Our Claim to Fame
...What am I doing?
I'm waiting to die.
My years are behind me
So, don't ask me why.
When I was young,
It was often said,
You're never too tired;
You can sleep when you're dead.
Now that I'...
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Categories:
wrap up, death, old,
Form: Rhyme
Nights draw in
...We harvest all we can
to last us through winter
Glance at the majestic moon
and make a wish with her
Magical things happen
as her rays beam down
a soft side of night
cuddles us close
Drea...
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Categories:
wrap up, autumn, moon, night,
Form: Free verse
Happy Hurt Day
...You’re gentle, judgemental,
A freak in sheep’s disguise
Yet in some ways you’re burdened by self sacrifice,
You’re obsessive, compulsive,
Afraid to let me go
You’re afraid of what’s left of you,...
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Categories:
wrap up, emotions, love hurts, Lullaby,
Form: Rhyme
The Diary Letter to Beatrice
...The Diary Letter to Beatrice
(A lone voice whispers, as the right hand, takes careful notes)
In the deepest of silence
I always walk
Deep in thoughts, into my own created Maelstrom of D...
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Categories:
wrap up, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
Chronicle Of Ends
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The culminating azure ecstasy of the glistening autumn sky
fades away at last with the blizzard of the arctic blast.
As on the wings of winter the golden leaves fly
at the end of their verd...
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Categories:
wrap up, analogy, feelings, life,
Form: Free verse
eye on the storm
...The sky is a cloudless crystal blue
with a breeze to chap your lips
I’m grateful for it, it’s heaven-sent
the dawn was a celestially stamped, angry red
sailors take warning
It’s going to get f...
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Categories:
wrap up, humor, nature, new york,
Form: Rhyme
I JUST CANT WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS
...I just can’t wait till Christmas
I just can’t wait till Christmas
With thoughts of ice and snow
And Santa in his bright red suit
Shouting ho ho ho.
Flying with his reindeer
With presents on...
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Categories:
wrap up, appreciation, boxing day , cheer
Form: Rhyme
Mami Wata
...The night turns to liquid
akin to the silence that overflows in the room.
Mami Wata comes, slow
With her shadow gliding through the moonlight haze.
Children wrap up in the sheets,
but feel the...
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Categories:
wrap up, horror,
Form: Free verse
Up, up and away
...Heyyy friend, since we always UP to something, I wanna give a tribute to the word UP, because everyday of our life we do something meaningful with the word up.
So with that being said, I wanna know,...
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Categories:
wrap up, cheer up, life, meaningful,
Form: Narrative
GODs
...Faith is a beautiful thing
if you're lucky to be blessed
For as you grow older
it all becomes messed
As a child it made sense
the stories and fables
As an adult;
you're the horse t...
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Categories:
wrap up, anger, devotion, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Another Nonsensical Tale
..."Balls!" said the umpires
"Strike!" yelled the pins
"Take that!" cried the little girl
who kicked both my shins
And when the green penguin
started dancing a jig
I realized it was high time
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Categories:
wrap up, fun, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
U Arson murder of 9 totally redacted to fit the necessary needs of the Bureau
...Special Agent Alan King arrived in his Buick dragging my husband to Foss park for his failed lie detector test where I wore wires pregnant for the FBI my husband was scared to death after Ciro Gargan...
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Categories:
wrap up, allah,
Form: Nazm
An interview with a Cherub
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Welcome, Soupers, to our special segment today. We have a very unique guest with us - a cherub! Yes, you heard that right. Please give a warm welcome to our celestial friend, Calvin.
Calv...
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Categories:
wrap up, fun,
Form: Narrative
Winter as a Child
...Winter as a Child
In winter as a child
You can have so much fun
Wrap up warm go outside
And laugh and play and run
If it snows its even better
Make a snowman in the park
Make snow angel...
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Categories:
wrap up, child, childhood, snow, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Odyssey of Hope
...Homer in his prime knew what was divine he sets out to woo the earth but his ambition was crumbed in the dirt, the Trojan War is an epic of past, love, power, hate, marriage, and crime; the Greeks an...
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Categories:
wrap up, absence, change, city, desire,
Form: Narrative
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