood
& tones
variable
in pitch
of
subtle
timbre
rhythm
&intonations
in
mutual
equivalence
revealed
...
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Categories:
poetry, word play,
Form: Didactic
Specific Types of Word Play Poems
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