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Ode on Melancholy

Shizuka @choijungeun (2710) • Hangzhou, China 3 Feb 22

She's a gloomy girl that watching those stars, leaves her poems on desk with cold coffee. Who could understand her disillusion? In wild forest of wolves,an escapee By the river,she dreams to catch those stars, the verses to his...

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Ode to the Lineman

Liberti @Liberti (264) • Mead, Washington 16 Mar 18

Each winter and sometimes early spring many of us deal with loss of power for a few hours to sometimes days or weeks from snow, high winds and many other reasons. So I wrote this ode pay tribute to the linemen who maintain miles...

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Are you a mover and shaker? Or just a dreamer of dreams?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb 18

I’m sure many of you have heard of the phrase “We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams”. It is alluded to time and time in all manner of media and has been set to music several times. Willy Wonka quotes it in...

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Be Here, Now OR An Ode to 2017

Kalyan Krishnan @lyanhnan (151) • Thrissur, India 4 Jan 17

2017 heralds a new approach A constant striving for mindfulness Of each moment passing by. Refuse to venture out of the present, Be Here, Now! Let 2017 be the beginning And simply stop lamenting A past that can never be...

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An ode to Brussels sprout

Shasta @cupkitties (7421) • United States 21 May 13

Oh putrid, green sphere of evil you put my stomach into upheaval emitting foul stench from the pot smells of what the cat done brought I'd much rather feast on moldy socks Or lick the backside of an ox This is no mere food. Oh no...

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Ode To Shattered Vows

replyashu @replyashu (745) • India 28 Apr 10

I walk along the corridors of my life Searching all familiar places For You But You are Nowhere I smell Trying to capture Your scent But I inhale a whiff of something Fresh and New And You are Nowhere I...

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Last Request!

mrfdg1972 @mrfdg1972 (3237) • Philippines 24 Jan 10

I am not that old, and i can say i am completely healthy for now, but we wont know when our borrowed life will be taken from us, I have made arrangement with my wife, when i die, i wannna be cremated right away, i dont want my...

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Ode to myLot

drewsproductions @drewsproductions (73) • United States 31 May 09

I have decided to write a song for myLot just because I can and how much I love them and their staff, AND THEIR COMMUNITY so this goes out to everyone at myLot! Ohhh myLot I love how you make me money Even though I fret and...

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ODE to my Mylot Friend.

saivenkaat802003 @saivenkaat802003 (4823) • India 22 Jul 08

I want to try some thing different apart from the routine topics..and at the outset i want to say, though i have classified it as a ODE, but it will really not fall in the metrics of an Ode, as i am no expert. And this will...

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Just a Poem I'd like to share

Kowgirl @Kowgirl (3489) • United States 13 Mar 07

Ode to the Homeless I walk these streets both night and day I started like you, but I lost my way Don't turn away and shake your head thinking I'd be better off dead I,too,have those times I wish I were gone But...

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