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Short Metrical Poetry

by Christopher Roy Denton

Rated: E · Folder · Cultural · #2111603

Traditional metrical poetry that is fifty lines or shorter in length

Intro Rated: E

Size: 54 Items

Created: February 9th, 2017 at 8:19am

Modified: May 2nd, 2025 at 6:12am

Location: Poetry

Genres: Cultural, Other

Access: No Restrictions

Traditional metrical poetry that is fifty lines or shorter in length, such as villanelles, sonnets, limerics, English Madrigals, cavatinas, Neville stanzas etc.

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POETRY

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Faded Flowers

Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2161387

Recalling childhood summer holidays - 1st Place Verdant Poetry Contest. Quills 2018 HM

Created: Jun 19th, 2018

Modified: Mar 31st, 2019

Size: 1.41 KB

Genres: Nature, Biographical, Holiday

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POETRY

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Silly Boys

Rated: 18+ · Political · #2157842

A brief plea for peace in the form of a spatial poem - Quills 2018 Honorable Mention.

Created: May 11th, 2018

Modified: Mar 31st, 2019

Size: 5.58 KB

Genres: Political, War, Dark

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POETRY

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Apocalypse

Rated: ASR · Environment · #2101736

Humanity is an Extinction Level Event — Quills 2016 Honorable Mention

Created: Nov 3rd, 2016

Modified: Mar 17th, 2019

Size: 0.63 KB

Genres: Environment, Nature, Dark

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POETRY

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When Relationships Sink…

Rated: E · Relationship · #2092894

Emotions when a relationship ends. 1st Place Newbies SS & Poems Contest, August 2016

Created: Aug 9th, 2016

Modified: Jan 10th, 2017

Size: 1.26 KB

Genres: Relationship, Experience, Other

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POETRY

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Life's Lighthouse

Rated: E · Religious · #2124868

A poem from a Christian perspective about life and salvation - 1st in Write from the Heart

Created: Jun 11th, 2017

Modified: Jul 2nd, 2017

Size: 0.94 KB

Genres: Religious, Philosophy, Spiritual

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POETRY

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A Valentine's Day Tragedy

Rated: ASR · Comedy · #2097129

A sonnet about my one true love ;)

Created: Sep 21st, 2016

Modified: Feb 18th, 2021

Size: 3.04 KB

Genres: Comedy, Romance/Love, Food/Cooking

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POETRY

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Procrastination.

Rated: ASR · Writing · #2098370

A poem about the little things that distract us each day, written in Neville stanzas.

Created: Oct 3rd, 2016

Modified: Sep 13th, 2018

Size: 1.80 KB

Genres: Writing, Comedy, Contest Entry

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POETRY

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Cottingley Woods

Rated: E · Supernatural · #2095854

Sonnet about a boy stumbling into the supernatural in my local area :)

Created: Sep 7th, 2016

Modified: Sep 7th, 2016

Size: 0.99 KB

Genres: Supernatural, Fantasy, Dark

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LYRICS

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My Profile on this Site

Rated: E · Writing.Com · #2095098

A parody of Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum for a contest re. WDC's 16th birthday

Created: Sep 1st, 2016

Modified: Sep 1st, 2016

Size: 1.81 KB

Genres: Writing.Com, Writing, Internet/Web

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COLLECTION

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by 26 members

24 Syllable Poems

Rated: ASR · Contest Entry · #2162438

Short poems written for Karen's 24 syllable poetry contest or Shaye's Daily Poem Contest

Created: Jul 1st, 2018

Modified: Apr 2nd, 2019

Size: 53 Entries

Genres: Contest Entry, Cultural, Other

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POETRY

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God Wants The World To Sing

Rated: E · Nature · #2161547

A sonnet about the beauty of Creation during summer.

Created: Jun 21st, 2018

Modified: Jun 28th, 2018

Size: 1.56 KB

Genres: Nature, Spiritual, Contest Entry

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POETRY

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Church Crawlin’

Rated: E · Cultural · #2339582

A poem about my interest in visiting ancient churches

Created: May 2nd, 2025

Modified: May 7th, 2025

Size: 0.82 KB

Genres: Cultural, Religious, History

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Who Gives A Fox?

Rated: ASR · Political · #2274112

Reflections on a visit to John Lennon's Wall in Prague - who gives a fox?

Created: Jun 2nd, 2022

Modified: Jun 7th, 2022

Size: 8.08 KB

Genres: Political, Opinion, Dark

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POETRY

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The Well of Loneliness

Rated: E · Romance/Love · #2243317

A gentle lady pines for love - for the Search for a WDC Heartthrob Poet Contest

Created: Feb 1st, 2021

Modified: Feb 18th, 2021

Size: 3.05 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Relationship, Contest Entry

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POETRY

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What is a Flag?

Rated: ASR · Holiday · #2224401

A sonnet celebrating Flag Day in the USA - Joint 1st Place in Poetry Topic of the Month

Created: Jun 15th, 2020

Modified: Feb 5th, 2023

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Holiday, History, Contest Entry

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This Spring

Rated: 13+ · Nature · #2224207

The beauty of spring in 2020 expressed in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet

Created: Jun 12th, 2020

Modified: Jun 12th, 2020

Size: 1.08 KB

Genres: Nature, History, Contest Entry

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POETRY

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In Bed At Night

Rated: ASR · Comedy · #2223999

A rondeau poem about matrimonial difficulties - for the Humorous Poetry Contest

Created: Jun 10th, 2020

Modified: Jun 16th, 2020

Size: 0.97 KB

Genres: Comedy, Relationship, Contest Entry

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Just Believe

Rated: 18+ · Romance/Love · #2223931

A spatial poem about passion

Created: Jun 9th, 2020

Modified: Jun 9th, 2020

Size: 0.93 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Adult, Contest Entry

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COLLECTION

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Promptly Poetry Challenge

Rated: 18+ · Contest Entry · #2223778

A book to keep weekly entries for the Promptly Poetry Challenge

Created: Jun 7th, 2020

Modified: Aug 5th, 2020

Size: 10 Entries

Genres: Contest Entry, Other, Other

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Summer Playground?

Rated: ASR · Nature · #2193635

A place where people go to relax in summer - a Gwawdodyn poem.

Created: Jun 18th, 2019

Modified: Jun 20th, 2019

Size: 1.26 KB

Genres: Nature, Animal, Environment

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POETRY

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The Fairies And The Bees

Rated: E · Folklore · #2190532

A poem about fairies & daffodils inspired by a Cornish fairytale for Once Upon A Contest.

Created: May 9th, 2019

Modified: May 9th, 2019

Size: 1.31 KB

Genres: Folklore, Fantasy, Nature

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POETRY

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Pea-ed Off

Rated: ASR · Folklore · #2186400

Because fairytales aren't politically correct - a minute poem for Once Upon A Contest.

Created: Mar 27th, 2019

Modified: Mar 27th, 2019

Size: 0.75 KB

Genres: Folklore, Cultural, Children's

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POETRY

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Prince Charming

Rated: 13+ · Folklore · #2178472

Prince Charming thinks he's all that - a winner in Once Upon A Contest.

Created: Dec 29th, 2018

Modified: Jan 16th, 2019

Size: 0.54 KB

Genres: Folklore, Biographical, Relationship

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POETRY

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Tisquantum

Rated: E · History · #2175056

A poem about the first Thanksgiving - for Rising Stars Thanksgiving Poetry Competition

Created: Nov 19th, 2018

Modified: Dec 19th, 2018

Size: 1.04 KB

Genres: History, Cultural, Holiday

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POETRY

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On Capitol Hill

Rated: ASR · Political · #2173586

A rondeau poem about American politics and Congress written for Journey Through Genres.

Created: Nov 2nd, 2018

Modified: Jun 11th, 2020

Size: 1.60 KB

Genres: Political, Opinion, Philosophy

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POETRY

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The Safe Space Scandal

Rated: 18+ · Opinion · #2168442

Maybe Safe Spaces are not such a great idea after all.

Created: Sep 7th, 2018

Modified: Sep 10th, 2018

Size: 1.37 KB

Genres: Opinion, Political, Community

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POETRY

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Not A Fairytale Ending

Rated: 18+ · Relationship · #2168266

Spatial poetry exploring an unbalanced relationship.

Created: Sep 5th, 2018

Modified: Sep 7th, 2018

Size: 4.04 KB

Genres: Relationship, Adult, Tragedy

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I Owe, I Owe…

Rated: 13+ · Finance · #2167907

A twisted sonnet about how financial burdens can become more serious as you grow older.

Created: Sep 2nd, 2018

Modified: Sep 2nd, 2018

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Finance, Biographical, Relationship

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A Very British Autumn

Rated: E · Nature · #2167781

Natural and cultural events during a typical British autumn - for Verdant Poetry Contest.

Created: Sep 1st, 2018

Modified: Mar 15th, 2019

Size: 2.01 KB

Genres: Nature, Cultural, Holiday

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