The draw of the Sea
...The sea laps the shore,
whilst the sand receeds into
its cold blue temptress.
Oystercatchers sqwark,
their long beaks beaconing
the summer solstice.
Upon the clifftops,
weathered walkers f...
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Categories:
beaconing, beautiful, blessing, dedication, devotion,
Form: Haiku
Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future
...I celebrated my father's birthday this last April 4th, 2025
He would have been 75,
Yet 7 years ago, a white butterfly laid him to rest, with the rest of his family around his casket,
And my face p...
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Categories:
beaconing, butterfly, dad, death, faith,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Knowing Angels
...Angels are almost silent
Subtle
treadbare steppers
subliminal stalkers
determinedly quiet
except at choir
a pair of cherubic hums
can equivalate
to the drones
of a billion bee...
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Categories:
beaconing, angel, evil, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Where Time Stands Still
...
In that timeless realm, O Cosmic Sister, our love at the helm, where time stands still-
our love becomes the canvas,
the enzymes, the film.
Each fleeting heartbeat -a brushstroke, ballast,
a...
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Categories:
beaconing, angel, art,
Form: Rhyme
cessation
...asleep to awake in the
dreamless world of dreams,
where perception and reality,
have merged and lost their identity,
where the mist of reason is so thick,
that delusions guide the way,
purpose...
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Categories:
beaconing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Whole Wheat
..."Whole Wheat"
Trench coats
Pantyhose
Riding lo
Knee high
Nehi soft
Drink
Drunk
Drinkers
Drunk on a
Plasibo
Please no
Tell me it's no
Lie
Laying on like
Mayo laid on...
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Categories:
beaconing, america,
Form: Free verse
Americana
...A patriotic bunting, hanging from a porch,
black lines of a Model-T, back when we liked Ford,
porcelain sign from the 30s, somehow ad and art,
the fun and fear we got from tossing a lawn dart.
Ri...
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Categories:
beaconing, america, appreciation, culture, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Mystery of Mellowness
...bafflingly
bemusing
mind
&
mood
unwary
&
brazen bookie
secluded
sequestered
stouthearted
spluttered
calm...
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Categories:
beaconing, analogy, appreciation, beauty, inspirational,
Form: Other
Mystical Melody
...Along a distant path,
Rife with fog and and glimmers of plant life
A melodic sting slices through the heavy air.
The high notes almost pinch ones eardrums,
The low notes luring you to sleep.
Lin...
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Categories:
beaconing, music,
Form: Free verse
Living Together
...That we are
And, that we are together
more than apart,
Rather than are not
and never were
Resourcing regeneration's universal promise
for growing unitarian integrity
Is not our hottest...
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Categories:
beaconing, community, health, integrity, relationship,
Form: Political Verse
The Gift That I Give You
...The God has gifted in shower
With intensed innocence in you.
I behold you in awed silence,
For you promise ecstasy in me.
I connect my forehead on yours
In thanking the God for gifting you.
Mor...
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Categories:
beaconing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Verse
Paths
...Paths..
We meander through the appearing paths of our days.
Paths appear as other paths disappear.
The path less traveled often offered as sage advice.
Finding our own unique path is anot...
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Categories:
beaconing, desire, longing, simple,
Form: Free verse
Love Misconception
...In all honesty
I believe Love is actually blind
That she lost her road
And headed straight
Into the mess, she lays in today
I hope we all find her, bathe her and clothe her
Cos she's really a ...
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Categories:
beaconing, bible, first love, love,
Form: Free verse
Leaves In Season
...Luscious leaves brush against my face,
pulsing veins deep enough to trace
time with a wind gust embrace.
Maroon, copper, gold they dangle
glistening to sunset's angle
with zeal of wind chime's...
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Categories:
beaconing, autumn, child, childhood, fun,
Form: Rhyme
The Glance
...The Glance.
A casual glance across a crowded street
Amid all the hustle and bustle of tramping feet.
Unblinking eyes that hold...but do not stare
Twinkling hello...without a care.
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Categories:
beaconing, beauty, desire, fantasy, girl,
Form: Rhyme
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