People need to unlearn as they learn to grow
...Every poetic mentor started to talk here,
as if, I borrowed their tissue paper.
and forgot to claim that,
I had my early mentors, successful, in that theme.
What is a restroom helping symptom?...
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Categories:
arana, cancer,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Alfonso Arana
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We spoke that day as I drove you home,
you tried in your broken English,
I in my broken Spanish.
Your poetic paintings
wordlessly move me.
Never have I
met a more
gentle
soul.
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Categories:
arana, art, people, tribute,
Form: Nonet
Passions Warrior
...Slain lies the heart of innocence, a vanquished warrior
Of passions flame, melted is his shield of honor, this
Gladiator whom sacrifices all for pleasures desire.
Cutting deeply, do the knives of ...
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Categories:
arana, adventure, beauty, betrayal, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Wishes On Balloons
...As promise of wish rides on sky
Hued dream-bubbles climb in her eyes--
Transforming smudged night into joy!
For Contest, nette onclaud’s 3 BY 8
Written by Norma Arana, Dec 30 20...
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Categories:
arana, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Whispers of Light
...Feathers like satin, the color of gold,
That drop from her shoulders, a flight to behold.
Her cloak, like the evening which glows in between,
For when she looks at me, it can be seen.
When she moves...
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Categories:
arana, angel, light,
Form: Couplet