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Write a poem! Please keep under 35 lines! Write about anything you wish! Please, easy on the profanity!

Write a poem! Please keep under 35 lines! Write about anything you wish! Please, easy on the profanity!

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Poets' Corner
May 25, 2018May 2018

Posted by pixiedust
POLLSome people believe all poetry should rhyme. Some people believe real poetry never rhymes. What are your thoughts?
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Poets' Corner
Jun 14, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Faithless1
The Dog’s Tongue She’d licked a dripping eyelid – her tongue pinked in and out, tasting and re-tasting, her expression, puzzled doubt. I told her it was sadness and wondered in my fog, with such exquisite senses, how do tears taste, to a dog? ...
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Poets' Corner
Apr 25, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Freedompath
》》LIFE IS 《《 Life is a challege--meet it Life is a gift--accept it Life is an adventure--dare it Life is a sorrow--overcome it Life is a tradegy--face it Life is a ...
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Poets' Corner
Apr 29, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by MermaidSuzy888
Forget I was your wife, Forget you saved my life, Forget the babies lost, We must have been star crossed. I've watched myself erased, I know I've been replaced, Soon, you will insist, That I did not exist.
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Poets' Corner
Jun 23, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Petter
A double sonnet I wrote upon Morality, under the title of:- Foibles Eyes closed, breathe deep to clear your thoughts of strife, And now imagine, deep within your mind, You are a fly upon the wall of life Observing all the foibles of mankind....
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Poets' Corner
Jul 7, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by ProudMary
When we moved to West Virginia in 1982, we brought with us a dog named Jasper, part beagle, part mutt. Losing Jasper Tell yourself the worst part is the hair. Embarrassed to find them in the fridge. A friend in black sits in the easy chair, rises, ...
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Poets' Corner
Sep 11, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by pixiedust
This is what happens when I'm overtired and can't sleep. I start to compose parody poems about work. Thought I would purge by inflicting the first draft incomplete pieces on you lovely people. (I'm also mean when I haven't had enough sleep.) The ...
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Sep 16, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by beerhungry
Actors have theatres, musicians have stages, artists have galleries. Where is poetry? In a freaking corner!
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Poets' Corner
Jan 1, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Triphid
[ Kelly, Banjo and Bar. by William Anthony, 2019 " Stone the crows," the old time Bushie said, " Out here the scrub its bloody tuff," " First ya takes the Bar and ...
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Poets' Corner
Apr 8, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Arachne
Romance is still in fashion- I see romance in the longing looks when eyes lock and lovingly drink in features that are new or very well known and worn. Romance exists in the soft stroke to a cheek, the lightest of touch to tousled strands to set...
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Poets' Corner
May 3, 2018May 2018

Posted by pan_heathen97
I don't usually share a lot of my poetry because it can be a bit dark and personal, but I really enjoy writing poetry to channel my thoughts and feelings. Here is one of my poems: My mind is a beast that can't be tamed, with thoughts that try to eat...
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Poets' Corner
May 3, 2018May 2018

Posted by pixiedust
Not looking for critique, just groans or laughs. I mostly write parodies.This one, oddly, was incorporated into a piece of valentine art (won something): Rockhound I Raise my hammer to the sky! I love pebbles, I love stones I even love fossil bones!...
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Poets' Corner
May 5, 2018May 2018

Posted by sjjr
"Malpractice" He doesn't look me in the eyes But once or twice with steely glare I try to tell him how I feel He cuts me off. He doesn't care. He doesn't ask me where it hurts Just pokes and prods with slight disdain He says it's my fault that I...
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Poets' Corner
May 7, 2018May 2018

Posted by WalterWhite
The days in the Church I found toxic, The sermons were gross and so caustic, So fast out the door, No preaching no more! So happy to be an Agnostic.
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Poets' Corner
May 16, 2018May 2018

Posted by mattyrayfray
A Haiku against guidelines: Why profanity is not allowed in this group? I have no answer
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Poets' Corner
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by Faithless1
A child's confused and literal interpretation of God. Doctrinal Failure Your Father, he assured me, – this earnest evangelical, one day, after school – is not the one on earth you love, but God in Heaven: He above. I was maybe rising seven; ...
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Poets' Corner
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Faithless1
We have an annual "Scarecrow Festival" in my home town. All very twee and touristy. A poetry competition (scarecrow theme) is part of the deal and last year I entered. Didn't win. I still like my poem, though. Sympathy for the Scarecrow For more ...
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Poets' Corner
Jun 3, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Dee138
(sorry this one is a bit long) Elective Affinities In the vastness of space There are stars that choose to revolve around each other. We met - as random as comets passing our own paths predetermined unwavering... or so we thought. With that first ...
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Poets' Corner
Jun 10, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Theskeptic
Well I'm here. Not a poet but read some! Have mouth will comment, so no offence meant. All in good fun! ?
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Poets' Corner
Jun 13, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Plamon
A haiku: Vibrato echoes Thrum my memories warmly Like a bowed cello
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Poets' Corner
Jun 14, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Tomfoolery33
Bell Ringing in an Empty Sky The crepuscular light crept solemnly about the trees as the dour day faded, slowly changing into something else entirely. The wispy breeze rippled the fading leaves— a sudden estranging inkling ran rippling through ...
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Poets' Corner
Jun 14, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Plamon
Those eyes... Pierce me and caress me They speak of home And soft, inviting comfort Of understanding and openness Exposing and protecting a vulnerability and abandon Those eyes... Seduce me and enfold me They speak of passion And edgy, eager ...
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Poets' Corner
Jun 19, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by RaaChenn
ELECTRIC STORM Corn fields heated like boiling glass Steamy ammonia and ripening corn Dogs lie prostrate and panting In the shade of a dying tree The rain won't come when you want it The sun only comes when you hate it need it dread it But ...
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Poets' Corner
Jun 19, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by RaaChenn
STARVING IN THE USA I am dying, I am sick My skin is yellow and my liver's slick For weeks I've been starving The body's vengeance carving What is left of me My face in the mirror is like a wino's, you see Like a street addict I am filthy and ...
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Poets' Corner
Jun 21, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by azzow2
This is one somewhat of a complexity Labyrinth of buoyancy: Marching heart stampeding to a halt no memories are at fault. Intrepid with vivid ideas, blank is the solicitation on the canvas, anhydrous ink spilling into my well. Step in time ...
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