Augury
...Augury – 2-20-25 Edward Ibeh – Sponsor; Title Chosen - Augury; Pick a Title No. 49
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Augury
Embers of prophecy rise
In the haunting omens of owls...
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Categories:
allegories, mystery, myth, riddle, surreal,
Form: Free verse
In the secretive garden of metaphors
...In the secretive garden of metaphors,
A vision of hues enswathed in enigma,
Words that grow stronger as they entwine, signing dreams assorted,
Under the aegis of magnificent specters, wonder is bo...
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Categories:
allegories, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Let's Tango
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Little waves of light, reflecting darkest night,
Embracing shadows, so alive – feelings to recite.
Little wonders, growing, soft and silent, flowing,
Coloring hearts, so graceful...
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Categories:
allegories, appreciation, dance, music,
Form: Couplet
Exertion Epiphany
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Written: January 19, 2024
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Wondrous cymbals
in choral harmony
enraged scarlet wing beats
in a fierce rhapsody!
Countless moments
st...
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Categories:
allegories, analogy, appreciation, life,
Form: Free verse
I Dream Poetry
...I sit here with a half bottle of
19 Crimes, red
sipping with an agenda
trying to decipher my
dream
from last night
it was the oddest thing
I dreamt in poetry
metapho...
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Categories:
allegories, dream, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sunflowers
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"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." – Helen Keller
Sunflowers spin pretty stories
Inviting quiet dreams, growing
Memories, pr...
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Categories:
allegories, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, flower,
Form: Rhyme
The Square Root of Beirut
...The Square Root of Beiruit
Ten men bending while theyre pretending to be near the ending
A capitalist nightmare glares like rotten fruit
The squate root of Beiruit
No it isn’t fair, so they’l...
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Categories:
allegories, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Silent Song of Breeze
...“The silent song of the sighing breeze,”
In leafless demeanor of shuddering trees,
Whispered cries of a dismantled dream
Augmenting dissonance of broken theme,
A theme composed in the promise o...
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Categories:
allegories, love hurts, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A Poetry Avalanche
...** A Poetry Avalanche **
Goodness! Lord!
I’m on a roll this morning!
The poetry keeps coming —
nearly torturing!
My keypad arm and fingers are
alrady so tired…
It’s as if
The address o...
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Categories:
allegories, fun, humorous, light, poems,
Form: Alliteration
Solace In Tears
...Weep as much as you desire, good friend.
The solace we crave is solely seen in your tears.
The world has forgotten us, and we transcend.
There was no one there. In the thick of fear,
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Categories:
allegories, analogy, appreciation, character, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Of Sage Leaves and Sweet Flowers
...OF SAGE LEAVES AND SWEET FLOWERS…
While flowers may be deemed
The sweetness of nature and life,
It is the leaves of her trees that are
The essences of life, death, and rising:-
It is the lea...
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Categories:
allegories, allegory, analogy, flower, imagery,
Form: Prose
Concrete and Abstract In Poetry
...The concrete appreciate
cement,
the abstract, fantasy...
Some write poems out of gross stone,
others of a...
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Categories:
allegories, allegory, allusion, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Epigram
Clasp of Freedom
...caught in an octopus’ arms
rip tide of tentacles
underwater currents
the black ink indelible
syphoned protection
can’t see the circling sharks
in my cocoon of false shadows
a sur...
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Categories:
allegories, courage,
Form: Free verse
C H a R - B R O I L E D F E a R
...He’s lying down in a canopy of torture. Thinking how could soft powdery floral memories become so torturing. He dusts them off. Desperately. But they remain unruffled. Like braided wild allegories an...
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Categories:
allegories, anxiety, grave,
Form: Prose Poetry
Keep Writing For You
...I wish you would just keep writing for you
For writing is a mind refresh and renew
It’s not all about the fortune and fame
And definitely not about making a name
It’s release of the words th...
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Categories:
allegories, confidence, encouraging, feelings, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
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