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In vainMy writing is not in vain -I want people to read and enjoy what comes from my mind...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Monoku
Basket CaseA waste paper basket, a trash can, a bin
Whatever you call it, some things won’t stay in
The things that you write
Long into the night
May make, when discarded… one hell of a din
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Don’t write by moonlight...
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Categories:
horror, writing,
Form: Limerick
Soothe Is An Abysssoothe is an abyss I cannot seem to climb down into.
when I realize I am comfortable I feel uncomfortable .
calamity
is all my body knows.
this little blue “calming” pill
does little but make one somnolent.
sleep deprivation...
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Categories:
writing, anxiety, depression, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Writing Poetry
The migrant mind ingrains innate impulsive expression,
wherein my muse blossoms like the flower of passion.
The patina exudes the excitement I’ve so long preferred,
transforming it into transfixed tapestry of weaved words.
The...
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Categories:
analogy, word play, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
writing, adventure, allegory, analogy, art,
Form: Epigram
Book Hobby
Quote By Poet: "Don't Let Books or Poems Become A Thing Of The Past."
A bookstore I can not pass up,
I need a new book I can read close-up.
Books and writing are my hobby,
even about a...
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Categories:
writing, bird, humor, kid, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Inspiration Is SoothingInspiration is soothing.
Like a breeze that lands it’s crisp wings on the perspiration on your skin.
Like a deep breath after holding no air in your lungs too long.
Like a long awaited cup of coffee you’ve...
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Categories:
writing, art, creation, humanity, life,
Form: Free verse
ConfessionsA person's acknowledgment of wrongdoing such as mine when I write senryu, haiku and monoku and label them wrong...
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Categories:
truth, writing,
Form: Monoku
Burning Brain CellsOne day I tried to write a sonnet
For hours and hours I thought upon it
I swear I'm not joking
My head started smoking
And firemen turned their hoses on it...
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Categories:
poetry, writing,
Form: Limerick
Reading, Writing, And Arithmetic
From early on, I have liked figures, numbers, and percentages.
I also liked math, even trigonometry, until the scholars created
the 'New Algebra'. I continued to like general math but never
became friends with the new algebra. Moreover,...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Narrative
Haiku Translations IIIThese are original haiku by Michael R. Burch and his translations of haiku by the Japanese masters Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, and others.
Am I really this old,
so many ghosts
beckoning?
—Michael R. Burch
Sleepyheads!
I recite...
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Categories:
writing, blue, life, night, old,
Form: Haiku
How I Began Writing Poetry AccidentallyI was frustrated at work about seven years ago.
A painter, cartoonist, and scrabble player, where next would I go?
I needed something new to do.
Not sure where to start.
Suddenly feeling bored with my own art.
We were...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Rhyme
SOUP
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my own recipe
letters simmering
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vs v
d s v
e dp o
vel p ...
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Categories:
writing, analogy, fun, poems, word
Form: Free verse
Writing Hobby
My time is consumed,
and I feel marooned
in the jungle
of trouble
left in the wake
of my mistake.
All my hobbies
like zombies
are brain dead,
dread and unfed,
in the graveyards
of old time cards.
And yet I still write
late into night
when the...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Rhyme
I yearn to be near youIn places where angels' hymns resound, A fervent plea my soul has found,
O God, how I long to be near You,
In Your presence, my spirit feels new.
Like rivers seeking the vast sea,
My heart yearns for...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Ode
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