Howling Wilderness
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Gnarled trees yawn under a starless sky
As a swift coldness mixes with the "howling wilderness,”
Crescendos until pure silence strangles the macabre atmosphere.
Preparing for the imminent j...
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Categories:
bedframe, beautiful, deep, gothic, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Absence
...Though the carpet teemed with costumes, toys and figures, laid orderlessly, it was barren.
Distant echoes of the battery powered monkey clapped naively through the still air, and its dim LED eyes s...
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Categories:
bedframe, divorce, family, father son,
Form: Narrative
Helen's Brick House
...Helen's brick house
was built by her grandpa James
with a specific design in mind:
the front black cross-windows
riminded one of Christ's sorrows;
when the off-white roll shades opened
the neig...
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Categories:
bedframe, autumn, beauty, blessing, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Basket
...The bedframe springs had sprung off,
And the bicycle had a crooked wheel,
And the mattress had gone to sleep,
And the broken bench had a street appeal,
And the basket sat on the dryer,
And ...
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Categories:
bedframe, community, death, freedom, goodbye,
Form: Quatrain
I Wonder
...To the memory of my brother
Sometimes,
I sit all alone
And think of you.
I close my eyes-
Close them tightly
And remember sitting beside you on those wooden buses that only Apia still has
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Categories:
bedframe, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
The Color Purplish
...The man on the porch looks out
over his property and towards his daughter.
Nervousness seeps through her plum-dark flesh.
Each eye contact signposts a wicked meditation.
Women are voiceless in th...
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Categories:
bedframe, culture, film, women,
Form: Free verse
The Color Purplish
...The man on the porch looks out
over his property and towards his daughter.
Nervousness seeps through her plum-dark flesh.
Each eye contact signposts a wicked meditation.
Women are voiceless in th...
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Categories:
bedframe, longing, race, strength,
Form: Verse
Timeout
...what do we need?
i believe in stress relief
clothes off,
underneath
can't help but tangle feet
re-arrange and dangle
feet on shoulder
thighs make a right angle.
you want
Go.
speed?
Faster.
breath
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Categories:
bedframe, passion, romance,
Form: Free verse
Another Victim Falls
...Savage romance
And bloody passion
Another victim falls
Before the terrible temptation
Demonic desire
And abhorrent attraction
Another victim falls
Before an ini...
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Categories:
bedframe, loss, teen,
Form: Free verse