Halloween Night Walkies
...When out this night amidst howling winds, foggy dew and dark,
Cautious since creatures above and ahead make us wary,
We'll slip through soggy autumn hued leaves to the park,
Past houses with orang...
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Categories:
aengus, autumn, dark, dog, halloween,
Form: Sonnet
First Tulips
...First tulips in early morning light,
A cheering birthday sight.
Though I trod off to work today,
Their mellow glow guided my way.
Spring is such a hopeful season,
To celebrate no matter the ...
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Categories:
aengus, beauty, flower, happy birthday,
Form: Sonnet
Easter Sonnet
...Yellow and purple crocus clumps now easy to find,
Tulip and daffodil bunches not far behind.
Before my front fence
Their greenery is getting dense.
Today I plant some bulbs I forgot
To add in ...
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Categories:
aengus, life, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Ah First Flush
...Older bushes that survived to spring,
Now rushing forth - a first flush fling.
First bloomer Bridal Pink going strong,
As other roses join the throng.
Reflexing back each one,
Revealing its he...
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Categories:
aengus, flower, rose, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Feasting On the Fruit of My Heart's Desire
...I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs,
For happy lovers passed two by two where I stood;
And I dreamed my lost love came stealthily out of the wood
With her cloud-pale eyelids fall...
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Categories:
aengus, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Song of Wandering Aengus: ,The Follow Up
...IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
AENGUS COMES HOME
TAKES A COLD SHOWER
BRUSHES HIS TEETH
AND GOES TO BED
ALONE
TO DREAM OF HIS WANT
OF THE FAIRY GIRL
AND HER SILVER AND GOLD
APPLES....
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Categories:
aengus,
Form: Free verse
Swan
...(based on the Irish legend of Aengus, the
Poet God of Love, Romance & Meaning,
who became a swan in order to pick his
beloved, Caer, from a group of swans during a time
when Caer had turned into...
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Categories:
aengus, animals, lovegod, god, love,
Form: Sonnet