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- Maybe You Shouldn't at allpoetry
Lemontwist
- Jack and Jill Revisited at allpoetry
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To find the ragman's daughter - Power Packed at allpoetry
A prose piece to match the thought of the contest title, which might, or might not have been used. - Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford at allpoetry
The gold the white ,
each gallery beautiful sight, - Dallying With Dali at allpoetry
Medicated easel subconsciously coughing life,
Rifle fluffy dusty calligraphy-black, - Dallying Dali at allpoetry
Medicated easel subconsciously coughing life,
Rifle fluffy dusty calligraphy-black, - Collapsing Moustache at allpoetry
What less might be said about nothing. - No Such Thing as a Free Lunch. at allpoetry
What bright joy to look and see
That magic word on my grocery: - Untitled at allpoetry
Prompt ONE - reserve number one male at allpoetry
.. - A Question, Mr. President. at allpoetry
How big is a stumble? - Boulevard of Broken Dreams at allpoetry
The street lies shattered
as though now it mattered. - The Dragonade at allpoetry
The title bears no relationship to the poem - it just sounded nice and irrelevant - Beat Up at allpoetry
hear music and joy beyond death
the blast of light of the reeling universe - If you want to get ahead, get a hat! at allpoetry
This bloke with a distorted knee
Asked me round for a nice cup of tea - Beverly's Birthday at allpoetry
"Happy Birthday," they said as they smiled
But me, I took knife and was riled, - Love Dance at allpoetry
I opened my eyes and found
My mouth around your chin - Quark Remedy at allpoetry
I considered my smallness as small
But apparently not so at all - Mother said.... at allpoetry
My Mother always said, "Little boys don't grow up...they become Grandfathers." - My Mother... at allpoetry
My Mother always said, "Don't play with little girls in the wood," sadly I followed her advice. - Encapsulated Aubergine at allpoetry
Aubergine apprehended,
Amethyst aglitter, - Christmas Present at allpoetry
"Happy Christmas," is what she said,
As she placed me in my little bed, - Relieved Dark at allpoetry
Morning-blue wood
lightens sky thinking - Darwin's Legacy at allpoetry
Poor old Darwin - I know I have misused him but, what the hell, it's only poetry! - symphony at allpoetry
Symphony Hall
- Times They Are A-Changing at allpoetry
We are/were the lost generation living through a world war that limited horizons and gave us Hollywood movies of romance and correctness. O - rhombus at allpoetry
Keystone lost to life
nonaligned separation - Portal of the Sky at allpoetry
Portal of the sky
we beg you, do not cry. - Jack at allpoetry
Jack's mother reels at his moth-eaten squeals
His black eyes startle, cow to market not his plan - The Naming of Names at allpoetry
Three mothers waiting in a surgery with their children.
- Animalosity at allpoetry
I wanted the prompt Cantansomeous Spondules to come up but it didn't! - Fresh-cut Track at allpoetry
I took my pen and thought of her
behind her shield of shattered tatters - Of Cabbages and Kings at allpoetry
Words not used: careen, fortitude, heighten, quickening, ripple. - [ Suggestion for an Over 40s group name: ] at allpoetry
Suggestion for an Over 40s group name:
- The Problem at allpoetry
Who put that bottle-top upon my chest?
I don't know not what to do for the best. - The Nemesis of a Coal Heap at allpoetry
Slag is black
I'm on a track - Punforlorn at allpoetry
Pretty pert
Underwhelmed - Galveston September 2008 at allpoetry
The prompt (Muchs' painting "The Scream" took me to Galveston and the appaling devastation to the awful truth of political power. - So Serious at allpoetry
The game is unique, a bit like that pool,
You need a big table and a rather large tool - Reality at allpoetry
The pyjama party was in full swing
You came through the door a beauteous thing - Unmasked at allpoetry
Foundation's purpose remains unclear,
elemental, dense, filled with fear. - Concert Dreams at allpoetry
Sweeping, soaring, shimmering
opulently resonating in glorious space, - Dare to Dream at allpoetry
Dare to dream
I dare not - Apple Pie Anyone? at allpoetry
Adam was a naughty boy
he hung his apple like a toy - Cry Aerobia at allpoetry
Morning-blue wood
lightens sky thinking - Memory Lane at allpoetry
Memory Lane, I remember it well
Many a time I've had, under its spell - The Tail of a Night at allpoetry
Yes, I know, but please tell me - what rhymes with knackered? - Lost Loving at allpoetry
Uses the complkete wordbank for the challenge - Distance at allpoetry
I touched her cheek, so lost in love.
She touched me back, my loving dove. - Nothingness at allpoetry
He said how much he liked my poem
not knowing - Touch at allpoetry
Serenity,
borne by liquid gold - Urban Love? at allpoetry
Puking, swearing, sliding, sharing,
foul-mouthed obscenities - Cranes Can Get Hot in the Spring at allpoetry
There once was a hot randy crane
who drove female love birds insane - Secret Friends at allpoetry
Mommy watches from above
gazing down with ardent love, - Spring Song at allpoetry
as tattling flying crane
sings spring gain - The Strange Bishop of Buckingham at allpoetry
There once was a Bishop of Buckingham
Who stood on a bridge near Rockingham - Minor words of "Spud" Rooney - a commentator! at allpoetry
Don't take advice on how to make love from a hooker, if she knew she'd be a wife.
Well, no, it doesn't work because if she don't know there's no truth in life. - Frenzy Rolling at allpoetry
Fires of portent grasping
mildewed words - quantumsurveyor at allpoetry
Queer things invade my life
Under stress I got a wife - Angelic Vision at allpoetry
Vision slid away from crimson bloom.
Angels swore, "Fuck Confession - Kissing You Is A Chore at allpoetry
He gazed in wonder at the mirror
thinking: "What a bootiful fella - My Hero at allpoetry
Kissing you is a chore,
makes my knees bloody sore. - Swinging Thoughts at allpoetry
He gazed in wonder at the mirror
thinking: "What a bootiful fella - My Desk at allpoetry
My desk is maladjusted It really should be busted - A Cross Patch? at allpoetry
I had this plaster on my crutch It didn't hurt me very much - Hostage at allpoetry
Harried and caught, held against my will, for years the cage has held me ill, - Barek Obama what a Charmer!/Modern Clerihew at allpoetry
Just a little twist into such a "goody-goody" politician. We shall see in due course. - Health and Safety UK at allpoetry
EU and UK Health and Safety stifle our children but, it seems, they ignore one directive. - Seven Midgets, a Queen, a Witch and a Randy Fox at allpoetry
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, off the little buggers go. "To work at what," we all ask, - Marks of Love at allpoetry
Beaten, paining, sadly marked, your love extreme, brutal. - Brief Candle Flickers at allpoetry
What thoughts drive the life of a working girl? - a Naming of Characters at allpoetry
Just some names for your saga. - A Sad Tale at allpoetry
A dark man with a sad tail - The Water Treatment Plant at allpoetry
Our WTP is just a mile down the road. It sends us its fliesd and sometimes its smells. A Behrquain Swirl a form created by ArkBear - Nature Rules at allpoetry
Life can be such a cow. - Rubbish Words at allpoetry
A revelation of my view of garbage - almost tautological. - [ His Appassionata Sonata, ] at allpoetry
His Appassionata Sonata, like The Wanderer, Pathetic - Hooker at allpoetry
"Come and get me, sugar, ten dollars for a quickie, - [ Marilyn worked with Mickey Mouse ] at allpoetry
A spuggy - English slang for a sparrow. - Jack in the Box at allpoetry
The short and happy time of the puppy pet - The Chasm at allpoetry
More than you can see between both you and me; - Snow Maiden at allpoetry
Snow Maiden drifts through landscape sheer Lost winter blooms huddle in fear - Ghostly Faith at allpoetry
A garnet circlet halo a ghostly wraith, Superficial butterfly molding strength in faith. - Harmless? at allpoetry
I wondered what to do with it the dolly that did lie or sit - Tokens at allpoetry
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, - Hexham Abbey 1949 at allpoetry
By Abbey door stone casket stands, Empty, grey, forbidding. - [ ] at allpoetry
An idea of playing both ends against the middle, for p'raps it is and p'raps we have? - Winter at allpoetry
Sun shines narrowly Eyes slitty shut against it - Curtains at allpoetry
Curtains, she suggested, are not needed. No one understood her claim. Surely, they said, if we want to be discreet or bold inside our windows we must cover our joy or our shame. Our clear window of glass is a - The Deck-Chair at allpoetry
The deck chair spat back as it folded on fingers - The Edge of the World Lies Waiting for the Unwary at allpoetry
Error 404 - Lovers? at allpoetry
Cento/acrostic on "Lovers come back need your loving touch" - [ ] at allpoetry
Handcuff designer glasses is what they made me, I thought I looked cool, macho and free, - On the Fiddle at allpoetry
Opening this box I found, to my surprise, a girl inside played fiddle with expertise. - Sermonizing at allpoetry
There once was a Vicar of Fosse Who gave never a thought or a toss - Gone at allpoetry
I feel no more You slip away; - Sucubus at allpoetry
Succulent sucubus sends searching signals searing - [ I chewed tobacco when I was young ] at allpoetry
I chewed tobacco when I was young It sizzled, burnt, and spoilt my tongue - No Touch at allpoetry
I feel no more You slip away - Flower Power, Not. at allpoetry
Sponge bob square pants were up for sale but being quite bashful I, a virginal male, - Balls Needed? at allpoetry
Who has the right to dominate, The U.S. in its blissful state - [ ] at allpoetry
"Do not dispare, I'm here, you said, Yet despair I do lying here in bed. - The Jungle at allpoetry
If it's a game, don't bother You'll only end in a pother. - The Devil's Altar at allpoetry
The devil calls I answer back. He takes my down untrodden track - A Bird in the Hand at allpoetry
Got this bird stuck on my harp Wished it away and pretty sharp - Fairy Wings at allpoetry
I'm frightened here on castle wall They gave me wings buy they're too small - [ ] at allpoetry
Barn stands creaking yet no wind. Tiles lose place and slip to ground. - Betise at allpoetry
time passes slowly unrelenting pendulum - [ ] at allpoetry
Who is in favour of hermaphrodites? Which way is love? - Princess and the Pea at allpoetry
The Princess was ,so very sensitive her body to the slightest touch would give,. - Pithy Poem at allpoetry
beneath a borrowed old mildewed jacket - [ ] at allpoetry
What a boring picture feeds my eye So awful, painful, make body cry - Intriguing at allpoetry
Intriguing sober deadly romance metamorphosis to screams of hate. - How Bright the Day at allpoetry
How bright the day A morning born so still - Blowing in the Wind at allpoetry
A kind of Lantern poem but with ten lines and a different syllabic structure and some rhyme. - Salute the Flag? at allpoetry
Salute the flag - no thinking, Take their word - no blinking, - Asymmetrical Ales at allpoetry
Banks's Ales and pie time grub In our slidey wonkey pub. - Hands at allpoetry
A task set by others to write on the subject of hands - which I accomplished, "hands down!" - [ ] at allpoetry
A slightly rude cento/acrostic to delight - [ As the old joke had it: ] at allpoetry
The old joke (circa 1950) is too rude to repeat (heehee!). For non-UK people, the Austin Seven was a very small runabout car of the inter- - classic moments at allpoetry
the music plays on love those magnificent sounds - The Sad Parachutist at allpoetry
just dropp'd in but, say, what a todo, there are no - EASYHELP Acrostic- ish at allpoetry
EASYHELP Emotion flowed as rice to a plate - Pylons at allpoetry
Desecrating luminous landscapes, pylons ply their trade as made by planners, scammers, - I maundered lon.ely at allpoetry
Fsar from Willam Wordsworth and his daffodils. - The Concert at allpoetry
Sweeping, soaring, shimmering opulently resonating in glorious space - What, End? at allpoetry
Be still and listen to the empty sound - Still Counting? at allpoetry
Rue, eh? Of course I did - [ ] at allpoetry
Masefield, a sea-farer well read A poet as well it was said - A Masque at allpoetry
Love in flame orange flashed with red, - Kerslosh at allpoetry
Slang mixed up with onomatopeia, sounds for fun. - [ I came upon you unexpectedly ] at allpoetry
I came upon you unexpectedly your self exposed to my gaze - Love Fever at allpoetry
Love Fever (after "Sea Fever" by John Masefield) - Enigma in a Box at allpoetry
Can it be shallow to like old Poirot? Miss Marple too, a detective for you, - Bored to Death at allpoetry
He looked at his paintings wishy-washy he said - Death of Politics? at allpoetry
Cantanksumous grimlot persiventing nobbly polygloaming arthropot neesome wobbly - Where? at allpoetry
Where are you now my loving, leaving frau? - A Puzzle Poem at allpoetry
The coldly wasted glare and stare not seen, eluding coloured peace. - Heaven Sent at allpoetry
Our little puppy is a joy we wanted girl but got a boy - {} at allpoetry
God is ev'rywhere But not in ugly neighbour - "Our Monica" at allpoetry
He gazed in wonder through the window of the picture gallery. He was eleven and marvelled at the pleasures and wonders inside. The shop lay half way down Tubwell Row. Tubwell Row was an elevated pave - [ ] at allpoetry
Blowing up Umpteen - [ She implores ] at allpoetry
She implores On knees knelt raw - [ ] at allpoetry
Inamorata, lover, mistress. Play away from home - [ ] at allpoetry
She stood before him pulled down her knickers he looked at backside with tremors,flickers - Horses for Courses at allpoetry
He bent his head, "Give us a kiss," he said. - how hard the word at allpoetry
how hard the word written by savage hacks - The Long Goodbye at allpoetry
Adios, Adeus, the daily aurevoir of many; - I Cried at allpoetry
The voice so warm, the look entrancing. - [ constricted heart ] at allpoetry
constricted heart leans perilously - Thought for Today at allpoetry
Clever butterfly strips buddleia branch naked - Sad toSay at allpoetry
Wily butterflies Suck buddleia branches dry - Winter Daze at allpoetry
Sun shines joyfully Eyes slitty shut against it - The Happy Leader at allpoetry
politician smiles world waits in cold horror - The Racket in my Head is Me at allpoetry
Crept up on me it surely did the buzzing noise was there and made - Life at allpoetry
Jack and Jill went up the hill and came down - We Two at allpoetry
You are my favourite poet on the site your poems take my soul, my body, set alight - Too Late at allpoetry
The pen lies dormant in my hands waiting to write a letter to distant lands - Empty at allpoetry
Sad empty-eyed she lies atop the knoll, Morning-blue wood lightens sky thinking feed on her mouth: - Were I A Puppy at allpoetry
Today I feel so blue not any name will do - A Leaf Falls at allpoetry
A leaf falls silent tolling passing of summer days - Love's Tree at allpoetry
The tree on the hill sits there still tenscore or more have left their mark - vacant seats at allpoetry
the party's over, just you and me locked here together in disharmony. - Reality at allpoetry
Sex lost, sex mad, sexless morons acquire fifteen minutes fame as offered - The Galloping Gourmet at allpoetry
Intimidating insight garners gross notions as peruke lacquered peers ladle empty potions . - Tiny and Potty at allpoetry
I took the potty, held it out, tiny, small I slightly wavered - diamante at allpoetry
&nb - From the Back of the Drawerr at allpoetry
Morning-blue wood lightens sky thinking - Gentle Song at allpoetry
Morning-blue wood lightens sky thinking - Lazy Daisy Stitch at allpoetry
Lazy daisy stitch, the wanderings of my mind, the days slip by, the meaning slight - Which Way? at allpoetry
A pen lies caught in heavy chain like anchor to a ship - Green Wellies and New Zealand Telly at allpoetry
I went for fun to find some sun but "filth files" covered streets. - Naming Names at allpoetry
The future is the problem we love names and have ideas - Long Goodbye at allpoetry
Why do you hold me in disdain I have a wondrous active brain - Hope at allpoetry
The ladies come and play with me But only when I pay. - No Love Left at allpoetry
Fresh thoughts travel aching up shattered spin of nerves - The Meld at allpoetry
Where Great Britain now, what, - the poppy tax at allpoetry
The red hot lead with fire loved by those of ire - The Damned at allpoetry
The swine who touch these women the dirt transmitted through - The damned at allpoetry
The swine who touch these women their dirt transmitted through - 1942 at allpoetry
The hum of silence, so slight, - Scarecrow at allpoetry
I think that I shall never see a thing as displeasing as me - Empty at allpoetry
I wasn't there but did I care? - heedless at allpoetry
Guns to the left, guns to the right a connonade before, heedless - [ ] at allpoetry
Santa sighed. He wasn’t Santa - even most of the kids could have told you that. David Preston sighed. Ten days in the confines of his grotto had not been the easy job he had imagined. David knew now that - Immortality at allpoetry
hazard space attained - The Okay Cinderella at allpoetry
A modern fairytale The Okay Cinderella - Rain at allpoetry
the rain it pours down sound - collapse at allpoetry
Co ll - Happy Christmas USA! at allpoetry
Happy Christmas USA! The gunkid in the Mall shot eight - What's the Score? at allpoetry
Aw, shucks I should have scored Netball is a loopy game - Tourist-Gate at allpoetry
The guard he shouted and bullied; "This way limey, you'll be hurried - The Falcon Stoops at allpoetry
Falcon | - Serendipity at allpoetry
Your scent-ed hair hints at raptures yet to come, to captures - The World Waits at allpoetry
The gases leak and kill the air American President just stands to stare - Love Fever at allpoetry
I must feel and touch and caress you, launching my senses to the sky All that I ask, love, is your love, and sweet smile and touch foreby. - [ In verdant flora do I roam ] at allpoetry
In verdant flora do I roam sweet briar, hawthorn are my home - [ ] at allpoetry
Night's dark soul enters once again despite faith's struggle with might and main. - Santa's 'Comeuppance.' at allpoetry
When Santa once went off to ski He ended up in a tree - Hidden at allpoetry
Daffodil blossoms. Where are the rest I planted?
