From the War Zone Side-Line
...As a war journalist, my new assignment
took me to the side-line of the Elfin war zone,
where I found an old tavern,
a long-time community center for the travelers and locals,
flocking to...
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Categories:
animatedly, fantasy, war,
Form: Free verse
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Circa Early 1970's
...Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania circa early 1970'S
(just in time for end of summer reading...
recounting emotionally disastrous campy turbulence)
intended food for thought indulgence.
A boys' life ab...
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Categories:
animatedly, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
For More Effective Communication
...Do you remember Helen Keller?
She was a really awesome speller
Who couldn't hear nor see nor speak,
So to communicate
She would ges-tic-u-late.
Marcel Marceau spoke perfect French,
But he was...
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Categories:
animatedly, humor,
Form: Light Verse
When We Are Healthy
...If we are not,
is this always the opposite of
when we are?
If we are negative,
is this sometimes appositionally
in creative tension with
when we are becoming more positive?
If we are a not...
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Categories:
animatedly, culture, health, integrity, peace,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Sunday Morning Joggers
...Goodness, I nearly lost my balance on the spiral seashells and broken sea stone chipping matrix.
My quaint obsession with marine life and that skyline paradox blossoming so tantalisingly, might be ...
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Categories:
animatedly, age, art, birth, devotion,
Form: Prose
Love Always Sees
...When spring’s subtle breezes brush my face, I remember…
Linnie and I are sitting in the back seat of our old Chevy
the windows are rolled down, warm air is rushing in
and our golden hair is fl...
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Categories:
animatedly, 5th grade, happy, love,
Form: Free verse
Recherche Poetic Themes Stock In Trade of Yours Truly
...Recherché poetic themes stock in trade of yours truly
No surprise, rhyme nor reason,
I tease out extraordinary threads,
sometimes deliberately writing
about current calendar day or season
fo...
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Categories:
animatedly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Delighting In Bible Stories
...Highlighting the Lord God’s omnipotence
Bible stories expose His miracles
along His mercy’s faithful persistence
smiting torturous hatred’s tentacles.
Greatly enthralled by biblical eve...
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Categories:
animatedly, bible, blessing, child, christian,
Form: Narrative
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Circa Early 1970s
...(just in time for summer reading...
recounting emotionally disastrous campy turbulence)
Amidst a raft of fellow (Brandywine Valley
Y.M.C.A) resident campers
who, didst excitedly quive...
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Categories:
animatedly, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
That Is Sexy
...Your one hand holds the bowl of golden wine
Your chin and cheek redden in olden desire
In your eyes are shadows of the hillside pine
In your glances exposed dance of fire
Of my wine cup animate...
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Categories:
animatedly, beauty, blue, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Hidden Scars
...Honey, I saw it yesterday,
your heart covered in scars.
And all the secrets that you kept,
in those tightly shut jars.
I heard you take a deep breath in,
and then you turned and smiled.
But ...
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Categories:
animatedly, loss, sad,
Form: Ballad
A Debutante's Ball To Remember
...A Debutante’s Ball to Remember
In the autumn of my life, oft have I recalled that superb summer night,
when I finally experienced my long-awaited heart’s deligh...
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Categories:
animatedly, celebration, dance, fun,
Form: Rhyme
A Swear of Forever
...A melody to my ears,his laughter
Making my heart, as always, flutter
With him, nothing else matter
Knowing this, the heart never falter.
Talking animatedly with a cup of coffee
In our own world, on...
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Categories:
animatedly, dedication, devotion, first love,
Form: Rhyme
The Best: Brilliant, Beautiful and Young
...The huddled elite of Europe were in an unprepossessing state
as pouring rain was damping their hopes for their future reign.
These were the best: brilliant, beautiful and young that we oldies
c...
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Categories:
animatedly, youth,
Form: Free verse
The Transitional Plunge
...The house does not hide
Crying out in different ways
Shards fly with wings of their own
I see the world outside
At the end of the dimly lit corridor
There are 10 doors to my left
10 doors to my right...
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Categories:
animatedly, life, philosophy, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
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