Where Are You Now, Gloria Dubbins?
...Gloria Dubbins - not much of a name,
but trust me on my judgment, gentle reader;
in terms of Beauty, she was Hall of Fame.
We’re talking – let’s see – nineteen seventy-two,
but I’m the keeper o...
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Categories:
apportion, nostalgia,
Form: Terza Rima
My Father's Hand
...My Father’s Hand!
My father left me when I was a baby
and all that remained of him… was his hand!
The hand that edged its way
into the last photo he took of me!
As I grew, I used to study tha...
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Categories:
apportion, betrayal, family, father, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Art And Loving
...Tendency is, to apportion
Love:
like slices of iced sweet
at a party
braying festive, 2 playful swipes
at a swinging, loaded donkey
(not the husband this time)
toffee for the dear lo...
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Categories:
apportion, art, inspirational, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
Apportion
...Unlimited source
Depend upon the giver
To deserving force....
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Categories:
apportion, engagement, judgement, perspective, prejudice,
Form: Haiku
Nature Does Kindly Nurture
...Do you thank the Sun
On any day for duty done?
Due to Sun, life is no burden
As He makes World a garden
Do you salute the Moon
For His giving a cool boon?
Never postpone, do it soon
He chall...
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Categories:
apportion, beautiful, best friend, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
O' Seed
...O seed of minute proportions,
So small, a minuscule apportion.
From God, you were sent,
From a low place, you were meant for a glorious ascent.
Yes, low, down into the ground you go,
Covered...
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Categories:
apportion, change, confidence, encouraging, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Short History
...Twenty six people is all there would be
Between Mr Julius Ceaser and me
Twenty six lives laid end to end
It’s a notion akin to making time bend
Let me explain what I’m ranting about
That histo...
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Categories:
apportion, history, time,
Form: Couplet
The Marmalade King
...The Man casts a shadow purulent with stealth
Having seen his apportion of nebulous days.
In fear of himself... too long on the shelf
And a vague memory of far better days.
He then lowers ...
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Categories:
apportion, courage, humanity, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Playing the Blame Game
...While i understand and totally get
It's human nature to want to
apportion blame
When it comes to one's government
remember
Very rarely do the voting public agree
With the choices made o...
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Categories:
apportion, slam,
Form: Free verse
Diary of Boys To Men
...DIARY OF BOYS TO MEN
WHEN WE BECAME A MAN:
Entrant into the promise land of adulthood
Where the wanderings cease and building begins
Where that unstable thing in us solidifies
Where the irresp...
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Categories:
apportion, 1st grade, age, childhood,
Form: Narrative
Wisdom Was Found
...WISDOM WAS FOUND
The day moves me into this ultimate search
Of the principality that Lords over life
And rules over Kings, nobles, aged and Princes
As my desire yearns for that which is profita...
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Categories:
apportion, 2nd grade, bible, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Lethal Warning
...Whether the Good Lord or Charles Darwin gave Adam his fruit
Regardless of ideology versus faith rules our common pursuit
We need to accept that life is dangerous and fraught with peril
Don...
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Categories:
apportion, health,
Form: Rhyme
Heterodoxy
...So-called Lady Luck, post your impulse rounds:
Tell where next goes your famed Midas touch;
Where in the days near shall your wild leg lead
The favored donees of your capricious search?
Agai...
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Categories:
apportion, destiny,
Form: Didactic
The Hunter
...Think
Ponder
Identify
Envision
Dream
Wonder
Consider
Reflect
Muse
Contemplate
Mull
Deliberate
Examine
Analyze
Weigh
Balance
Pause
Hesitate
Stabilize
Aim
Fire...
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Categories:
apportion, growth, success, thanks,
Form: Free verse
Let Dawn Linger
...Why dear night, do you remove the
canvas every day before the drenched colors dry?
how will we ever see and admire the portrait,
that which starts with blisters of pink from the
mountain of lion...
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Categories:
apportion, animal, appreciation, art, color,
Form: Verse
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