In a HeartbeatFor you I am an open book
Read me as you will
Nothing hidden, take a look
Until you get you fill
Around the block, experienced
In many different things
I'll show them to you one by one
I'll start by tuning strings...
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Categories:
imagery, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
imagery, art, confidence, fantasy, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Enjoy The RainThe sky, colored all shades of grey,
blocks out searing rays of sunlight.
And as clouds start cooling the day,
sprinkles bring a welcome delight.
A splashing sound
quenches the ground.
Droplets freckle the dirt with spots,
where the thirsty soil absorbs them.
And drops, drumming on roofs and pots,
frighten the dogs, causing mayhem.
A little rain
can entertain.
Nature loves taking a shower;
for it makes...
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Categories:
appreciation, cheer up, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Say GoodnightDon't forget to say goodnight
'Cause when you do my world seems right
For though the bed bugs may not bite
Without it I just won't sleep tight
A nice long trip to dreamland waits
And your goodnight unlocks the gates
Of all the dreams it generates
Big snowstorms are my favorites...
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Categories:
imagery, dream, good night, i
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
allusion, beautiful, blessing, imagery,
Form: Carpe Diem
Categories:
imagery,
Form: Dramatic Verse
When Time Slips AwaySo little time—
Yet so much left undone!
On the pages of life still remain
Sketches of dreams left to run.
So many promises lost in the mist,
So many hopes quietly withdrew—
Countless paths remain untraveled,
So many sights left out of view.
What still remains—
To behold the world with wide-open eyes,
To truly live...
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Categories:
imagery, books, dream, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
When Time Slips AwaySo little time—
Yet so much left undone!
On the pages of life still remain
Sketches of dreams left to run.
So many promises lost in the mist,
So many hopes quietly withdrew—
Countless paths remain untraveled,
So many sights left out of view.
What still remains—
To behold the world with wide-open eyes,
To truly live...
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Categories:
imagery, books, dream, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
And then?Then? What then?
What about the
Bare legs
Seeking address
Wait. Be a snail.
Then the hours
Began undressing
And then?
Wait.
No unleashed
Impulses.
The earth tilts
Towards the sun
Here in India
Dusk thickens
In California
Legs in line
Mostly bare
For the dancing hall
Sea and seagulls
Some vultures too
Mingled with the
Moneylenders
Waves and wavelets
Tipsy and tottering
Hard...
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Categories:
imagery, life,
Form: Free verse
But YouJA on a tree
Carved for all the world to see
No one knows 'twas done by me
But you
JA in my heart
I knew it from the very start
No one has the key sweetheart
But you...
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Categories:
imagery, devotion, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
Lost
In sky called life beauty shined bright,
where butterfly flew free,
weaving the lattice of delight,
flowers bloomed charm for me.
My volatile mind wandered in a trance,
drifted in the draft of its dreaming wings,
floated toward the sunburst horizon,
made a fresco of formless fantasy.
The dawn splashed the spectrum of bliss.
As I was...
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Categories:
analogy, imagery, life,
Form: Verse
SUMMER RAINSUMMER RAIN
God cried today
His tears fertilizing
The womb of
Mother Earth:
The wet smell
Of nature’s essence
Saturated the air
As moist breeze blew
Breath of new life
Into dried hopes
Wilted in despair:-
The rainy season
Of life has begun:
Maybe love’s peace
Will hollow her footprints
In the canvassing mud:-
...
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Categories:
imagery, allegory, extended metaphor, high
Form: Prose
Bring Mama Her Slippersback in the day
i
did not get
much schoolin'
but
mama said
boy
don't let
your
right hand
know
what
the
left hand
is doing
and
everything
will be okay
now
bring mama
her slippers
Lord
have mercy
and
thank ya Jesus amen...
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Categories:
imagery, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse
ChickadeeComing back home, after a long stint south,
I passed the blue sign on the turnpike that reads
“Massachusetts Welcomes You.”
Under the “Welcomes,” some Mayflower blooms,
And a chickadee perches there, under the ‘You.”
I’d seen this bird busying our woods as a boy,
Seen its black helmet with small streaks of white,
Flitting from thickets to rest on a branch,
Or...
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Categories:
imagery, bird, death, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Smiles Throughout the WeeksBen and Cora Green had seven children, like calendar pages turning;
Each one born on a different weekday, like mango sun, forever burning.
Zoe was pretty, with big eyes and dimples, while Leah loved dancing,
Yet, Bill was sort of a pessimist; like when mystic trouble is glancing.
Edward had a zeal for jogging, while Ruth ran many errands...
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Categories:
imagery, birthday, children, family, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Imagery Poems
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