Blessed by Death
...I lie, naked, cast aside in the shadows,
My flesh, bare, crumbles among the carcasses of half-dying thoughts.
I stare upon myself—
Is this truly I,
This forsaken creature,
Smiling with bitter ...
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Categories:
bareness, allusion, bridal shower, dark,
Form: Free verse
The Now Continuum
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Written: March 27, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
“since thoughts speak in past tenses,
drop mind, rely on senses,
embracing and releasing,...
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Categories:
bareness, analogy, character,
Form: Rhyme
The wild night awakens from the dream of an imploding inferno
...The wild night awakens from the dream of an imploding inferno,
Stretching lazily, with tangled strands like waves of darkness,
Tossing aside the serene blankets of the full golden winter moon,
To ...
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Categories:
bareness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Barren Page
...this barren page, screaming, crying
yelling through the winds,
inviting me to begin again,
always, to just begin
again and again, tempting my pen
tempting me to just begin, begin
A G A I N...
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Categories:
bareness, light, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sacrifice, freedom and justice
...My mind has been spinning, since toxin contamination
I have been caught in a web of deception and corruption
Searching the landscape, for words to describe this nightmare
The toxins sickened my he...
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Categories:
bareness, america, angst, corruption, courage,
Form: Free verse
Yearn
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Written: April 15, 2024, For Constance La France Y words Contest
Rumi Quote: "Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, suffer the pain. Y...
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Categories:
bareness, analogy, longing, love,
Form: Rhyme
tree in the front yard
...hiding barks layers
thick leaves cover it's bareness
fragrance set off in air...
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Categories:
bareness, nature,
Form: Haiku
Missing you
...Do only flesh and blood miss someone?
Not like plastic toys
Once played put back in a cubby
Collecting dust till it’s held again
But I’m made of flesh and blood
Not a toy with hands needing pla...
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Categories:
bareness, lonely, longing, loss, lost,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
bareness, writing,
Form: Monoku
Yearning for a paradise
...There's a sullen bareness in the atmosphere, almost as if the breaths have all receded to a stop and the world has slowed down on its axis.
Laziness drips like honey all over the place and every si...
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Categories:
bareness, culture, discrimination, writing,
Form: Free verse
Musings On Faith
...If not now when, thought the universe before going bang
Just then, from a point of oblivion, everything sprang
Eons later, pregnant mothers start feeling labour pangs
Civilisations ...
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Categories:
bareness, faith, humanity, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Vacuum
...In forms of crusts and curves and caves and carves and undulates,
The vacuum looks exceedingly charming and gorgeous;
This vacuum, yet, when becomes a throne of naughty fates,
Heart and mind get t...
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Categories:
bareness, life,
Form: Sonnet
Poem Before a Midnight Touch
...I am in a short deep sleep
Before you wake me.
I am in my shivering silence
Before I feel your gentle touch in my tan skin.
You know that because I am in my bareness.
You're afraid to mosquito...
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Categories:
bareness, adventure, beauty, education, humor,
Form: Free verse
Coldness Up Layers Warmth
...Coldness up layers Warmth
Sanctuary, in the early light and misty dawns
balance appearing untouched by fear and
doubt that crumbles in front of us in sudden
disillusionment.
Falseness, and b...
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Categories:
bareness, confusion,
Form: Imagism
Winter Snow
...first blizzard falling
shining through oak tree bareness~
mule stagger on snow
written: December 04, 2022
Checked with hms.com: 5/7/5
Winter Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sp...
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Categories:
bareness, animal, snow, winter,
Form: Haiku
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