Il Suicidio Di Dio, 22-02-2012
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Vi racconterò una storia triste,
ma purtroppo necessaria:
tratta di colui che animò la terra
soffiandoci dentro dell’aria.
Nel suo progetto
ci avrebbe reso gli esseri supremi.
Non sapeva l’avremmo tradito
diventando gli esseri più estremi.
È bello sentirsi Dei;
soprattutto se si è pochi e meschini:
Lui ci ha creato il mondo
e noi abbiamo creato i confini.
L’hanno sostituito.
Dicevano di parlare in sua vece.
E non
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Categories:
2012, childhood, death, love, religion,
Form: Free verse
MY FORMS 3 of 5 OPEN 2012
OPEN my recited writing
OPEN FORM in lowercase without grammatical symbols ,uses spaces&breaks relying upon 'the one breath limitation' & as a 'happening' requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input &respond in a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood & thus is inherently variable.
A BRIAN STRAND FORM 3x5 (2012)
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Categories:
2012, poetry,
Form: Didactic
2012 die hard PTA 2013 die hard PTA baptism holy communion 2014 die hard PTA helping veterans
2012 Celtic 2013 Shamrock 2014 choir music ministry 2015 helping my son care for his wife during chemo finally 2016 welcoming my granddaughter six weeks old whose mother was battling cancer watching their brave battle steadfast this took several years I was there still in prayer singing in the choir die hard PTA helping others
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Categories:
2012, allah,
Form: Naat
Like A Bone Beach - 2012
The highlights of the Jersey Shore
like a bone beach, they were no more
along with the loved Ferris Wheel
that kids looked forward to with zeal.
The sounds of music, loud and clear
along the boardwalk, all would hear,
and to the Wheel, the kids would run;
for generations-
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Categories:
2012, beach, emotions, nostalgia, storm,
Form: Couplet
2012
I wished for love to come and find me and that’s how our story began
You invaded my world with your charm and understanding heart
I knew you were different from the start
We had many ups and downs, with a few bad falls
Just being with you, we have been thru it all
You listened without any judgment
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Categories:
2012, first love, heartbreak, love,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
2012, abuse, anger, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Reunion, May 2012, the Village
Through the ravages of time
Those youthful faces appear
As friendship and memory
Erases the damage of years.
The conversations continue
As though never broken
Just an extended break until
The next words were spoken.
We all drink the same drinks
Though they cost a lot more
And the room has changed
They’ve moved the door
Thre pub doubled in size
But we are seeing it
Through
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Categories:
2012, friendship, memory, remember, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Reunion, May 2012
The village has grown bigger
The way that villages do
Parts have been demolished
And parts of it are new.
The Hotel has expanded,
Very little is the same,
Except the warm atmosphere
And they’ve kept the name.
Nearly fifty years gone since
We were last together there,
Faces changed and wrinkled
And some have lost their hair.
But, these aging bodies house
Minds that are
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Categories:
2012, friendship, memory, remember,
Form: Rhyme
2012
Kalona, you are the spark in my life that I’ve longed to have…according to everyone’s lovely behalf
Kalona, you are the lark in the park and I have plenty of stories to tell you to make you laugh
You are the year 2012…it’s amazing that you are yourself…
The most precious friend and niece I could ever ask
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Categories:
2012, february, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Priory Woods June 2012
It's like a traditional meadow,
Mixed grasses tossed and blown
Bobbing and swaying until the day
It's high and ready to be mown.
There are thistles, buttercups, clover,
Such a mixture to make a tasty hay
I do hope it won't be wasted come
That eventual harvest day.
The little Hawthorn sapling
Has blossomed a shade of
Of pink or maybe even red
Am not
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Categories:
2012, absence, lost love, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Priory Woods March 2012
Not a wood yet, just sapling trees
with the circle of friends around,
mostly plots still unfilled but here
and there a freshly turned mound.
And it’s here she rests
where she asked to be
under wide open skies
and the shade of a tree.
And it is such a peaceful place,
a pleasant walk
when I visit every week and
just sit and talk.
There is
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Categories:
2012, cancer, death, grave, grief,
Form: Rhyme
2012
im a bathtub full of luke warm water.
tic tac toe in red crayon on the kids menu
mom never lets me win.
itching the mosquito bites on my legs.
eating frosted flakes out of the box
sugar gets stuck in my nails.
morning eyes that never go away
no matter how much you rub them.
they say don't paint your
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Categories:
2012, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Comm Day 2012
Any excuse to skip
class was good enough for me.
"Senioritis" was hitting me hard,
plus, it was gonna be a good time
hangin' with my TV Production 2 classmates.
Penn State (Beaver Campus)
hosted the event,
in the middle of the whole
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Categories:
2012, 12th grade, adventure, education,
Form: Prose Poetry
Broken Dreams Bended Knee June 1, 2012
Broken Dreams Bended Knee June 1, 2012
broken dreams, bended knee
Black or white, you and me
Seven minutes of pain-free again
Goodbye my life it was insane
The promised land has failed us all
Dreams have gone, we'll still walk tall
We stand united to fight the fight
United together we'll make it right
Human rights and color blind
We're gonna win and save
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Categories:
2012, america,
Form: Rhyme
2012
one hundred meters run and swim
gymnastic teeters in the gym
judo boxing race on bikes
rowing coxing running spikes
water polo lifting weights
shooting solo tens and eights
football hockey all ball sports
fast and rocky kayak course
wrestling diving shuttle cock
sailors striving around the clock
dancing horses games with swords
racing courses springing boards
synchronized swimming taekwondo
atheletes winning skill with bow
hurdles cycling and pole
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Categories:
2012, sports,
Form: Rhyme
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