Dreamtime(“Shadow Puppet”, 2023, original encaustic)
Dreamtime
Is there anybody out there
Sings the Muffin Man
From Drury Lane
The San Francisco skyline now
Tilted past recognition
A Jumble of order and chaos
Alas, once a beauty
Now a beast
Changed so much
In just a day
As Father Time sighs
And wears away
Surfaces that used to shine
Declaring now his desire
To become a her
In transition to another time.
(7/8/25)
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Categories:
allusion, dream, time,
Form: Free verse
Saturday morning RoutinesSaturday Morning Routines**
The familiar smell of wood smoke slowly filled my bedroom, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket. Through my window, I caught sight of the warm, flickering lights from the flambeau, casting dancing shadows on the walls. It was in that moment that I knew it was time to leave the warmth of...
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Categories:
allusion, care, missing you,
Form: Narrative
KundaliniSponsor : Unseeking Seeker
submission : 8/7/25
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shakti faculty uncoils awake, rise
sacred kundalini life-force stream
connecting radiant spiral wheels gleam
ecstatic prana floods to paradise
creative energy winding serene
unifies with cosmic Supreme divine
sanctified exposed exalted benign
purified individual Soul seen
equal masculine and feminine poles
high frequency Source liberates powers
supersonic singular wisdom grow
gracefully presents fertility whole
hot bellied...
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Categories:
allusion, change, character, deep,
Form: Italian Sonnet
ENIGMA
Space is positioned
above all between what we feel,
and what we see...
The universe flourishes,
between the void and the invisible...
And it forms independently
in the same way it has always been...
I fear that man will destroy
what he finds here,
before knowing what is there...!...
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Categories:
allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,
Form: Prose Poetry
Rafah
I hear voices in my head,
I touch pain
On every television
Except the typical symbols
Of hegemony
Except in a white building
Miles and miles away,
I touch pain!
For every leaf that falls,
Swallowed by the burning hell
From the mighty birds
Of weird names F 16, F 35...
I hear these voices,
We hear these voices -
Miles away, node in unison,
"The world...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, corruption, horror,
Form: Free verse
HIV: The Capitalist VirusThey said you came from chimpanzees—
That deep in some African jungle
You leapt across species,
A silent hunter cloaked in blood.
But we have lived with chimpanzees
For tens of thousands of years.
We shared forests,
We shared meat,
We shared mythologies.
Why now?
They claim you're a natural disease—
But if that were true,
Why does nature not offer a cure?
Polio fell. Smallpox vanished.
Yet you—since...
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Categories:
allusion, death, drug, health,
Form: Free verse
Misty River Rainbowsthe river disappeared
into a misty maze
as rainbow gardens grew
and bowed their pretty heads
like flowers in the rain...
written July 6, 2025 for Nette Onclaud's
Some Kind of Misty contest...
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Categories:
allusion,
Form: Free verse
SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDLike a storm trapped in her chest
she moved in circles
footsteps restless
heart pounding louder than thought.
She had lived inside a lie
vowed to love through anything
clung to promises already crumbling
made peace with pain to feel something.
When dawn rose, it lit the truth
the smiles were masks
the kisses rehearsed, and yet, she stayed
not for love, but for the hope...
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Categories:
abuse, allusion, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
meteorologist : Sky to Sea meteorite radiates z o o o m m i n g
crashes onto
Three Anchor Bay turquoise
sky dust onto beach white grains
winds sweep cobbled paths profane
a fetus acquires solitary soul lost
womb enlarges posting veins
shine baby blessed shine divine
observation work is thine
platinum pressure paintbrushes
dove hands devilish articulate
Scythian lifetimes...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Ballad
Reflections in the River’s Wake
In life’s wake
Are trailing memories,
Born from dreams
With life’s bow fixed
Toward an unseen horizon.
Willed by bold stroke,
The soul is set afloat
Down a river never traveled—
A river of doubt.
Drifting
Under the dark forest canopy
The cacophony,
Nature’s chorus,
Is unusually silent.
Only imagination’s din
Echoes in the ears,
Stirring the heart.
An unuttered presage
Taming hubris
With its humbling message.
On the liquid canvas
Are sketches of nature
Flowing past,
Giving...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, imagery, journey,
Form: Free verse
LatakiaLatakia, Syria
My ship berthed there when Bashar al-Assad, the vile
When a dictator was in power, I found a peaceful town
Dressed in a European manner, there were many shops
selling all sorts of wares, and the police wore sidearms
not machineguns
Latakia had an atmosphere of peace
Then suddenly, rumor had it that Bashar had jailed thousands
Many people were tortured...
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Categories:
allusion, best friend, betrayal,
Form: ABC
Tired War, Release the MonkeysTired War,Release the Monkeys
They tried to nail my boot to the floor
No nail puller
My influence won the day
I was the monkey man
Earn the right
I want to ask
Just for a little more time
Growing life growing tree
just to lose it
Can't you see
Life got to be better
Once I lit that cigarette Ocean of tomorrows...
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Categories:
allusion, friend, planet, war,
Form: Free verse
Its time to make a DecisionA list of tasks to accomplish before I embrace love again:
I envision my mind wandering through expansive fields where patches of grass lie brown. A single wildflower stands out among the scattered pebbles beneath my feet. Memories linger, taunting me alongside the bare trees with their bent trunks. A cool breeze brushes against my face;...
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Categories:
allusion, anger, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ginger Shots**Ginger Shots**
Today, of all days, I find myself dividing my tears into sections. With each moment, each tear, and each snuffle I make, the paper tissues crumble, showing signs of the mishaps in life that surely cannot be mended. Yesterday was your birthday, and today is my revelation about life—my life.
Lately, it seems I’ve...
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Categories:
allusion, america, anger, anxiety,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Juxtapositions of SoulSponsor : Regina Macintosh
submission : 2/7/25
_____________________
embedded in avatar’s
sequential chromosomes
novel_sprite_ageless___BIRTHED
Soul protected simultaneously PROTECTOR
free ...
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Categories:
allusion, change, character, deep,
Form: Epic
Specific Types of Allusion Poems
Definition | What is Allusion in Poetry?
Poems Related to Allusion
quotation, connotation, remark, inference, suggestion, innuendo, citation, insinuation, imputation, mention, charge, indication, statement, intimation, denotation, implication, figure of speech, play on words, casual remark, incidental mention,