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In Praise of Yelling
Sometimes
it's good to give
yourself up in an heartfelt yell -
to find a place out of earshot
of others, a beach will do,
or better, a shoreline with rocks
and crashing waves,
or out bush where there is
nothing...
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Categories:
sound, child, earth, peace, self,
Form: Free verse
word USP II munch
Categories:
art, sound, word play,
Form: Shape
In Darkening Woods
deeper, deeper plunge
in darkening woods
branches fallen
cross your way
as you fall
where once you stood
sunlight gone
...
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Categories:
dark, imagination, sound, sun,
Form: Imagism
'Concert Culture' at its Finest
Noise, the medium, of endless tedium
low decibel levels at a premium
Female artists as naked as Eve ...
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Categories:
sound, culture, dance, satire, sexy,
Form: Couplet
Sanctuary Of Silence
In clamor continuum
noise navigates
decibel waves
beyond discernment
numbed,
voice of frenzy
feels the caress
of hushed calmness,
halcyon sentiments
...
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Categories:
analogy, silence, sound,
Form: Free verse
Wet verseRain drops on the roof,
A softly sibilant sound,
Gliding through the gutters,
As they gently go to ground.
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Categories:
rain, sound, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Battler
I am losing the war against myself
Who I am vs who I am supposed to be against what I am
It exhausting when your opponent is a fighter
Its exhausting fighting the mirror
Cuts...
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Categories:
sound, angst, deep, depression, fate,
Form: Rhyme
The FlyI sat and watched as it continually banged it's head into the window pane, that fly.
My cat sits on the cill and swipes out at the fly as it buzzes around his head,
But he missed...
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Categories:
sound, crazy, emotions, feelings, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Zen
"Zzzzzzz!" goes a bothersome bee up close, yet so
Eerily s t i l l was the meditating Tibetan monk;
Nothing seems to faze him in a trance-like state.
...
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Categories:
imagery, insect, peace, sound,
Form: Acrostic
Zephyr
Sounds, bathed in memories,
Glistening, shimmering, sparkly sounds
On rivers of gentle, feeling left out
By August sun, blazing tangerine, bursting
Buttery wonder through the reflections,
Stirrings of grace, melodies of praise,
Imitating the faith that warms,
Souls embraced by the...
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Categories:
appreciation, song, sound,
Form: Free verse
Higher FrequenciesI hear the voices of angels
As I listen to the chime of bells....
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Categories:
angel, sound, spiritual,
Form: Crystalline
Into the Wind it goesInto the wind it goes.....
Searching for a nose
She knows the truth
But doesn't quite know how
To make her love go "pow"
And make the people "wow"
One day, she'll see
That she is the key
Holder of them all
Master...
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Categories:
sound, first love, for her,
Form: Rhyme
The Sound of a PoemThe sound of a good poem;
words that roll over the tongue
fall into the ear
ricochet off the mind
and berth at the heart....
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Categories:
poems, sound,
Form: Free verse
To Love a SirenThere is a voice out there - above the water,
whispering melodies I can't seem to get enough of,
its longing shaped like purple hyacinths.
But it's so easy to sing
and so hard to drown
in the things you...
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Categories:
sound,
Form: Free verse
The Locusts are Coming
The locusts are coming
They’ll be here soon
Turning all greenery black
Obliterating the moon
Devouring vegetation
Causing aggravation
Raising a...
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Categories:
insect, nature, sound,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Sound Poems
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animal, funny, imagery, onomatopoeia, rain,
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