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Rated: 18+ · Folder · Other · #1830594

My various attempts at verse, ranging from darkness to romance to light.

Poems of varying themes, styles, and topics
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    Forgetting You  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2343992
    Had to use these 8 words: recall, mouth, water, abundant,worship, medicine, sordid, urge.
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    Heal Me Quick  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2343571
    I wanted to play with the old adage “time heals all wounds”.
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    The Language of the Sun  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2342609
    Had to use language, men, delicate, heavy, dead, tomorrow, whisper, cascade.
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    For Our Mother  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Cultural · #2341451
    Recognizing the greatest mother of all...not crazy about this title, though. Suggestions?
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    Nottoway Plantation  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Ghost · #2340598
    The ancestors spoke today.
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    Flowing Forward  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2340532
    I feel myself finally letting him go.
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    The History of Me  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Other · #2338652
    A poem based on a prompt for Nat’l Poetry Month
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    untitled  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Contest · #2336964
    For the Cramp
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    Timeless  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Romance/Love · #2336769
    Make it last as long as possible.
    Warrior At The Gate  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Cultural · #2336629
    Based on a prompt that required us to use the eight words in bold.
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    The Forgotten Song  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Music · #2336442
    Very loosely based on the story of the four black girls at church in AL in 1963.
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    Of Relics  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2336024
    There’s a beauty in old things…
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    Sunday Morning  Open in new Window.
    Rated: GC · None · #2334624
    My church looks a little bit different.
    To The Stranger Who Writes Me Love Poems  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2333261
    This is a response to a poem an online friend wrote for me…
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    Redline  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · History · #2332931
    They found new ways to keep us down.
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    Untitled (8 words)  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2332929
    We had to use 8 words
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    Rest  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Other · #2332905
    I try to fight it, but man, do I need it.
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    Untitled (Ideal Weekend)  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2332903
    A poem based on the prompt “ideal weekend”
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    Dance of Surrender   Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2332856
    Hmmm…this might be more than just a simple dance…🤔
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    The Decision We Made  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Other · #2331966
    For a writing group I’m in. I combined 2 different prompts into one piece of writing…
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    Sixteen Lines: A Commentary on Isolation  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Emotional · #2331965
    This is for a writing group I’m in. The prompt was to write a poem of 16 lines.
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    Forever If I Have To  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2331614
    When it’s true love, you do what you have to 😉😊
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    Story of a Black Town  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · History · #2331541
    A history lesson in verse about independent black towns of the late 1800s and early 1920s.
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    The Clotilda  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · History · #2331506
    The Clotilda was the last slave ship to enter the US. Its wreck was discovered in 2019.
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    Epitaph  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2331388
    Wrote this a while back for the Cramp one day. We were supposed to write about an epitaph.
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    Transformative   Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2331256
    Love changes you.
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    Infinite Capture by Song  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2331121
    I want to fall in love with you again and again and again….
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    The Difference Between Me and Her  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2330754
    It's why he chose me. A story in verse, using a poetic form called Diminished Hexaverse.
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    Dance in the Rain  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2327306
    For the Writer’s Cramp 9/22
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    Insomnia  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Personal · #2325875
    For the Writer’s Cramp 8/28
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    Save A Moment  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2325202
    Just something I found in my unfinished pile & decided to finish.
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    Ruminations and Revelations  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2325186
    Time for a little alliteration. Today's poem brought to you by the letter R. :-p
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    Sun-Kissed Beauty  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2324885
    Oh yes. Black skin is beautiful, and the sun makes it more so.
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    Nature was The Enemy  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2324126
    A slave is on the run and looking for help from nature.
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    The Owl’s Reflection  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2323950
    For the Writer’s Cramp, but inspired by a recent trip to the Legacy Museum in AL.
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    Conversations We Never Had  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2319254
    A second poem I wrote for the Writer's Cramp Prompt for 4/29. A double cinquain.
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    Pittsburg  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2319117
    About my childhood hometown
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    Pencil  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2317102
    For the Cramp, for Nat’l Pencil Day. Who knew there was such a thing? 👀
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    Untitled  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2314159
    Pink, Peach, and Purple are messing up my day. Silly take on the prompt.
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    For Chocolate Lovers  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2307316
    I imagine there’s a place like this in Paris or Brussels…for the Cramp.
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    Playing with Letters  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2306861
    For the Writer’s Cramp
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    Eleven is Our Special Number  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #2306819
    A poem of eleven lines with eleven syllables each to celebrate our eleventh anniversary.
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    The Sentinel  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2306568
    He quietly does his job.
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    She Never Returned My Calls  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Legal · #2304678
    When family gets in the way, all bets are off
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    Irreparable  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #2304641
    Love can't last without it.
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    The Missing Cows  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #2303758
    Another silly take in the Writer’s Cramp, 9/3.
    The Ghost on the Train  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2303636
    My silly take on today's Writer's Cramp prompt. 9/1
    Renaissance Fair  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2303489
    A father shares his recollections of the fair. Writer's Cramp 8-30.
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    Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2301524
    Writer's Cramp Entry 8/4
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    Wild Wicked Wind  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2300250
    Cramp Entry about the wind. A study in Alliteration.
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    In Conclusion   Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest · #2299879
    My silly take for today’s Cramp (7/16) to end Poetry Week.
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    To Justice Thomas  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2299763
    Writer’s Cramp for 7/14.
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    A Day in the Life of the Poet  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #2299549
    Eh, I wanted to write a poem today. But it didn't quite go as I wanted...*shrugs*...
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    Outdoors is Where Adventure Lies  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Children's · #2298817
    Kids need to play outside more…
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    Tragedy at the Midnight Hour  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #2298133
    Someone receives an anonymous Twitter message.
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    Decisions, decisions   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Contest · #2297955
    A silly take on a writer’s cramp prompt.
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    For the Graduates  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Contest · #2297866
    Congratulations!
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    Of Pirates & Villains, Mothers & Sons  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Action/Adventure · #2260825
    Story-poem I wrote today will proctoring the PSAT. It's what you do when kids are testing.
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    Dinner for Two  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Romance/Love · #2184829
    She's planning a romantic dinner for two....
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    By Order of the Halloween Ghost  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #2173078
    Another silly take on a Writer's Cramp prompt
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    It Ain't Gonna Be the Death of Me  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #2172505
    Silly take on the Writer's Cramp prompt.
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    Untitled 3  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Contest · #2086976
    For the Cramp about starting an exercise regime. Who knew you could write a poem about it?
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    Where We End  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2048996
    Contest entry. How to move on after a break-up.
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    Untitled 2  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2048025
    for the writers cramp. A poem about the senses.
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    The Things He Imagines  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Other · #1888580
    Oh, he imagines very different things...
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    Shoes  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #1863016
    A brief story of a life through shoes.
    Of Water  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #1859457
    A poem about water, but it's not what you expect.
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    Of War and Illness  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #1852381
    Fighting illness can be war.
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    Rules and The Criminal Mind  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #1851204
    Sometimes he follows the rules. And sometimes, he doesn't. Too bad for you...
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    Unintended Consequences  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #1844795
    “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Mark Twain
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    Broken  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Other · #1843759
    A double etheree poem about being hurt by someone you love. An experiment with the form.
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    On the Other Side  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Relationship · #1832766
    Trying to answer a question: when is good not good enough in the face of something better?
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    Chicken Run  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #1825595
    My silly take on the Cramp Prompt for 11/12. Written for my children.
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    The Delinquent vs. The Boot Camp  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Dark · #1824286
    Writer's Cramp entry, Winner 11/6! A kid goes to boot camp.
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    Quiet in the Stairwell  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 18+ · Romance/Love · #1819940
    Know the moment when you see THE ONE across the room & your eyes meet? What happens next?
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    A Word to the Wise  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #1813060
    A poem for the Cramp, 9/24.
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    Flight of the Fancy Free  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Other · #1812563
    A eulogy in the form of a poem.
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    The Enemy of the Word  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #1806533
    A writer's worst enemy. Mostly written for fun.
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