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<h1>Verse</h1>
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<span><em>91</em> entries</span>
<span><em>17</em> forms</span>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>free-verse</legend>
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2026-04-03 <a href="d/verse/mandate-of-heaven.html">Mandate of Heaven</a>
2025-03-26 <a href="d/verse/forsaken.html">Forsaken</a>
2024-12-24 <a href="d/verse/a-lament-for-the-hydrangea.html">A Lament for the Hydrangea</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/life.html">Life</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>ballad</legend>
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2026-02-15 <a href="d/verse/ortolans-a-ballad.html">Ortolans: A Ballad</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>ode</legend>
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2026-01-05 <a href="d/verse/ode-to-a-spring.html">Ode to a Spring</a>
2025-05-11 <a href="d/verse/ode-to-a-pillar.html">Ode to a Pillar</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/ode-to-a-debutante.html">Ode to a Debutante</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>lyric</legend>
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2025-05-16 <a href="d/verse/exaltatio-mortis.html">Exaltatio Mortis or "The Banquet of the Dead"</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>elegy</legend>
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2025-05-12 <a href="d/verse/elegy-of-the-saints.html">Elegy of the Saints</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>sonnet</legend>
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2025-04-10 <a href="d/verse/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-winters-night.html">Shall I Compare Thee to a Winter's Night?</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>haiku</legend>
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2024-12-31 <a href="d/verse/with-child.html">With Child</a>
2024-12-29 <a href="d/verse/winters-quiet-reverie.html">Winter's Quiet Reverie</a>
2024-12-28 <a href="d/verse/winter-mist.html">Winter Mist</a>
2024-12-27 <a href="d/verse/whispers-of-the-pinewood.html">Whispers of the Pinewood</a>
2024-12-26 <a href="d/verse/whispered-laurels.html">Whispered Laurels</a>
2024-12-25 <a href="d/verse/weight-of-legacy.html">Weight of Legacy</a>
2024-12-24 <a href="d/verse/veil-of-mist-on-the-moors.html">Veil of Mist on the Moors</a>
2024-12-23 <a href="d/verse/upon-the-estate.html">Upon the Estate</a>
2024-12-22 <a href="d/verse/under-suns-rays.html">Under suns rays</a>
2024-12-21 <a href="d/verse/through-the-veil.html">Through The Veil</a>
2024-12-20 <a href="d/verse/this-broken-scale.html">This broken scale</a>
2024-12-19 <a href="d/verse/the-writer-drifts-asleep.html">The Writer Drifts Asleep</a>
2024-12-18 <a href="d/verse/the-water-boils.html">The Water Boils</a>
2024-12-17 <a href="d/verse/the-tranquil-estate-garden.html">The Tranquil Estate Garden</a>
2024-12-16 <a href="d/verse/the-silvered-brook.html">The Silvered Brook</a>
2024-12-15 <a href="d/verse/the-ship-sinks.html">The Ship Sinks</a>
2024-12-14 <a href="d/verse/the-ships-are-moving.html">The Ships are moving</a>
2024-12-13 <a href="d/verse/the-scarf-falls.html">The Scarf Falls</a>
2024-12-12 <a href="d/verse/the-music-fades.html">The Music Fades</a>
2024-12-11 <a href="d/verse/the-golden-horizon.html">The Golden Horizon</a>
2024-12-09 <a href="d/verse/the-fowl-gather.html">The Fowl Gather</a>
2024-12-08 <a href="d/verse/the-crowd-cheers.html">The Crowd Cheers</a>
2024-12-07 <a href="d/verse/the-bitter-loop.html">The Bitter Loop</a>
2024-12-06 <a href="d/verse/the-ambulance.html">The Ambulance</a>
2024-12-05 <a href="d/verse/stillwater.html">Stillwater</a>
2024-12-04 <a href="d/verse/starry-night.html">Starry Night</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/sorrow-in-his-eyes.html">Sorrow In His Eyes</a>
2024-12-02 <a href="d/verse/smitten.html">Smitten</a>
2024-12-01 <a href="d/verse/silica-dust.html">Silica Dust</a>
2024-11-30 <a href="d/verse/sevenfold.html">Sevenfold</a>
2024-11-29 <a href="d/verse/rome-divided.html">Rome Divided</a>
2024-11-28 <a href="d/verse/quiet-call-of-the-woods.html">Quiet call of the woods</a>
2024-11-27 <a href="d/verse/knowledge.html">Knowledge</a>
2024-11-26 <a href="d/verse/i-see-cars.html">I see cars</a>
2024-11-25 <a href="d/verse/in-the-sea.html">In the sea</a>
2024-11-24 <a href="d/verse/in-the-heart-of-the-forest-grove.html">In the Heart of the Forest Grove</a>
2024-11-23 <a href="d/verse/hit-the-deck.html">Hit The Deck!</a>
2024-11-22 <a href="d/verse/her-tears.html">Her Tears</a>
2024-11-21 <a href="d/verse/hand-on-my-face.html">Hand on My Face</a>
2024-11-19 <a href="d/verse/frosted-window.html">Frosted Window</a>
2024-11-18 <a href="d/verse/eclipsed-by-the-mountains-shadow.html">Eclipsed by the Mountain's Shadow</a>
2024-11-17 <a href="d/verse/crossing-the-street.html">Crossing the Street</a>
2024-11-16 <a href="d/verse/chickadees-lullaby.html">Chickadee's Lullaby</a>
2024-11-15 <a href="d/verse/chernobyl.html">Chernobyl</a>
2024-11-14 <a href="d/verse/carol.html">Carol</a>
2024-11-13 <a href="d/verse/car-honks.html">Car Honks</a>
2024-11-12 <a href="d/verse/camera-flashes.html">Camera Flashes</a>
2024-11-11 <a href="d/verse/by-the-marble-fountain.html">By the Marble Fountain</a>
2024-11-10 <a href="d/verse/beneath-the-weeping-willow.html">Beneath the Weeping Willow</a>
2024-11-09 <a href="d/verse/awaiting-the-bus.html">Awaiting the Bus</a>
2024-11-08 <a href="d/verse/at-the-edge-of-the-terrace.html">At the Edge of the Terrace</a>
2024-11-07 <a href="d/verse/among-the-laurel-trees.html">Among the Laurel Trees</a>
2024-11-06 <a href="d/verse/a-meadow-at-dawn.html">A Meadow at Dawn</a>
2024-11-05 <a href="d/verse/along-the-garden-pathway.html">Along the Garden Pathway</a>
2024-11-04 <a href="d/verse/afternoon-retreat.html">Afternoon Retreat</a>
2024-11-03 <a href="d/verse/a-bustling-city.html">A Bustling City</a>
2024-11-02 <a href="d/verse/a-bird-wails.html">A Bird Wails</a>
2024-11-01 <a href="d/verse/a-birds-dissipate.html">A Bird's Dissipate</a>
2019-10-09 <a href="d/verse/tachyon.html">Tachyon</a>
2019-10-08 <a href="d/verse/fission.html">Fission</a>
2019-10-07 <a href="d/verse/yersinia-pestis.html">Yersinia Pestis</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>concrete-poem</legend>
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2024-12-25 <a href="d/verse/subtract.html">Subtract</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>limerick</legend>
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2024-12-24 <a href="d/verse/man-from-manhatten.html">Man from Manhatten</a>
2024-12-18 <a href="d/verse/man-in-the-savannah.html">Man in the Savannah</a>
2024-12-11 <a href="d/verse/man-from-rochelle.html">Man from Rochelle</a>
2024-12-05 <a href="d/verse/dream-about-joe.html">Dream About Joe</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>slam-poetry</legend>
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2024-12-06 <a href="d/verse/struggle.html">Struggle</a>
2019-11-04 <a href="d/verse/truth.html">Truth</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>list-poem</legend>
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2024-12-06 <a href="d/verse/grandmas-house.html">Grandmas House</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>cinquain</legend>
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2024-12-06 <a href="d/verse/calm-still.html">Calm & Still</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/sorrows-hope.html">Sorrows Hope</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>quatrain-ballad-meter</legend>
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2024-12-05 <a href="d/verse/grieving-soul.html">Grieving Soul</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>light-verse</legend>
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2024-12-04 <a href="d/verse/sesquipedalian-reverie.html">Sesquipedalian Reverie</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>antiphon</legend>
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2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/antiphon-for-the-abyss.html">Antiphon for the Abyss</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/antiphon-for-the-elohim.html">Antiphon for the Elohim</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/antiphon-for-the-seraphim.html">Antiphon for the Seraphim</a>
2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/antiphon-for-the-omnific.html">Antiphon for the Omnific</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>lune</legend>
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2024-12-03 <a href="d/verse/silent-sky.html">Silent Sky</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>villanelle</legend>
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2019-10-21 <a href="d/verse/laborius-night-sky.html">Laborius Night Sky</a>
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<fieldset class="wrap"><legend>uncollected</legend>
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