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    Pen to Paper, Thoughts to Words  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Inspirational · #2354752
    A poem in Eintou form (described below poem)
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    Brrrr  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2352138
    A Vilanelle (described below poem) about winter in New England.
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    Sing Me  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Romance/Love · #2352049
    A poem in Tri-fall form (described below the poem)
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    Xmess Day  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Holiday · #2352001
    A seasonal acrostic (where the 1st letters of each line spell a word or phrase).
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    Reality Undone  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Political · #2351951
    A Kyoka (described below the poem) about the current state of affairs in the U.S.
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    Hushed  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2351868
    A poem in Pensee form (described below poem).
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    Ah, Winter  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2351824
    A poem in Decastich form (basically any poem or stanza containing 10 lines).
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    Winter Musings  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2351773
    A poem in HexSonetta form (described below poem)
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    Submission Transmission  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2351037
    A not very serious poem about the ups and downs and ins and outs of writing.
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    Inspiration  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2350408
    A poem in Musette form, described below the poem.
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    Aging Gracefully   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Health · #2348991
    A poem in Shanzi form (described below poem)
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    I am me, and you are not  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #2348665
    A poem in Cascade form (described following the poem)
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    How Did it Go?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Music · #2348373
    A poem in Rime Couée form, described after the poem.
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    Change of Season  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · None · #2347921
    A poem in Septolet form (described below poem)
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    I Swear I Had Hair  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2346605
    A Drabble (exactly 100 words) about haircuts.
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    Noises in the Night  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2346004
    Poetry in Terza Rima form (described below the poem)
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    Up a Tree  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2345819
    A poem about one of those foolish things boys do.
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    Write Now  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2345412
    A poem about writing, in Cromorna form (described below the poem)
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    Porcelain Protest  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Home/Garden · #2345290
    Poetry from the viewpoint of an inanimate object.
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    Habitats  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2344814
    A poem in diamante form (described after the poem)
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    Write Something Now!  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2344740
    A double acrostic (same 1st & last letter in each line) about writing.
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    Am I or Am I Not?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2344558
    Poetry in Katauta form (described following the poem)
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    Seasons  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2344530
    Poetry in Breccbairdne form (described below the poem).
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    I Long for a Song  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Music · #2344414
    A poem in Pi form (described following poem)
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    Paradise Found?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Regional · #2344397
    An Estonian Haiku (3 lines: 4,6,4 syllables)
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    A Writer's Motivation  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2344345
    A poem about why I write, in "Linking" poetry form (described below poem)
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    The Write Stuff?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2344252
    A poem in Sparrowet form (described following the poem).
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    Ah, the Life of a Writer  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2343931
    A poem in Trimeric form (described following the poem)
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    Life Goes On  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Mystery · #2343538
    A poem in Lai form (described following the poem)
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    Why Write?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2343251
    Why not? A poem in Rictameter form, described following the poem.
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    A Gardner's Lament  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Home/Garden · #2342824
    A poem in Nove Otto form: 9 lines, 8 syllables per line, rhyme scheme aacbbcddc.
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    Sometimes Nature Wins  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2342085
    An Octelle (described following the poem) about losing the weed battle.
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    Paradise?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2340864
    A simple person's poetic take on living the simple life as it should be lived.
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    Transition  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Psychology · #2340460
    A poem in Sevenling form (described following the poem)
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    Innocence   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Activity · #2339978
    A short poem in Windsparks form (described following the poem)
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    Remembering the Pelvis  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2339381
    A poem about who else? Elvis
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    Verse Curse  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2339299
    A "Minute" poem (described after the poem)
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    Rind Rhyme  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2339234
    A poem in Cinquiano form: 2/8/6/4/2 syllables per stanza.
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    Erosion Implosion Corrosion   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2339202
    A poem in Cinquiano form: 2/8/6/4/2 syllables, rhyming not required.
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    Celebrating Spring?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2339144
    An acrostic monorhyme: (Humorous. 1st letters form a word, last letters all rhyme)
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    A Tasty Slice of Pi   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2339051
    A poem written in "Pi" format (described following the poem)
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    Flash, Boom!  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Environment · #2338845
    A poem in Dixdeux form (described following the poem)
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    Creative Conundrum  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Comedy · #2338030
    A ditty in Alouette form (described following the poem).
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    Rhyme Time  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2337522
    A poem in Monotetra form (described following the poem)
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    The Perfect Gift  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2336954
    Searching for a present, in one-syllable words.
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    No Escape  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Dark · #2336890
    A poem in Pantoum form (described following the poem)
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    Madness of March  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Legal · #2336258
    An acrostic for Spring
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    A Visit from the Tooth Fairy  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2335881
    A rhyming ditty about an age-old tradition
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    She  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2333937
    A poem about love, in Abhanga poetry form (described following the poem).
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    Only the Strong Survive  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Animal · #2333572
    Poetry in Bragi form (described following the poem).
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    She Gets Me  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2333044
    A poem about love, in Zéjel poetry form (described following the poem)
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    Waiting for Spring  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Political · #2331132
    A poem in Onda Mel form (described following the poem) on coping in America.
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    What Season is This?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2329871
    A poem in Haibun form (described following the poem) about strange autumn weather
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    I Fear  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Political · #2329660
    A minute poem (described following entry) about chaos in the U.S.
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    Am I, and Why?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Dark · #2329435
    A poem in Seguidilla form (described following the poem)
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    Why, or Why Not?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Arts · #2329383
    A poem in volta form (described following the poem)
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    Adventures Outside the Tent  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Action/Adventure · #2329228
    A poem about childhood vacation trips across the western U.S.
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    A little Trinetry  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2329027
    A poem in Trinet form (described following poem)
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    Make it Stop  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Dark · #2328845
    A short poem using the rhetorical device called "Epizeuxis" (described following the poem)
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    Attack of the Alphabeasts  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Animal · #2328543
    An Alphabestiary (described following the poem)
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    Getting it Done  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2327483
    A poem about progress.
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    I Fear  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Dark · #2326950
    A poem in Brady's Touch form (described following the poem) about an uncertain future.
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    Will I See Her Again?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Death · #2325695
    A poem about loss, in Yama form (described following poem)
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    Colors  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Arts · #2325463
    A poetic look at a favorite color range
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    Questions  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Dark · #2325249
    A poem about life and its uncertainties, in Redondilla form (described following poem)
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    Solar Power  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2324834
    A poem in Jánakù form (One or more tercets of 1, 2, & 3-word lines)
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    Night Watchman  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Technology · #2324821
    A poem in Kimo form
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    She Purrs  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Animal · #2324812
    A poem about a favorite kitty
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    Background Singers  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Music · #2324730
    A short poem about harmony
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    Summer Bummer  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Home/Garden · #2324674
    A ditty about garden tedium that can be sung to the tune of "This Land is Your Land."
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    A Mid-Summer's Song  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Music · #2323735
    Singing the seasons away for The Writer's Cramp challenge
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    Future Fear  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Dark · #2323428
    A poem in Ubi Sunt form (described following the poem) about the state of the world.
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    She Gets Me  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2323094
    A love poem in Rondeau form (described following the entry).
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    Mealtime Rhyme  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2322990
    A Drabble about dabbling in the kitchen
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    Creativity Tediousity   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2322351
    A Hudibrastic verse (described following the poem) with a self-explanatory title.
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    To Spring  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2321551
    A poem in Rubaiyat stanza form (described following poem) about the wonders of spring rain
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    To Both my Mothers, Thank You  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Parenting · #2320798
    A Villanelle (described following poem) about two lives, one known and one not.
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    What, Why, How?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Emotional · #2318909
    A Cornish Sonnet (described following poem) about confusion
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    It's All a Haze  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Drama · #2316696
    A Pseudotaph (a poetic theme of "false burials" (things, thoughts, concepts, etc.)
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    Green Goes Gross  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2315973
    An acrostic poem to celebrate (?) St. Pat's day
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    Dedication Aberration  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2315794
    Poetry in Amphion form (described following poem) about a man and his car.
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    The Curse of Cupid  Open in new Window.
    Rated: ASR · Comedy · #2313680
    A little riff for the little rat.
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    22 Cows  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2312899
    If music be the food of love, moo on.
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    Five Lunes for 2024  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Holiday · #2311146
    A Lune poem has 3 lines: lines 1 and 3 have 5 syllables each, line 2 has 3.
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    Lunee Tunes  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2311142
    A Lune poem has 3 lines: lines 1 and 3 have 5 syllables each, line 2 has 3.
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    On Writing  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2311121
    A poem about the thought process, in Ninesquare format.
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    Meatless Feast  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Food/Cooking · #2310761
    An Epulaeryu poem about a holiday favorite.
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    Remember the Red Bird  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #2310428
    A poetic tribute to a lost love
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    Inspiration  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Writing · #2309533
    A Tudor Lyric: stanzaic, 2 stresses & 4 syllables per line. rhymed, aaabcccb dddefffe etc.
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    It's My Life and I'll Eat What I Want  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2307437
    A gastronomic poem for the Writer's Cramp.
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    The Oak in the Woods  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2294583
    A young man's recollections of childhood.
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    Toward Tomorrow  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2291775
    A poem in Cyhydedd Hir form (described below the poem) about love.
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    Slamming Cupid  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #2290760
    A humorous take on the perennial imp
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    Because You Love Me?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #2287422
    A poem in Dutch Tanka form
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    Down by the Water  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #2287332
    A rhyme in Breccbairdne poetry form. Writer's Cramp winner and Quill nominee.
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    Tradition Addition  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Holiday · #2285513
    A celebration of Friendsgiving. Writer's Cramp winner.
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    A Slice of Pi  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nonsense · #2268042
    A poem with a word count on each line that reflects the 1st 16 digits of pi.
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    December  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #2262913
    A seasonal poem in Trois-par-Huit form (described following the poem)
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    To May  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2249552
    A celebration of spring, in Virelay poetry form
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    Seeing Life Differently  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Inspirational · #2152634
    A Jeffreys Sonnet (described in the link to the poem) about blindness
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    Rainbow Magic  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Fantasy · #2147761
    A poem about appreciating the beauty and mystery of nature's spectral wonder.
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    The Unicorn Danced  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Fantasy · #2145365
    A man witnesses a strange occurrence in his yard. 2018 Quill nominee.
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    'Tis the Season  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Experience · #2143149
    An acrostic poem (1st letters of each line spell the title) for the holidays.
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    Come With Me  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Romance/Love · #2141531
    An invitation to build a romantic relationship, written in the terzanelle poetry form.
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    A Dragon Came to My House   Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #2140728
    Poetry about making a scary friend
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