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One of Four
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Luke Hobbs
| Free verse |
writing, imagination, lost love, perspective,
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Of Discarded Pages
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Jesse Rowe
| Sonnet |
poetry, writing,
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A Darkness That Waits
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Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings
| Rhyme |
writing,
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HELP
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JEFFREY MWANZIA
| Verse |
writing, art, character, desire, tribute,
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Life is short
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Audley Johnson
| Rhyme |
writing, family, farewell, funeral, how
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Stinking Contest
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Timothy McGuire
| Rhyme |
poetry, writing,
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keepsakes
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RD McManes
| Free verse |
nostalgia, writing,
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Ipse Solus
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Kurt Philip Behm
| Free verse |
writing,
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Words
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Jim Slaughter
| Free verse |
words, writing,
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Forever On Hold
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Kurt Philip Behm
| Rhyme |
writing,
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Contests and Alphabet Turds
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CayCay Jennings
| Lyric |
writing, break up, poetry, poets,
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For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss
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Robert Lindley
| Rhyme |
writing, creation, fantasy, hyperbole, mythology,
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TV on, Volume low
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Alex Kidson
| Free verse |
writing, emotions, inspiration, inspirational, poems,
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WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING CONTEST TODAY
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Dean Wood
| Couplet |
write, writing,
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London Bridge: Here I Come - or not hah
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JW Earnings
| Free verse |
writing, beautiful, cute, happiness, nature,
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A Rattling Rhyme
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Michelle Faulkner
| Rhyme |
fun, silly, words, writing,
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Together We May Till New Virgin Ground
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Robert Lindley
| Rhyme |
writing, creation, inspirational, muse, passion,
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To Put It Bluntly
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Dalton Ogletree
| Rhyme |
writing, deep, perspective, poetry, rap,
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In My Fount
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Duncan R. M. Ferguson
| Lyric |
uplifting, writing,
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FiveSevenFive6
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Stephe Watson
| Haiku |
writing, poetry, poets, rain, summer,
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FiveSevenFive4
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Stephe Watson
| Haiku |
poetry, rain, writing,
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I AMB a Foot: An Intro to Basic Feet and Meter
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Andrea Dietrich
| Free verse |
writing,
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Word Smith
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Kevin Lawrence
| Free verse |
creation, poets, writing,
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Love In The Sky
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Nicholaus Humphrey
| Lyric |
writing, care, cute love, romantic,
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The Power of Words
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Caren Krutsinger
| Free verse |
writing, emotions, feelings, voice, word
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Pencil You Out
by Duncan R. M. Ferguson
D'ya see? me with the other end
of the HB
Rubbing away all the live long day
so fervorously
But alas that lass pressed hard-
just her style of...
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Romanticism |
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Categories:
writing, analogy, lost love, remember,
The Theory Of Negativity
by Nick Trim
The theory of negativity is relevant to me,
it really sums up my whole reality.
I'm casually nearing the point of insanity,
being out grappled by its gravity.
It...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing, depression, pain, poetry, sad,
The Problem Poem
by Timothy McGuire
Have you ever worked on a poem that didn't seem right?
It never would flow, try as you might,
An idea had popped into you mind,
So you...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
poetry, writing,
The Ecstatic Calliope
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
"Here rise to life again, dead poetry!
Let it, O holy Muses, for I am yours,
And here Calliope, strike a higher key,
Accompanying my song with that...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing, freedom, identity, imagery, imagination,
Things I Am
by Annabelle Jane
Dreadful Drawer,
Careless Carver,
Unskilled Sketcher,
Poor Painter,
Second-rate Sculptor,
Apathetic Artist.
But
Almost Author,
Sanguine Scribe,
Willing Wordsmith,
Loving Lyricist,
Relentless Writer,
Permanent Poet.
...
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List |
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Categories:
love, writing,
One of Four
by Luke Hobbs
what to do for spilt blood,
naught else but to write,
urgently before it dries,
dies, these words,
would produce little affect,
had they been vein written,
draw red out from...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing, imagination, lost love, perspective,
Of Discarded Pages
by Jesse Rowe
When thoughts like lightning streak across my mind
In brilliant flashes of the clearest hues
If turning them to words on page I find
My efforts and advances...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
poetry, writing,
A Darkness That Waits
by Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings
From a deep chasm of sorrow I write,
and although shattered- silken is my pen;
from this abyss my written words seek light,
varnished words- ...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing,
HELP
by JEFFREY MWANZIA
Help is legal,
Help is fruitful,
Help is a gift,
At times we lose grip,
Overwhelmed by decisions,
Matters that harbor different tasks,
But when that aid shows up,
We get to...
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Verse |
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Categories:
writing, art, character, desire, tribute,
Life is short
by Audley Johnson
Sounds cliche ain't it
Never saw this one coming I'll admit
You were just here for a little bit
Until life decided to split
Suddenly another one...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing, family, farewell, funeral, how
Stinking Contest
by Timothy McGuire
Another contest?!, I am thinking,
We don't need another contest that is stinking,
So use words that only smell sweet,
When the pen and the paper meet.
So I...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
poetry, writing,
keepsakes
by RD McManes
notable notations
have become keepsakes
collectable paper scrapes
with no book or look
remotely resembling their own
bits of envelope, napkin, and such
whatever happens to be handy
when that mood...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
nostalgia, writing,
Ipse Solus
by Kurt Philip Behm
Not like her,
And
Not like him,
And
Not like you
—I write!
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing,
Words
by Jim Slaughter
Words have shapes,
Each shape crafted from elements
Of the immeasurable power of the alphabet.
Each letter has meaning within its sound;
Each word is a compacted spell.
How undernourished...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
words, writing,
Forever On Hold
by Kurt Philip Behm
A literary sociopath…
Hemingway wrote
Both gifted and tortured,
his words they provoke
A verbal combatant
with battles foretold
His last the most fatal
...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing,
Contests and Alphabet Turds
by CayCay Jennings
I have given contests my very best
only to bruise my ego with unrest
and sometimes hurt within my chest.
I confess to times of being obsessed
with stinking...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
writing, break up, poetry, poets,
For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss
by Robert Lindley
For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss
(Part One)
I've ate Eden's last apple, coveted Jason's* golden fleece
chained myself in caverns...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing, creation, fantasy, hyperbole, mythology,
TV on, Volume low
by Alex Kidson
Do you ever see someone?
And have an instinct-
They are the kind of person
Who sleeps with the T.V on,
Volume low.
Or see someone and know
They...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing, emotions, inspiration, inspirational, poems,
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING CONTEST TODAY
by Dean Wood
So you’re having a party, a contest you say?
Well, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING CONTEST TODAY!
This gig’s over rated, with its trophies and prizes,
Good poems...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
write, writing,
London Bridge: Here I Come - or not hah
by JW Earnings
California, California, oh pretty, sunny California
Well, farewell for now till I leave far too sunny Arizona
Boredom kingdom overruled me substantially,
So I talked my sister's ears...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing, beautiful, cute, happiness, nature,
A Rattling Rhyme
by Michelle Faulkner
Words can be whimsical, a merry-go-round
They run in a circle, they go up and down
They play hide-and-seek until they are found
Look how quickly the little...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
fun, silly, words, writing,
Together We May Till New Virgin Ground
by Robert Lindley
Together We May Till New Virgin Ground
Each night my muse asks me, what have you done.
Have you inked pages for joy or just for fun,
I...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing, creation, inspirational, muse, passion,
To Put It Bluntly
by Dalton Ogletree
8/3/18
Life is not just about being world renowned
Or wearing a crown
Currently lost instead of found
In your eyes, I can see the pain, right now
Get rid...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
writing, deep, perspective, poetry, rap,
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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Lyric |
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Categories:
uplifting, writing,
FiveSevenFive6
by Stephe Watson
Rains. Writing. Summer.
Haikuing, Enlightening.
Wait! Was that lightning?...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
writing, poetry, poets, rain, summer,
FiveSevenFive4
by Stephe Watson
It has been a five,
followed now by some seven,
kind of storm morning....
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Haiku |
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Categories:
poetry, rain, writing,
I AMB a Foot: An Intro to Basic Feet and Meter
by Andrea Dietrich
Iamb, Trochee, Spondee, Pyrrhic. Do those words have meaning for you? If not, you may find it handy as a poet to learn how to...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing,
Word Smith
by Kevin Lawrence
A smithy peers into a white hot
Ingot formed square
Seeing the idea of a meaning
Form there
How many turns at the anvil
How many soakings
In the heat
Long sweating...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
creation, poets, writing,
Love In The Sky
by Nicholaus Humphrey
FRIDAY
I fell asleep kissing her lips
She fell asleep on my arms
while kissing
We fell asleep on each other's lips
How deep is that?
DROWN
Her love is...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
writing, care, cute love, romantic,
The Power of Words
by Caren Krutsinger
The power of words can never be overestimated.
They bring us up, pull us down, embrace us, hurt us, cause us to instantly laugh or cry.
Wars...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
writing, emotions, feelings, voice, word