A Triad of Tanka II
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The dragons have gone;
Disappearing into wind
Which bore them eastwards.
Sunset fell into shadow...
And the World became legend.
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Beneath tired ...
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Categories:
beguiles, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Tanka
Our Better Angels - typo corrected
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On this radiant moment, a ceiling
of new moon beguiles the park-lane
where the breeze tosses its wings,
lit by a fluorescent in a haze I can't
comprehend--- a whip of angst encircles
my despai...
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Categories:
beguiles, angel, uplifting,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Gone Fishing
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Despairing seafaring..can be
Lore of days of yore
Glories or gory
Bold stories told
Foreshore folklore
Hemingway’s…Old
Man and the Sea
Smiles..feeling chipper
Like a wee...
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Categories:
beguiles, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
Ride of the Fairy Queen
...A regal fairy queen rides by
upon a puff of air,
her silky garment billowing
in wisps of soft blown flair.
Beneath bright beams of golden sun
she rides through meadows green
upon a tiny unico...
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Categories:
beguiles, beautiful, blessing, fairy, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Your Face
...What is this face that I do see
A face that thrills the soul of me
Whose arms be thine
That so entwine
Beneath a pale moon's
Silver shine
Leaving only
With its might
The warm, the...
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Categories:
beguiles, happiness, love,
Form: Rhyme
Tower Of Magic
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when elixir of moon drips wine
into the crystal goblet of magic
this late night beguiles my skin, reeling
on a Friday parade of lights;
my hips oh so beckon, swaggering t...
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Categories:
beguiles, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
si tu t'appelles melancolie - oui
...si tu t'appelles melancolie - oui
if your name is melancholy,
the scant tidbits I know of French.
perfect cold day to down
a cup of hot chocolate, java or joe
in tandem with an intelligent con...
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Categories:
beguiles, adventure, angel, appreciation, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Beguiles
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Comes autumn with grasslands and
trees ornate
As mauve pallet begins to recreate
The exuberance of a new season's
girth;
While air tangy floats on lamplight, its
mirth
Enkindling ...
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Categories:
beguiles, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Couplet
The Pull of Al-Kuhl
...I come with the indomitable intent to beguile
Upon your face, I place an ephemeral smile
When I come, I don't stay very long
I have you up early but by the time I leave, I'll have you singing a ...
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Categories:
beguiles, addiction, arabic, conflict, culture,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Indian Diversity
...Crimson saris, silk
Woven with threads of gold,
A dancer's graceful sway,
Reflecting ancient lore,
A turban's vibrant hues,
Sun-baked earth, spice-scented air,
Desert whispers tales,
Of cara...
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Categories:
beguiles, society,
Form: Free verse
Sunworshipper
...Sunworshipper 9-24-24 Rhymes in Nine
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Sunworshipper
SUNFLOWER soaks up the POWER OF the sun
YELLOW celebrates LOVE in a MELLOW autumn jubilee
H...
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Categories:
beguiles, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Tooth
...Grimoire enchantress beguiles vetala invictus, slicka min kisse, hehe just kidding, just a u’i lata spreading sugar, a sweet gift. A snarl like smile crosses my countenance as I manifest into a deity...
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Categories:
beguiles, beautiful, beauty, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Putin, Xi, and Damocles: Three or more than
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Cicero's tale revives Dionysius
as modern-day leaders bear the o...
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Categories:
beguiles, change, character, fate, leadership,
Form: Sonnet
For I Have Sinned
...Forgive me
For I have sinned in my tenacity
to challenge you on the battlefield of morality.
Forgive me
For offending your duplicity
with my transparency.
Forgive me
While you carou...
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Categories:
beguiles, anger, character, conflict,
Form: Free verse
It Feels Real
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True love, the kind that lasts,
Remembers to give, with an open heart,
Remembers to listen, to hear what’s being spoken,
Remembers to laugh, to smile, to kiss,
Remembers to embrace the music,...
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Categories:
beguiles, appreciation, true love,
Form: Free verse
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