At the Beacon Theater
...Went to a concert last night, across town,
To see an old favorite of mine, Jackson Browne.
We slogged through a downpour of thunder and rain,
Where the opening song had a “deluge” refrain.*
The...
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Categories:
as if by magic, appreciation, music,
Form: Rhyme
GROWING OLD AND FEELING YOUNG
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When I look into a mirror these days…my old face is what I see…
and many is the day I wonder…how this came to be.
As I look a little closer…I touch my face and say,
“Where did all these wrinkl...
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Categories:
as if by magic, age,
Form: Rhyme
Under the Ocean
...Swimming under the surface of the Pacific
Past the border of the ocean
Where the two meet, brown and blue.
Met by tiny swimming jewels here,
Living within the tall crystals,
The ecosystem of cry...
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Categories:
as if by magic, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Invisible Strength
...The sparrow cannot help being tireless.
The banyan cannot help being sheltered.
The moon cannot help being constant.
And I cannot help being Amma.
Even in my sleep, I dream of your healing.
Ev...
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Categories:
as if by magic, birth, daughter, deep, mother,
Form: Free verse
Silver
..."If I could, I would fetch you the moon on a spoon."
I stand by the sea and watch the sky turn into a lovely shade of April blue. I see big old trees dotting the edge of ...
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Categories:
as if by magic, appreciation, creation,
Form: Haibun
A Whiter Shade of Pale
...This is not for any contest especially since I like better versions than the one sung by Glenn Hughes which is not much to my liking. Furthermore, this is more in the region of commenting on the son...
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Categories:
as if by magic, appreciation, feelings, song,
Form: Narrative
MIND BODY THEORY
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There is this phenomenon we feel growing older
that happens to us old folks a lot:
How some days we feel our age…while others…we do not!
Some days those aches and pains that accompany growing ...
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Categories:
as if by magic, age,
Form: Rhyme
When my cat is high, I’m jealous
...(Written for a contest “Write a poem based on a poem.’
Inspired by: “My Cat Is High, and So Am I” by Thomas W. Case)
Honey, I was stoned, so stoned.
I hardly knew what was going on.
Th...
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Categories:
as if by magic, beautiful, cat, moon, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Aster Love
...One of the first things we noticed when we arrived at our cabin…
besides a chillness in the air…
was the purple color on the ground…asters blooming everywhere.
With roses, daisies, sunflowers, o...
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Categories:
as if by magic, flower,
Form: Rhyme
The Picture
...The picture
She bends over the lace making table
Fingers swollen knuckles hard and round
Silent conversation hands to cotton, cotton to hand
Weaving and wefting
Curling and carping
Each lazy ...
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Categories:
as if by magic, halloween, humorous, october, scary,
Form: Free verse
Return of Athena
...pastel monarch butterflies flowed out of the lily pad as if by magic
explosion of a kaleidoscope of colors, mostly lavenders and pinks
heralding the unexpected but delightful return of the Goddess ...
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Categories:
as if by magic, mythology,
Form: Free verse
For Emily Is Always Summer
...Even if roses are no longer seen in winter, she manages to make them bloom with a smile.
Even if the sun should stop shining she always manages to bring the light with her wild side.
Even if the ni...
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Categories:
as if by magic, beauty, crush, cute, daughter,
Form: Free verse
I Know a Place
...I KNOW A PLACE
I know a place wherein a wild time grows,
Where ale and wine and spirit freely flows.
Quite uninhibited behaviour there,
Whilst swinging rock band music fills th...
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Categories:
as if by magic, dance, music,
Form: Sonnet
Parisian Passion
...Parisian Passion
Tilly came to the place made for romance
Paris the capital city of France
The place where sentimental dreams are made
This was her most spine-tin...
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Categories:
as if by magic, passion, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Little Boy Goblin Deep In the Woods
...Little boy goblin living deep in the woods so happy and gay.
I like to think of you when I crunch the leaves every which way.
Sometimes you appear as if by magic and it is so keen to see….
The way...
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Categories:
as if by magic, halloween,
Form: Quatrain
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