Long A rose by any other name Poems

Inevitable death defines afterlife

I mull mortality 
thru lens crafted occipital orbs
regarding a better future
experience sing a space oddity – 
whar incessant yaks
exuding a big hurt
emanate as cosmic atomic 
bipedal hominids replete roof lee wax
during a...

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Through the hushed whisper of the breeze
Flowing through the majestic circling pine trees
I sense that I have stepped
Into a sacred hallowed space

A GARDEN OF ROSES

A heady perfume hits the senses
Euphoric, Exhilarating, Enticing, Ethereal comes to...

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What are words other than coffin nails be?
Who does it belong to when it rails me?
An empty vessel at best that bails thee.

Lend me your ear and draw your heart near;
my words might seer, but...

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We dwell in quiet places
Where mortals sleep eternally
We earthbound angels made of stone
Keeping vigil for thee

Stone angels carved by human hands
In honor of the dead
Giving meaning to the path
Where mortals dare to tread

And if you...

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You know, I could be Kipling
channel a fancy humoring tale
have all of you begging of lyrics more gracious
such as this, a mystic masterpiece made for this generation
Come on, dabble me with praise
put a paint brush...

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Did Shakespeare ever fall in love?
A rose by any other name would 
stink as sweet!
What would Y'eshua say if indeed 
Magdalene was his favorite disciple?
What miracles would he impress her 
with
So as to savor her...

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Life is most certainly like a game!
  You start with all the pieces.. genetics, soul, and name.

   “What’s in a name, that which we call a   
  rose, by...

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Far within the forest deep,
where Pixies play and the Willows weep.
There lies a pond with lilies pink,
that within the night, the stars do wink.

Those that the pond loves and feels,
has respect for the Magi ways,...

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The Lotus Eaters part 2 of 2
Fed them the one food they adored.  In fact the only food they had in store.
Lotus blossoms, lotus leaves and lotus wine from lotus trees.
Lotus plants grew everywhere...

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The Lotus Eaters - page 2 of 2

   Fed them the one food they adored.  In fact the only food they had in store.  Lotus blossoms, lotus leaves and lotus wine...

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I love our conversations day to day
I laugh at the awkwardness in the hall
I love how you are mine, my sweet blue jay
If this were a movie the snow would fall

The perfect scene that everyone...

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I am amongst a cold, barren desert
left unconquered by all who tried to seize in winter
I cruelly laugh mockingly at their repeat offender failure
I am as red as rust, traditions strong
nature a guide, taking like...

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As humans, I imagine, it is human nature when viewing the sights and sounds around us…to try and understand who we are and all the wonders that surround us.

To do this we attach labels to...

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What’s in a name?
That which we call a rose by any other name, would still smell as sweet.
When life is like a roller coaster in a maze.
Competition here and there,
When really, all we need is...

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What’s in a name? That’s what Juliet wants to know when she sadly discovers the last name of her beloved Romeo.

And as a way of coping…of cushioning the pain…
“A rose by any other name would...

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“Shakespeare wrote, ‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,’ and rose of Sharon, no matter what name you call it, is lovely.” Lynn Coulter

Exposing wondrous nature’s beauty
The Rose of Sharon bears creative...

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When at a festive  dance we met
In gold were those  dear moments set.
We synchronised so sweetly
Without any  gaucherie.
The hours like  fleeting seconds sped
Our present to our future wed
But that reverie did...

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Love is Gentle as a fawn
New life in the woods
Green as a fern and fierce as a torrential rain
It flows like river sweeping you away

But kind as a down pillow at the end of a...

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 'Roses from all nations scintillate in complete harmony'   

A Rose by any other Name - by Maria Williams

ROSE OF SHARON

Voyage of repatriated petals, dipped in silver and gold,
continental drifting through coagulating clouds...

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I remember how it made me think when I first heard Juliet exclaim,
after falling in love with Romeo…a Montague…What is in a name?

The different feeling it evokes depending on which name someone is choosing…
The different...

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What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By Any Other Name would smell as sweet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

ROSE CAPULET

Put aside the rose by any other name, the dozen scent
of lover’s potent...

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Don't trust those metaphors, my darling
They all lie
The wind is the air's alphabet 
The earth knows the cosmic way by heart
Birds sing from hunger 
Stars understand people 
Better than people understand each other
Sometimes the rain...

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I see you there
weaving in and out of shadows
flickering like the moon
obscured by thick clouds
hoovering overhead
as the incandescence light
of a new dawn breaks
in crimson streaks
across this sky

I feel your breath
brushing against my ivory flesh
in labored...

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About my name.
If only I could have had more input!
But you were so busy reading
"What to Expect" that you
Weren't expecting how much everyone would hate my name!
Rhymes, people, rhymes! Why do you think I was...

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I put my head on my pillow and soon see you,
      Walking in the falling snow all alone, my darling;
Oh- is that our honeymoon cabin that I see,
  ...

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