In a city of shadows and glimmers, where glass towers rise like dreams
...In a city of shadows and glimmers, where glass towers rise like dreams
in a starless night, we search for the contours of our own destinies,
shrouded in the fine mist of mornings too hasty to greet...
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Categories:
amphitheaters, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Four Seasons of Man
...Spring arrived, ‘Twas the dawn of man
Consciousness exploded with a Big Bang
We foraged inquisitively for berries and nuts
Soon building settlements and primitive huts
A subtle spark conjured o...
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Categories:
amphitheaters, earth, farewell, humanity, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Ebenezer's Stone Statues
...Who knew that "Hoodoos" were here
Where 50 million year old totems appear?
An 1875 find by Ebenezer Bryce,
Sandstone spires that engage and entice.
Human shaped pinnacles of sediment stone
Ascen...
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Categories:
amphitheaters, change, devotion, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Couplet
Cause and Effect
...Game...life? Some would say so:
up in the morning with a sprint--
my court or yours?
dribble a few ideas,
toss them toward the hoop--
my foul or yours
depends on who choose
the referees,
who ...
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Categories:
amphitheaters, allegory, allusion, christian, god,
Form: Free verse
It Never Gets Old, It Still Inspires Us
...The first written poem by Mankind
dates back several thousands years...
even the Bible writers used it to inspire
as King David did in his spiritual Psalms.
Then, the intellectual Greek and R...
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Categories:
amphitheaters, history, inspirational, on writing
Form: Rhyme