NaPoWriMo
National Poetry Writing Month Challenge
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The End Is Pricey Beware! Beware! The end is near! It’s nearly here I swear. A doom, a doom is coming soon, It’s doomy everywhere, With doom and gloom and worse in store, Trust me the end is nigh. With all that is about to end, What cause have I to lie? I did not…
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Soldiers’ Lament For glory and for honour and, To uphold what is right, These are the answers given when, They ask us why we fight. They point to battles fought and won, To tyrants we’ve destroyed. Talk like we’re saving everyone, Each time we are deployed. No longer are things black or white, The wars…
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Don’t Mind My Mind Oh what a wonder is the mind, Its so full of fears and dreams. It’s wider , higher, deeper and, So much larger than it seems, It’s every God that ever was, And the Goddesses as well. It’s every heaven ever dreamed, And it gave us every hell. The mind is…
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My Springtime Ode The freebird sits up in the tree, And sings a freebird song. And all the other birds join in, And have a sing along. A squirrel hears the song and stops, And chatters out a line. About the joys of nuts and such, It really sounds quite fine, A doe and fawn…
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How Was Your Day? Another day a crisis fixed, A dozen more to go. By the time they’re all resolved, Two dozen more I know. I run and run and work and swear, The problems multiply. Some days I want to rage or drink, Some days just want to cry. I know we’re all in…
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Live To Read To Live A simple book it can contain, A world far away. We slip between the pages and, Into that place we stray. The people in those stories seem, Like ones we’ve always known. And their adventures start to feel, Just like they are our own. Those characters we know and love,…
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Princess The Dog This Princess is a lovely dog, Well trained and sweet as pie. Her family is in a fix, Don’t need the reason why. So Princess needs a place to stay, We want a dog around. Not ready yet to have our own, A doggy friend we’ve found. We go for walks and…
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The Princess & The Dragon There was a princess long ago, As pretty as could be. She was charming and so polite, All craved her company. She lived within a forest in, A manor on a hill. And tended injured creatures there, With herbs and gentle skill. One day a stranger came to see, This…
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A Case For Mars A rocketship out to the stars, Starts with a shorter trip. A trip to Mars to learn and build, A bigger, better ship. To get to Mars we’ve much to learn, To get there and survive. To build the things we need to live, And more, succeed and thrive. For Mars…
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