Latakia
...Latakia, Syria
My ship berthed there when Bashar al-Assad, the vile
When a dictator was in power, I found a peaceful town
Dressed in a European manner, there were many shops
selling all sorts...
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Categories:
berthed, allusion, best friend, betrayal,
Form: ABC
Is Fantasy Land Real?
...Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it. Lloyd Alexander
Starlight shown on the WHIMSY Island.
So the well-equipped yacht berthed quietly
Into the...
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Categories:
berthed, adventure, dream, fairy,
Form: Free verse
Once upon a rhyme'
...I was, i was the minister prime.!! And in all of Canada I
Held the lines.' I fished the place for 'all it was worth' and
Kept some millions.' And My yacht is still berthed..yes I'm
Still important...
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Categories:
berthed, depression, discrimination, education, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
ART AS A GESTURE
...ART AS A GESTURE
a
zest
of
satisfaction
in
a
gusto
of
ultimate
certainty
deepens
with
intimacy
of
accidental
curiosity
inherent
perception
within
transposes
...
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Categories:
berthed, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Eohemera
...
Ephemera
In an island berthed on the sea
Where the sun shines all round seasons
...
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Categories:
berthed, appreciation, beauty, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Atonement
...And who are we, ignoble birthed,
knowing as we must,
all elements of earth
laid down in divine trust
berthed in perfect form-
stupendous souls made from dust.
Finger of God made so much of i...
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Categories:
berthed, creation, forgiveness, humanity, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Sanctuary
...Placed Second in :
Sanctuary, Soft, Stir, Surreal Words Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.” Rumi
...
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Categories:
berthed, extended metaphor, god, muse,
Form: Verse
CREATIVITY- PERCEPTION-tenet 1x4
...
FOUR TENETS OF CREATIVITY
PERCEPTION PARTURATION PUBLICATION PARTICIPATION
INTRODUCTION
This short eBook encompasses my experiences of the creative in both art...
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Categories:
berthed, education, poetry,
Form: Didactic
Alone and Lonely
...I am alone without you
Days are long and lonely without you
"Must be crazy" whispered my neighbour
in a sly tone.
I must have been muttering to myself again.
I want to unburden my heart
But ...
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Categories:
berthed, absence, angst, i am,
Form: Free verse
Kaleidoscope
...
"Kaleidoscope"
They say another
wrote the story, not I.
that I, mere I,
having little experience, shy
and far removed from
such an alien world,
would not possess the...
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Categories:
berthed, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Blue Sky Eye and the Hope Angels
...
“Blue Sky Eye and The Hope Angels”
It came to be
that many forgot
the messages imparted
prior to arrival
instructions were encoded
inside all our vessels
we...
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Categories:
berthed, i am, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
Improvisation Aloud
...play
of the pulse
noisless
impatient
in a
dreamy
magical light
tones
of
muted thoughts
emerge
then
berthed
as
word pictured
poet...
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Categories:
berthed, imagery,
Form: Verse
Whoops Yours Truly Almost Ditched the Missus
...Whoops! Yours truly almost ditched the missus...
Who nearly knocked me upside noggin
property of self anointed Unitarian sheikh
yea... of course by accident,
nor lame excuse accepted
playing ...
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Categories:
berthed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Fisherman and the Mermaid
...THE FISHERMAN AND THE MERMAID
A young fisherman berthed in Penzance
Went ashore one fine night to a dance
He woke up on his boat
With a mermaid afloat
The First prize in a card game of chance
...
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Categories:
berthed, fish, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Donny Brook Doth Runnel Along
...Generating a ring
of bright waters, which
currently meanders, ponders,
and then streams - twitch
ching reflexively as flora
and fauna lap rich
text chard liquid
timelessly ...
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Categories:
berthed, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
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