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KURT
To all...been so long since I have written anything, I thought I ought to let you know I'm still alive, even this short thing.  As usual criticism welcomed.
KURT
Often angry;
never mad....

Started Oct 2nd, 2008 at 9:15pm by ace
10 63 Last Post Jul 14th, 2011 at 9:02am
By: Normpo
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Mature at Last
 
                     
Mature At Last
I have the right to be a contrarian
Since, after all, I'm a octogenerian.
                          ace


Started Oct 28th, 2009 at 8:53pm by ace
2 4 Last Post Nov 2nd, 2009 at 11:20pm
By: Normpo
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Advice

ADVICE
Life should be lived with a luminous lilt,
an amorphous, anarchistic, sharp angled tilt.
A life lived in reticent quietude
with constant smiles and a right attitude...

So there!     ace

Started Jul 27th, 2009 at 8:49pm by ace
8 61 Last Post Aug 3rd, 2009 at 8:22pm
By: ace
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MEDIAPHRENIA
This one's just for fun, but I still will appreciate comments or suggestions.  I think I wrote it mainly so I could make the rhyme in lines 13-14.
MEDIAPHRENIA
There is one highly secret ...

Started Jun 9th, 2009 at 8:25pm by ace
8 61 Last Post Jun 29th, 2009 at 8:04pm
By: jgdittier
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Skyline View

Skyline View
White clouds stripe the sky
as a jet skis beneath them
heading o'er mountains.
Corrected per note from writer.
ace

Started Mar 18th, 2009 at 10:14pm by ace
9 67 Last Post Jun 27th, 2009 at 11:58pm
By: LSwordsonfoot
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New Hampshire aftermath.
 
This one's purely for fun.  Daniel, I know you are the master of limerick so be kind.  I awoke this morning having to fund a use for these rhymes.
    There once was a woman named Hilla...

Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 7:34pm by ace
9 9 Last Post Jan 12th, 2008 at 9:45am
By: Just_Daniel
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Iraq
My friend
is, sadly, dead.
He died in a fire fight
twixt a Sunni and a Shite.
darn war!
 
Thought something should go to post in rememberance of Armistice Day (Veteran's Day to you yougsters).  Though...

Started Nov 10th, 2006 at 3:41am by ace
5 53 Last Post Dec 7th, 2006 at 2:47am
By: Normpo
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AT NIGHT
The sun rises from the ground,
shedding bright and healing light, 
relieving sadness for the day,
but grief will return at night.
Services were held at noon;
unheard condolenc...

Started Aug 8th, 2003 at 4:00am by ace
13 124 Last Post Sep 20th, 2006 at 3:30pm
By: sierra
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Lost Soliloquy (Sonnet)
Lost Soliloquy
“Never asked, why did our paths intersect?
Did I have reasons to go out that night?
Selfish lives, meshed, then seen in retrospect,
Refocus sight that made it all se...

Started Mar 17th, 2009 at 8:13pm by acricket
4 28 Last Post Apr 5th, 2009 at 12:37pm
By: acricket
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So Far Away
This topic has been moved to On Track by nas.

Started Jan 16th, 2007 at 7:56pm by ajduke
0 14 Last Post Jan 16th, 2007 at 9:56pm
By: ajduke
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RAP-OFF
RAP-OFF
Hark, the herald adverts sing,
these toys are the latest thing;
peace ’fore dawn, your happy child,
if from us you presents buyed.
Early children all will rise,
e...

Started Dec 19th, 2004 at 9:28am by alanmdouglas
12 110 Last Post Dec 10th, 2006 at 11:23am
By: writer
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FINE CUISINE
FINE CUISINE
Appetizers and sake
sesame toast, fragrant rice
Red curry, squid, ice cream
Thai finery with orchids
Then unlimited coffee
and battered credit card
Alan...

Started Jul 18th, 2006 at 11:40am by alanmdouglas
4 33 Last Post Jul 22nd, 2006 at 8:31pm
By: alanmdouglas
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GROWING UP
GROWING UP
I always believed in God, 
Motherhood, and Apple Pie,
until I had some ....
Alan McAlpine Douglas

Started Apr 28th, 2006 at 11:34am by alanmdouglas
10 15 Last Post May 14th, 2006 at 9:14am
By: alanmdouglas
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CLERIHEWS
FOND BLONDE
Marilyn Monroe
would have a go
with any non-resident
as long as he was, or might be, president ....
WELL HE WOULD, WOULDN'T HE
Clint Eastwood
did all a m...

Started Feb 15th, 2006 at 10:32pm by alanmdouglas
10 17 Last Post Mar 7th, 2006 at 4:15am
By: Normpo
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CHASED TITTY
CHASED TITTY
He mastered his ego
and ditto his id;
when it came to libido
it mastered his bid.
he mastered his woman,
she mistressed her man;
when it came to her bra...

Started Aug 23rd, 2004 at 7:05am by alanmdouglas
3 60 Last Post Aug 24th, 2005 at 7:31pm
By: madpoetx
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Loves dream
I gave my heart so freely,
to a love within my dreams.
Dreams that grew as i grew,
dreams that seemed so real.
Eyes now open seeing,
the smoke from dreams still clouding.<br /...

Started May 4th, 2008 at 12:37am by amina1126
5 7 Last Post May 6th, 2008 at 12:55pm
By: Normpo
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mouthing off
Mouthing Off
Saccharine
yet believable
these truncated assertions
forcing hands
goading nothing but the truth
Asinine  
yet decievable
these deflated insertions...

Started Apr 10th, 2012 at 7:11pm by Amrot
4 10 Last Post Jul 27th, 2012 at 8:29am
By: Pen
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What Happens To Two
What Happens To Two
Numbed
Fenced in
Left longing
Passed over once
Ignored completely
Disassembled
Divided
Broken
One

Started Apr 28th, 2012 at 7:06pm by Amrot
5 46 Last Post May 25th, 2012 at 4:58am
By: icepoet
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a written response to a verbal slap
a written response to a verbal slap

I know I've heard
it all, the worst,
kind of banality of choice
one makes, expressed
in badgering retorts
intent on ruining the mo...

Started Apr 9th, 2012 at 5:17am by Amrot
2 18 Last Post Apr 10th, 2012 at 4:04pm
By: Amrot
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Being Frank
Waking, a half conscious journey to morning rituals
Shadows that mark places to avoid are in memory only
The loud greeting while the house sleeps need not be hushed
Greenest eyes pleadi...

Started Sep 16th, 2008 at 11:10pm by amygtz
9 60 Last Post Sep 17th, 2008 at 1:14pm
By: amygtz
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Parallel Horizons
Not my usual type of poetry, but I think it is one of my better ones. Having looked over this forum before posting anything, i ahve a rather large inferiority complex already. My work is not really on...

Started Dec 21st, 2005 at 9:02am by AngelicPhantom
1 3 Last Post Feb 4th, 2006 at 6:38pm
By: dowling1996
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Once Had Wings...
not really that good...but feedback would be nice...i was kind of experimenting with rhyming and playing around.
I once could fly
But now my wings are dead.
I broke out of the dark and ...

Started Jan 8th, 2006 at 4:03pm by AngelicPhantom
2 27 Last Post Jan 18th, 2006 at 10:38pm
By: Normpo
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False Senses
False Senses 
Driving down the interstate with the windows rolled down
Blazing tresses swirling and swaying in the wind
A mind conflicted; perpetual chagrin
Rows of fields and tele...

Started Jun 3rd, 2007 at 3:27am by Anthy (Ex Member)
4 46 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Anthy - Ex Member
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Giving
This is the first sonnet I ever completed, at least I think I completed. Enjoy!
Arise, my dear, from careless summer dreams, 
Take up your net. Fly up to catch the stars, 
Pursue the li...

Started Feb 10th, 2007 at 10:05pm by Apollos_Lyric (Ex Member)
1 6 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: Normpo
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Warm November
Well it's been about 2 years since I've written, let alone posted anything. Some of you may remember me as Deran, Solstyce, Midnight's Son, i've had several names as I've grown older, maybe wiser. Thi...

Started Jan 7th, 2007 at 9:55am by Apollos_Lyric (Ex Member)
3 5 Last Post Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
By: rherring - Ex Member
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