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"100 Essential Poetry Books: A Comprehensive List of the Best Poetry Collections from Around the World"
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
By Shivam Rai 3 years ago in Poets
Legendary Poets: A List of 100 Inspiring Voices
William Shakespeare Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman Robert Frost T.S. Eliot Langston Hughes Maya Angelou Sylvia Plath
By Shivam Rai 3 years ago in Poets
Earth's Fragility
Earth, our home, our sacred place, A planet teeming with life and grace. But beneath the surface, a truth we find, Of fragility and peril, of a delicate bind.
By Shivam Rai 3 years ago in Poets
Vocal, Verify
## I had, genuinely, no intention of saving this one for last. It happened purely by objectively hilarious accident. Therefore, this final tautogram will be an homage to the visceral, soul-splitting, confounding, beautiful, terrifying experience of being a "creator," on this platform. Though I wonder whether I've "created," anything... regardless! With this, I have submitted a tautogram for every letter of the contemporary English alphabet. Maybe that counts for something? Enjoy. Or don't. Thanks. ##
By Jacob Sherman3 years ago in Poets
Quality quipping
Quelling qualms, queuing, quick-witted queries, Quibblers quarterbacked questioning questionable Quacks. Quarantining quarrels;
By na’im3 years ago in Poets
Easter Condensed
God poured His wrath on Jesus as though Jesus lived our sin When He rose again our debt was paid, but we must ask Him in
By Earl W. Pearl3 years ago in Poets
Objection!
Orgiastic, occult oligarchies oppressing obedient overworlds? Obviously! Ostracized organisms overmaster obnoxious ordinances
By Jacob Sherman3 years ago in Poets
"Angel's Wishes: Bringing Dreams to Life"
In the quiet of the night, when all is still, We make a wish, from our hearts so real, And little do we know, an angel's near, To make our dreams come true, with love so dear.
By Raj’s Vocal3 years ago in Poets
Pleasure and Pain
Pain and pleasure, intertwined in dance, Two forces that shape our mortal chance, One, a joy that lifts us to the skies, The other, a challenge that makes us wise.
By Shoaib Ahmad3 years ago in Poets
Mastering sideways vision
Perfect peripheral perception Pause Pick photo point Pendulate peepers Pull partial pictures Pinky pieces Practical particles
By Marilyn Glover3 years ago in Poets
what's the rush?
they said i've had my head in the clouds. think i don't hear them talk, the whispers. i haven't seen the ground for days-
By ⸘jason alan‽3 years ago in Poets
Karma Kickstarter
Kibitzers — knowledge's knobbly knockoffers. Knuckleheaded knaves kneel, kowtowing, kickstarting kinisthetic karma, kindling kindliness.
By Jacob Sherman3 years ago in Poets