To God Be the Glory
...This candle burns slowly —and with the severity of courage
We pick our way with utter caution down the bombarded stairway
One thing is certain: we must flee from this scoffing pillage.
Aided by fl...
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Categories:
airway, conflict, war,
Form: Rhyme
Counseling
...Began chatting, then as talking.
Talking, to safe haven.
Safe haven, to unfolding the dark tucked away.
Unfolding, to sharing years of distant memories.
Sharing, to unloading your interna...
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Categories:
airway, anxiety, emotions, journey, mental
Form: Free verse
The downplayed hazard of swallowing vitamins a -z
...The downplayed hazard of swallowing vitamins a -z
Ofttimes, I nearly find myself choking,
and frantically beck-kin ing
for immediate intervention in vain,
and my time is a piece of wax
falling...
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Categories:
airway, absence, adventure, angel, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Winter Scene
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3
The floating snow falls slow from the grey sky,
in airway frozen calm descends in chosen winter night,
on the slant roof top they silently ...
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Categories:
airway, christmas, snow, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024
...Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024
A scent (and sixth sense predominates),
when apple boughs
and other aromatic flora
laden with blossoms and fruit
gently assail cilia of the nostrils...
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Categories:
airway, appreciation, bird, earth, february,
Form: Rhyme
Rigours and Rewards 18
...Francie folded with the first contraction .Sam had watched her eyes widen as the
amniotic fluid soaked her dress.The contractions began immediately as if a starter pistol had been fired.She could te...
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Categories:
airway, appreciation, birth,
Form: Narrative
Silent John
...no one was in the john that day
so I thought it’d be safe to stay
I needed to sneeze
with hands on my knees
blew the blockage from my…airway...
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Categories:
airway, fun, funny, giggle, humor,
Form: Limerick
Traditional-Modern Kitchen
...Reeds and dry mud walls,
Into whose crevices, weaving needles and knives are fixed.
Iron sheets of rust on top,
(The only modern feature!)
With leakages through which we can even visualize the su...
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Categories:
airway, africa,
Form: Free verse
If You See the Red of His Nose and the White of His Eyes, Get Out of the Way-Christmas Acrostic
...I-Into
F-Flying,
Y-You
O-Obstruct
U-Undulating.
S-Selfish,
E-Evil,
E-Elf!
T-Try
H-Helping
E-Everyone!
R-Rudolph
E-Expressed
D-Dismay
O-Of
F-Fiend.
H-Harassment
I-In
S-S...
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Categories:
airway, christmas,
Form: Acrostic
Silent Pain Screaming
...How can I fetch what's inside me?
It's a mental scream I can see,
They had poured fear through my mind's crease,
Tears swell deep ache, I grieve in peace.
There has been a real stag...
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Categories:
airway, analogy, angst, bereavement, cry,
Form: Kyrielle
Hosed
...Positive Airway Pressure
For your sleeping pleasure
Use that humidifier
Or your throat will be on fire
Getting started with a C-PAP,
You’re going to need a nap...
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Categories:
airway, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Liar, Liar
...Lies drip off my lips like honey.
Whilst the truth struggles to clamber up my airway.
It often gets stuck somewhere between my throat and my mouth.
Never to see the light of day.
Falsehoods come ...
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Categories:
airway, lonely, pain, perspective, satire,
Form: Free verse
Sixty Degrees In January
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Sixty Degrees In January
Miracle Man
1/11/2022
Inhaling the beauty on a winter day,
drifting chimney smoke fills the airway.
A stirring of the breeze is barely enough,
to sound th...
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Categories:
airway, january, winter,
Form: Couplet
Digesting the Past
...Digesting the Past
David J Walker
Or
We can forget about it
And start over
Telling everyone we have
Taken new names
Or
Change the number
On our iPhones prone
To robocalls
Or
Take ...
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Categories:
airway, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Reprieve
...My sister Annick fixed me, locked me in, with cold, blue eyes as she sat down slowly next to me at the table. “I’m a surgeon,” she said, not quite casually, “a board certified surgeon.”
I give her...
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Categories:
airway, 12th grade, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
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