Tag: rhyming poetry
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August 27, 2007 01:32 AM EDT --
My father was a white dove
And my mother was a wolf
I can fly among the clouds
While howling at the full moon
A peaceful wild beast
This type of non-rhyming poetry is called dodoitsu. Syllable . . .
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August 30, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
Fifty
Yellow balloons
Drifting by my window
Waking I wonder if it was
A dream
This is a Cinquian. Syllable count is 2-4-6-8-2. When writing this I thought about that song in eighties . . .
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December 31, 2007 09:41 PM EST --
Aliens grace the hills just to the right of the highway;
But I'm driving fast, and have passed the sign that leads off to the byway.
I recognize not the . . .
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May 19, 2006 07:26 AM EDT --
Through window seals sunlight rays
Hide and sneaky played
Like refracted sunrays of dawn
Glitter on leaves dew drenched.
Felt love buzz of bees
My Rose flowery mind
Alike moonlit . . .
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June 30, 2006 02:13 AM EDT --
(No pun intended … just fun intended)
Dear friends, I need your support
My marriage is in trouble
I and my wife have no rapport
I don't know how to make our marriage stable.
. . .
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May 23, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
My poem is about a mighty ship and its crew who come up against a horrific storm at sea. I’ve used the term ‘tar baby’ throughout because it means a very troublesome situation, . . .
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September 01, 2006 02:10 AM EDT --
Total life is of cosmic illusions
With various thoughts and paradoxes
And some philosophical perceptions
Whiles rule emotive feelings and vouches.
We are nothings . . .
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September 30, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
The Field-Surgeon
What choice did I have, save to take the drill
What option, but to boldly seize the knife
With steady hand, and resolute of will
To carve away your wound, and give you life?
I shuddered . . .
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January 16, 2007 11:34 AM EST --
I dreamt of peril at sea last night
As I slept on the ship of despair.
I heard the screams of many trapped souls
In need of angels in air.
Tenacious waters billowed and swallowed
The . . .
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March 20, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
“Sweet Surrender”
I heard the candy in the aisles of the store
Snickering then laughing aloud
Almond Joy seemed especially bold
While KitKats purred quite proud
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March 29, 2007 03:02 PM EDT --
“Springtime’s Threshold”
Hoarfrost’s lace is soon to arrive
To form on grass and leaves in the mornings;
Its crystalline aura will seek to survive
‘Til . . .
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December 24, 2009 04:08 PM EST --
We argue,
And we fight,
We all profess,
To know what's right,
But in the end it's all part of the plan,
Like pit bulls set against each other,
For issues that they, that own us, ran,
Thought . . .
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March 14, 2008 10:28 PM EDT --
One-eyed bears and Happy Meals,
Footie Pajamas and fairy tales,
Sippy cups, a big red ball,
Pitter Patter down the hall,
Princess dresses, frilly lace,
Pretty, freckled, smiling face, . . .
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May 05, 2008 08:12 AM EDT --
It is flowery bloom in spring
As beauty adorns Nature and
Today I heard a cuckoo sing.
Innumerable birds are flying
With symphony of colors grand
It is flowery bloom . . .
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December 11, 2009 10:59 PM EST --
OK, stupid poem. I'm working through some writer's block issues, and I need to write something, give me a break. Inspired by a much more interesting discussion over on Losing Your Religion discussion . . .
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November 03, 2006 03:39 AM EST --
A love poem as desired by Barbary Chaapel
…vide her comments in my poem "Thank you – my cell phone!!" …./viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976825027
Magical . . .
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April 23, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
“A Pence In The Pot”
My pen pals from Penza penned me today
Suggesting I meet them without delay~
But my penchant for travel was penalized
When all of a sudden I realized… . . .
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April 29, 2007 11:06 PM EDT --
“Calendula plants with bright yellow flowers ~ Charge to my expense account, please.”
Said the spendthrift gal from trendy Chicago ~ Who looked to be Portuguese.
“I’ll . . .
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June 08, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
The Adventures of Derek the Red
Previous: Enter Tulip Town
The Price of a Tulip Stone
(Done in the Naga Uta)
Storks nested on homes,
The women wore wooden shoes.
"Has History . . .
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December 27, 2009 10:47 PM EST --
Wisdom,
Creeping vision,
That comes clear,
Knowledge gained,
Pain, sometimes dear.
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