What the Hill Remembers
...I have counted her footsteps
for thirty-seven years
the same path worn
into my slope,
the same pause
at the thorny ridge
where she catches her breath
and adjusts the
weight on her spin...
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Categories:
adjusts, children, mother, woman,
Form: Free verse
A Minor Act of Weather
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Now and then, quietly without notice,
Time adjusts its spectacles—
Peers through a fogged pane of recall
Where particulars, once urgent, dissolve.
If now and then you find rain in your hear...
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Categories:
adjusts, introspection, memory, old, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Four Characters
...Four men in a boat,
afloat in the ocean.
The winds are still,
the sails have no motion.
The Optimist waits for the winds
with great anticipation.
The Pessimist shakes his head
and curses in q...
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Categories:
adjusts, 12th grade, appreciation, cheer
Form: Rhyme
Con Man Gil B Shift
...The lights dim, and a single spotlight illuminates the dude speaker/He adjusts the microphone the voice, and when it comes, it is strong.) The Confidence Man)/
He's not a robber with a gun and mask...
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Categories:
adjusts, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
HOLOGRAPHIC JAZZ
...(Snaps fingers, adjusts imaginary beret) Alright, listen up/ hitching a ride on the infinite subway/ strapped in tight/ destinations unknown/ no layover/LSD boosting, pushing past the earthly zone/
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Categories:
adjusts, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
DJ HOUSE MUSIC
...Alright, let's get this crowd moving! (Adjusts microphone, smiles warmly) Yo, what's up, everybody? Let's get down to the nu sounds/
We're talking about a feeling, a vibe, a pulse/ You know, somet...
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Categories:
adjusts, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Fever Ward
...Not a room for the waiting
or the receiving of the waiting,
but a room for a liquid thinking
a turgidity
that trickles through plastic tubes.
Is this where doors remain jammed
forever between...
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Categories:
adjusts, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Modern Lumberjack Sonnet
...Clad in Kevlar on some forest land leased,
big saw in his hand, engine idling,
gets put to the tree and shatters the peace,
works it just right, and the tree is falling.
Adjusts his visor, then l...
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Categories:
adjusts, appreciation, imagery, men, mountains,
Form: Sonnet
Want everything firsthand
...#Want_everything_first_hand
Wanna be the first to know and hear her say" i think I'm pregnant " , wanna be the one to buy the pregnancy test , wait with her for the 15 minutes and watch as the one l...
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Categories:
adjusts, age, beautiful, blessing, child,
Form: Free verse
Love Beyond Compare
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John 11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”
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Gentle, like the bird
Whose son...
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Categories:
adjusts, appreciation, christian, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
Able
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Humans never grow out of their teenage phase
Unclear what an adult means
They are subjected to responsibility
Requiring maturity, no human has proven to be
Various other targeted teenagers
A...
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Categories:
adjusts, 10th grade, emotions,
Form: Free verse
At the Kardomah With Mick
...With his leonine face,
Young for his age,
A little unsteadily he
Climbs onto the stage,
Adjusts the microphone
From his special chair
Benevolently regarding us
All eagerly waiting there.
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Categories:
adjusts, music, places, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Falling Through Midnight
...Between the chimes………..…… of twelve and two
Darkness adjusts…………………..… the doors of dreams;
I perceive a presence …………..….…. pausing, perhaps,
as one who watches……………..……..... within.
Something b...
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Categories:
adjusts, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Writing
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Paper is cascading off my bed as I move my arm.
Sprawling paper that’s crumpled and scribbled on.
And feels light and helpless in my hands.
The pinching and pulling feelings.
That make ...
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Categories:
adjusts, angst, anxiety, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
How to Touch the Lips of an Eclipse
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"How to Touch the Lips of an Eclipse"
calamity, the heart rushes in
up against a wall of thorns
and the one removed watches it all
Love comes in little steps small,
or...
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Categories:
adjusts, muse,
Form: Narrative
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