Snow Assonance Poems

There is an illusion of dishonesty in darkness,
so we rejoice when spring sings saccharine serenades.
I've always been a soul yearning for summer scents,
but somewhere the...

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"If you're really in love, appearances aren't important. The best house is the one you build in each other's hearts."
Jung Yu jin

Autumn's alliterations amplified an...

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The Fervent Wish And The Sincere Prayer

cold snow, old hunter
old trail, cabin far away
prayer at sunset

Robert J. Lindley, 8-22- 1997
haiku...

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Now for you tea leafs and yellow Olive Branch;
You go through fractured iron gates of metals;
A black widow puts on a monk's robe by chance;
She's...

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Mankind is so cold, they're Sinners they're liars oh! God 
Why does it snow in April
The evil transgresses,  surpasses and the hordes of...

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Buried beneath the delicate snow there are things you ought to know...
Santa came from miles behind so let your smile shine;
crazy to me......

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O' That Such Spring Glory Could Last All The Year Round

Rain splattering across bright green lawn this new morn
wetting earthen soil, soaking new baby grass...

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No Theme Chosen
Other texts enact Facebooking, Twitter verses.


Technical articles establish computer crashes.

Hieroglyphic ideograms snow plows in Alaska.

Extended abstracts summarize communication in Florida.

Manufactured articles establish from...

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Gumbo

When the cold wind blows in the evenings;
And the black snake can't be found.
When the rain falls on the pine trees;
And there's frost upon the...

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The holiness is here
			under the trees
			in the space 
			that yearns for stars
			in the leaf mold
			beneath the snow
			in the low flung fog
			rising toward the day
			when the...

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O!  Afterthought, Thou art a stern Taskmaster!
Thy Glare’s as gentle, as is Sun on Snow!
O!  Heart!  Would She have stayed, if I...

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Purpose fuels passion

Excerpt from the anthology!
A dry quiet day, withered with cold...
Seasons change, the sky so white, is it really snow
Who knows, or probably it...

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Two Words – Redux Two
 
Push
Pull

Donut
Hole

Toilet
Bowl

Laundry
Fold

Sing
Song

Ping
Pong

Mao
Zedong

Fly
Eater

Cloud
Nine

Moon
Shine

Vinegar
Brine

Wild
One

No
Pun

Arm
Leg

Black
Plague

Circle
Square

Head
Hair

Sonic
Whistle

Broom
Thistle

Pretty
Face

Human
Race

Alien
Space

Mountain 
Road

Horned
Toad

Meteor 
Rock

Mister
Spock

Start
Dart

Go
Flow

Pol
Pot

Hope
Not

Green
Brown

Smile
Frown

City
Town

River
Creak

Circus
Freak

Stuffy
Nose

Big
Toes

Bogart
Bacall

Free
Fall

Standing
Tall

Music
Note

Castle
Moat

Witch
Hag

Laundry
Bag

Robber
Rubber

Space
Discover

Race
Car

Bucket
Tar

Fruit
Jar

Phrenology
Psychology

Logo
Pogo

Wine
Beer

Whine
Jeer

Weather
Clear

Beach
Chair

People
Stare

Garden
Hose

Bloody
Rose

Genius
Knows

Alaskan
Snow

Car
Far

Road
Tar

Proud
Hound

Ground
Round

Upside
Downside

Aladdin
Jafar 

Genie
Wish

Table
Fish

Wash
Dish

Slobber
Swish

Babble
Gabble

Clark
Gable

Atlantic
Cable

Stool
Pool

Fad
Lad

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
September 3, 2018 (Short-Form Free Verse)...

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TAKE ME TO

verse 1.
Take me to that perfect place;
Where?, there's be no more snow  or rain;

Take me to the time and space;
Where?, my body,...

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Can you see the wind
Do you know where it's been 
Do you know where it's going
I can see the rain
And every little drops of water...

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