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Premium Member Kind of Reasonable Explanation
Do angels walk amongst us, to be honest I really don’t know 
     My answers may seem rhetorical, for what life...

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Categories: explanation, introspection, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
No Reasonable Explanation
There’s no suitable explanation for
me- no premise by premise,
with a slight scent of rosed misconceptions
leading to my conclusion.

Scientists? Well they’d have me
believe i’m the effect...

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Categories: explanation, life, love, thank you,
Form: Free verse
Explanation Long Overdue
I know it matters little, 
At this time, I am sure,
But I've always felt,
I owed you,
A reason why,
We did not endure...

As I approach,
The final destination,
I've...

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Categories: explanation, angst, girlfriend-boyfriend, life, lost
Form: Bio

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Depression: An Explanation
Imagine it like a black slug, feeding on me, leeching off what is left of my happiness. Sitting deep in the pit of my stomach...

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© S. Grace  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: explanation, anxiety, cry, deep, depression,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Beyond Explanation
We met and soon became good friends.
and I invited her home for tea;
where she stood in my living room with her eyes closed,
you have two...

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Categories: explanation, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Verse
The Hard Explanation of Pain
For these few years past
How I have sought to explain,
Though I keep a positive face
A useful even helpful life, a quiet voice,
The deep bleeding cost
The...

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Categories: explanation, introspectionfear,
Form: Rhyme



An Explanation For the Decimation
We may have had none, one, two, or more
Intricate mistakes we quell to adore 
Unconsciously transcending perfidy from the heart
Counterfeit penitent that epitomizes the start
Remiss...

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Categories: explanation, death, loss, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
A Rational Explanation
What must I do to see this through-
Unlock the world I never knew? 
For all I've seen hath been untrue,
As all I've felt hath plagued...

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Categories: explanation, death, feelings, life, war,
Form: Rhyme
Rationalisation of Explanation
Rationalisation of Explanation


Do not question
The almighty plan
For such are the reprisals of fear
That turn blind despair into adulation 

The evident proof
Existent in raped women and...

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Categories: explanation, lifelife, life,
Form: Free verse
Rash Explanation For the Current Wave of Tornadoes Haiku
9-2-6

running to “biblical” conclusions
before 
pondering climate change...

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Categories: explanation, life
Form: Haiku
Freestyle Explanation
Told you I'll confuse you with 
my words
These words,that I say
Makes much more sense if I 
explain
Tell you the hidden meaning 
I mean it,I mean...

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Categories: explanation, writing
Form: Free verse
Explanation and Regret
My vision was tainted
I just couldn't see
the hurt turned into a red cloth 
held by a crazed banshee
I charged with whatever I could find
not thinking...

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Categories: explanation, me, me,
Form:
An Honest Explanation
It is not by choice that I obtain 
elation from 
your memory, nor is it by will that I 
crave the 
you of our past....

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Categories: explanation, lost loveheart, heart,
Form: Prose Poetry
Horn Haiku Explanation
I like it. And thanks for that information about Haiku's

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022, 8:08 AM james horn  wrote:

like nightly compline (5)
which to me...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: explanation, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Just a Quiet Explanation Please
“Hey that’s me bloody video!” I thought the cops had robbed me.
But they said they’re brought it back from a successful robbery.
“Aye!” I said “A...

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Categories: explanation, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry