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First PoemsNanna traces finger-rhymes around my hand:
tickling poems.
Pictures in my sister’s book
speak poetry, and I want her book
to be mine.
Miss Fernside points to words
beside her drawings
on the easel;
I love Miss Fernside.
First...
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Categories:
child, grandmother, poems, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Poetry PolicePeople should be warned, people should get wise,
Or else they might find, a nasty surprise,
Early hours, Tuesday, sirens broke the peace,
That was the sound of Poetry Police,
Rushing to the door, I asked “what’s my...
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Categories:
books, judgement, poems, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Knees facing the wrong way chairs
I was wondering what a painting about one of my poems look like
Grimly gathering of gnarly letters
So take this one would it
slipperyness of eels in heels
Would my light one haze of neon faze
Would oil slick...
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Categories:
poems,
Form: Free verse
Knees facing the wrong way chairs
I was wondering what a painting about one of my poems look like
Grimly gathering of gnarly letters
So take this one would it
slipperyness of eels in heels
Would my light one haze of neon faze
Would oil slick...
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Categories:
poems,
Form: Free verse
Black Snake
I saw a black snake twice in my dream
Exactly what his presence seemed to mean.
Escaping from the same place as mystery
Tell me why
Automatic killer coming from the dark side getting things done
Hillbilly style
I was fool...
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Categories:
poems, abuse, books, conflict, life,
Form: Free verse
Lifetime memberI'm quite surprised I've written so many
a few years ago, I hadn't any :O
Now --almost three hundred in my list
the "right side of my brain" doth persist
And it's all thanks to PoetrySoup :-)
(well first off...
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Categories:
life, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
MY BROKEN PASTThe wind stroking my eyebrows
As I try to assuage my sorrows
The guilts of my past
Lie await in my path
My yesterday has become an assassin
That exterminates the enthusiasm of my tomorrow
My today whiffs with...
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Categories:
poems,
Form: Rhyme
INSANE POETRY RUNNING AWAY Part 02Oh Syrinx, by the lake where you await, blossom anew!
Proud of murmurs that speak of goddesses, in a reverent hue.
Unleash the waists of shadows, in my tales they live and breathe,
As I imbibe the brightness...
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Categories:
poems,
Form: Free verse
Risen, From my 2nd collection In sanityAnother sun has risen
And those dreams forgiven
Past miss takes were illuminated
And in sleep they were illustrated
Shown pictures of pleasures and pain
Painted on my mind it all seemed so plain
At the moment when hope had left...
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Categories:
poems, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
When I Am Up - For Mental Health MonthWhen I am up, every sky is a boundless, cloudless expanse of brilliantly blinding blue.
When I am up, I am William the Conqueror and William Shakespeare and William Jennings Bryan all in one.
When I am...
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Categories:
poems, how i feel, love,
Form: Free verse
Dancing PenguinsOn the ice where the cold winds blow,
A group of penguins put on a show.
With flippers that flap,
And feet that tap,
They danced in the moonlight's glow.
In tuxedos black and white,
They waltzed all through the night.
With...
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Categories:
animal, poems,
Form: Rhyme
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Categories:
poems, poetry,
Form: Monoku
Soft String
My galaxy in those round eyes.
Smiling while unknowingly getting lost.
Face lit up so much to be the Sun I need.
Embraced by the strings of the Guitar you played.
Each string whispered the...
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Categories:
poems, beautiful, feelings, guitar, muse,
Form: Free verse
POEM OF THE MONTH: MayA message:
Hello there Souper, thanks for dropping in.
Refreshment you are after? Good, then let the month begin..
I may create a habit of this monthly anecdote
Where I tell you of my passions
In a poem that...
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Categories:
appreciation, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
I love conversations midway
Reasons you might be a serial killer
-all your lampshades are made from human skin
-all 3 of your chainsaws are always fully fuelled
-your wallpapers is hundreds of pictures of a rocking horse ridden by a gorilla
-you...
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Categories:
poems,
Form: Free verse
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