Babylon Hath Fallen
...Greed left a trail of crumbs for you to follow
Don't ask why you can't put your hands on me
I am the deepest, darkest part of the ocean floor
That we've established is too dangerous to explore
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, how i feel, irony,
Form: Free verse
The Countdown
...At ten, I have composure to maintain
At nine, I know the chance is all but mine
At eight, I beat back fears and thoughts of a one-eighty
At seven, I am at sixes and sevens
At six, I draw my know-...
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, adventure, courage, desire, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Summer Hostage
...Our small loop of a street
usually quiet
Today receives a loud grooming
with chain saws
and wood chippers
and diesel trucks slicing
and ruining silence
into anti-solitude.
This is my last d...
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, age, childhood, parents, school,
Form: Free verse
Even More Forms I Promoted To My Ps Peers Over the Years
...DISTICH TRISTICH truth to tell, two or three lines in parallel
TETRACTYS Stebbings did contrive a complete thought in five
DEMI SONNET at sixes and sevens
VERBLESS POETRY verse in words sans verb...
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, internet, poetry,
Form: Tristich
The Brilliant Spring
...Crazy wind whispers
Into the ears of ‘champa’
A light scented Indian flower
Trees are full of them now
Your love in each and every bough
The breeze is cool
Because it is spring
Because i...
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, allusion, april, beautiful, books,
Form: Lyric
Marriage
...With the advancement of age
Man starts to think about marriage
The boy and the girl are nubile.
It's high time to change the living style
Through the union of husband and wife
Marriage bring...
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, divorce, husband, social, society,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
at sixes and sevens, allegory, bird, mystery,
Form: Haiku
Tottering
...I have lost my way to you
Moving with new finger
My days are at sixes and sevens
Yet I am enjoying the waves....
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, absence,
Form: Free verse
At Sixes and Sevens
...Somewhere decorum, somewhere pandemonium
Somewhere parsimony, somewhere bleeding heart
Somewhere love, somewhere hatred
Somewhere revenge, somewhere forgiveness
Somewhere bondage, somewhere lib...
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Categories:
at sixes and sevens, confusion
Form: Free verse