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In this sonnet, the persona reflects on sadness as seen on the faces of people in the crowd. The couplet of this Shakespearean sonnet introduces an unexpected sharp thematic or imagistic "turn"....
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It doesn't have to be
a germ at wait.
Just anything
my body thinks is strange,
some substance
I inhaled or touched or ate
and instantly
my body starts to change.
My skin grows hot or cold....
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Ghosts
by MrDaMan
Virgil R. Hall II (Randy)
Coming to terms with the tricks our minds play, fact or fiction? From what perspective are the dots connected? Patterns of...
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Secular poem about a car parade:
This poem from 2000 recently posted on the Academy of American Poets writers workshop received few comments, I am sorry to say. But I like the work, and here it is...
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In Honor of Memorial Day
Arlington National Cemetery
by MrDaMan
Virgil R. Hall II (Randy)
Standing on a grassy knoll, on blades of verdant green.
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Howdy Doody Time!
By Reid Baer
When I was very young
smiling wasn’t for fun.
It was a visual aid.
A family secret and
a pathetic charade.
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Children on parade, 4th of July...(2001)
poem by Peter Menkin
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The girl scouts wore silly hats,
one an emerald green overly...
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