A Defaced Beauty
...Rome seems a defaced beauty
with its past specters roaming aimlessly,
not finding the home where they once lived sumptuously;
ruins upon ruins: marble, cement,
grass, weeds, and streets with cob...
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Categories:
berbers, confusion, culture, death, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Lawnless
...It's blisteringly dry.
Martian, winedark, overweight -
No lawns on this mesa of millet-baked pie,
To make this crater straight.
No spades here, no scraping rake.
Just sharp sticks, blood-brick...
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Categories:
berbers, beauty, environment, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
The Crimson Convenant
...She placed the small embellished table
Beside the open window igniting its red glow
As the natural light poured through
Spurring witness with exquisite detail
That begged for hands to caress and ...
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Categories:
berbers, blessing, devotion, heaven, history,
Form: Narrative