The Cashier
...The bridge above her nose was pierced,
Her nostrils were, as well,
With several silver bars laced through,
As far as I could tell.
Her upper ears both sported studs
And wrapped around her neck...
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Categories:
bedeck, today,
Form: Rhyme
A Tale From The Loom - VI to X
...She lays the carpet on the floor as though a regal dress;
Each loving stitch sewn by her hand displays no sign of stress;
The time has come to greet her fate though not a hint of fret;
She sits wi...
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Categories:
bedeck, adventure, fantasy, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Water :The Divine Marvel
...The little divine droplets of water bedeck
The shoots and leaves, all around spread
Over the tract and the rough rocky bed ,
As the soft seemly drizzles at the day-break
Infuse an enlivening...
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Categories:
bedeck, water,
Form: Lyric
The golden hues scatter, they age, stepping softly into the twilight
...The golden hues scatter, they age, stepping softly into the twilight,
Velvet angels of summer falling, amid leaves seeking the calm of the earth,
Gardens of grapes, unripened purple gems, with swee...
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Categories:
bedeck, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A Pilgrimage
...seagulls surf the wind
my escorts home
across the waves
streamlined gannets
sacred isle in view
saffron tints
ocean flower breeze...
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Categories:
bedeck, mountains, ocean, peace, sea,
Form: Free verse
Spring's Very Core
...Take a leisurely stroll in the pine grove.
The time of rejuvenation has begun.
A light drizzle will do, as will a shady cove.
The whole area is revitalized by the sun.
As a string o...
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Categories:
bedeck, analogy, appreciation, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Clerihew Brubeck
...Piano man Dave Brubeck
close harmony my ears di bedeck
Particularly his 'Take Five'
bringing jazz popularity alive...
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Categories:
bedeck, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
Sea; Be Still
...I am jealous
Of your waiting calls
Is it that you now have fellas
It seems of me, you not zealous
Despite the recalls
Once upon a time
I am the precious jewel on thy neck
You personally...
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Categories:
bedeck, age, anxiety, art, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Cinqku Mar 21
...a thick
mist blankets
the winter dawn-
necklaced jewels bedeck
the hedge
NOTE:A cinqku is an 'English language 'version of a tanka with 17 syllables 2;3;4;6;2
no title and last two(or thr...
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Categories:
bedeck, poetry, word play,
Form: Cinqku
Elegy For a Poet
...Once you sailed upon the dawn
to grace the eaves of Pomona's verdant lawn,
but now in splendor you have drooped;
no longer shall you unleash torrents from your tongue.
Oh, white-hot zephyr of ...
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Categories:
bedeck, bereavement,
Form: Elegy
Under the Colorful Umbrellas
...When fairy ring is formed
Fairies we just swarm
Under these colorful umbrellas
We gleefully dance with our fellas
Hopping over the wet wood
We play hide and seek with dudes
Soari...
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Categories:
bedeck, beautiful, beauty, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
My Choice Cinqku For You
...a thick
mist blankets
the winter dawn-
necklaced jewels bedeck
the hedge...
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Categories:
bedeck, imagery,
Form: Cinqku
Coming of Age
...In the chapel wherein he laid
His final moments here on earth,
Mirrored image of one’s boyhood
Stands he to claim his scabbard blade,
The chance to prove his manhood.
His mother chides him of hi...
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Categories:
bedeck, adventure, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Hues
...Autumn’s palette filled with colors,
Nature puts her brush to paint.
Her one hundred box Crayolas, yellow,
Browns, reds, and oranges satiate.
Leaves and needles bedeck the trees;
Th...
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Categories:
bedeck, autumn, earth, environment, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Her Eyes, Pools of Promise Under Bright Stars
...Her Eyes, Pools Of Promise Under Bright Stars
Her pillars of flame,mounds of firm delight
naked her beauty,wonderment at night
she a goddess,mankind truly desires
radiant heat,pleasures scorchi...
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Categories:
bedeck, art, beauty, feelings, girl,
Form: Rhyme
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