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Ballasted
Ballasted Poems - Poems about Ballasted
Memory
...Seed in decayed matter did sleep Fiery sun in heating waves did sweep Wanton tears in flooded cavity did seep Sapling through clogged circuits did peep Sullied by passage, strands penuriously cheap B......
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Stephen Parker
Categories:
ballasted,
allegory,
Form:
Rhyme
Paternalistic Bond: From Childhood To Adulthood
...In silted apron blossoms baby Incubating heat fondles canopy From leafy trellis sprouts progeny With briny tears, warmth grows quickly Acorn melded to fertile tree Succoring streams flow freely Ball......
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Stephen Parker
Categories:
ballasted,
allegory, caregiving, childhood,
Form:
Rhyme
Stone of St Croix Island
...Carefree in leisure time, one blasé tourist, almost happy, I once had collected a complicated stone; after the sunny hours had ended and last opportunity for keepsakes began. In my hand the stone h......
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Lansing Day
Categories:
ballasted,
africa, dream, faith, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Love's Crumbling Foundation
...You beckoned me to love's door; The steps you gilded with hope, and glossed with a libido to score. With an open window to heart's latch, on amor's ledge we ballasted unbridled passions with reas......
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Stephen Parker
Categories:
ballasted,
lost love
Form:
Sonnet
Living In Juliet's Shadow
...The fleeting moments could never distill your eternal essence, yet thy shadow lingers to caress the lofty words inscribed on doled heart. Time was abridged by thy unappreciable presence. With an in......
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Stephen Parker
Categories:
ballasted,
love
Form:
Prose Poetry
Nightfall
...Twilight gleams as its last, satiating stream falls Malingering shadows cast their tepid tent over the sun's fiery cauls Shadows recede; an eerie awning o'er earth's tenants slowly crawls Darkness......
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Stephen Parker
Categories:
ballasted,
nature
Form:
Rhyme