Ashen Aqualung
...Daddy's specter plectrums mercilessly
Fraying my nerves raw
with oxidized guitar strings.
my thoughts relentlessly hemorrhage
onto clay vinyl grooves
s p i n n i n g
endless nights
of
suffoca...
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Categories:
aqualung, abuse, father son, mental
Form: Free verse
Grow Global, Dear Frankie Ace
...Towards thy very best
I project a saving nest
To save the wordy test
From the earthly pest
And to luck, leave the rest
As pure as a blank page
That gets poets' hearts into cage
The worries a...
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Categories:
aqualung, africa, appreciation, blessing, career,
Form: Rhyme
The Theory of Positivism
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"The Theory of Positivism"
It’s criminal
all theories tie that life
in neat tight black bows
the presents under
that tree of life
wide spread
arms once wide ...
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Categories:
aqualung, dark, journey, muse,
Form: Free verse
Penny Dreadful
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"Penny Dreadful"
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful
Do you remember when?
That time long before Formaldehyde kicked in?
When the Transformer...
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Categories:
aqualung, black love, dark, fantasy,
Form: Romanticism
Pearl Diving - Part 2
...g him,
her echolocation surrounding him,
through all those other fish making such a blasted bubbly din,
“It’s mine.” the voice whispers mysteriously in his ears, “ I’m playing this, it's mine, a life to win”.
(Lovejoy-Burton/ December 2017)
"Aqualung", Morcheeba
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Categories:
aqualung, adventure, ocean, romance,
Form: Free verse
After the Duck
...Nasty old man of privilege sneaks onto the morning meadow dawn
Accumulated wealth passed on from dad is immeasurable
And that which makes him too cheap to shop
A feathery delicacy is what he is af...
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Categories:
aqualung, abuse, adventure, bird, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Poise
...Come to know truth
In simple proof
Beauty speaks sure
With blooms so pure
See lovely fest
As change notes best
Watch all things change
Curious yet strange
Each part fits well
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Categories:
aqualung, allusion,
Form: Couplet
The Darkening Pallet
...At dusk I'll seek the rainbow arch
and part ways with it's color.
The sky is darkening,
it's pupil obscured with cataracts
as sudden sparkle sprinkles,
and the dimension splits apart.
Out o...
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Categories:
aqualung, imagination, nature
Form: I do not know?
Aqua Lines
...Clustered bubbles play among
Swirls made by my aqualung;
Liquid beads embroidered on
Deep blue green........and then they're gone.
Fleeting beauty of the sea's
Ever changing tapestries....
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Categories:
aqualung, art, nature, places,
Form: Rhyme
Super Quiz No. 2, Clue No. 2
...Here we go folks; and, yes, this is a hard one....Any winner, should that unlikely
event take place, ought to be enshrined in the Mensa Society, and declared a
puzzle-master, cryptanalyst genius,...
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Categories:
aqualung, adventure, computer-internet, confusion, mystery,
Form: I do not know?
Cry the Blue Ocean
...The whale song resounds in each shedding tear,
The surface lies stoic and hushed,
Each aqualung fathom compressed every year
Blue velvet and casually crushed.
The parting of souls torn a so...
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Categories:
aqualung, love, nostalgia, sad, time,
Form: Verse