Best Dabbled Poems

Carmine, orange, and rust paint the trees
as they drip from Jack Frost's brush
clashing with emerald green
they set treetops afire
with blazing color
a splendorous
November 
work of
art 

red
cerise
and...

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They came from as far a way as New York and Dallas Texas. The class of 1981 wasn't a large class, it was the very...

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The Beast smirked, horns quivering ...
"You know you want to", he said, nodding toward the hills
There, above a dark, gaping wound of earth, Página Sagrada...

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I sought knowledge
I acquired wealth
I raised a family
I met my spiritual obligations
and paid my social dues,
Is this all there’s to life?
Say O Lord, it ain’t...

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Written: September 10, 2023
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Mounts daydreams in the azure bay.
An eerie sway casts halos in the night sky.
As a sparkling moonbeam sprayed moon.
It is the lyrical refrain...

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I was reminiscing the other day about people I've known o'er the years,
And found it strange that their names corresponded with their careers.
For instance, Joseph...

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The masses are blind
to the concentration camps
over five thousand children separated
tell me what is a child's crime?
this Christmas as you dabbled in gluttony
remember the weak...

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All things that glow and move,
all things that change and pass,
I gather their delight
as in a burning-glass;
Judith Wright

The Queen's Conjurer
1.
'Given to magic and uncanny arts'
'Art...

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Keep
Away from
Your concave mirror
Streaky, glassy identity
Faceless

©Drake J. Eszes
My 1st attempt in this form. I hope you all like. I read a description on what a...

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It started with the usual
crows, grackles, starlings,
even the chickadees 
were appropriately capped.
Broken up a bit by 
a red winged blackbird 
and again by cardinal. 
But...

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Victory! Victory! Victory!
He shouted.
He was optimistic,
But, situation was pessimistic.
He struggle to achieve,
Achievement is far near,
He moved closely, but far.
He tried to accomplish,
Mistakes never allowed.
He ‘dabbled’...

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Man has ventured to very great lengths 
To replace his own will for God’s. 
Unspeakable acts such as terror and drugs,
Not to mention his long...

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Reluctantly, I'm ascending stairs. . . 
Sensations of a dreadful cold
Permeate my trembling skin.
Through the window the moonlight glares.
My footsteps falter, but I'm growing bold,...

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When the mind with numbers grappled
The heart with thoughts dabbled
When the eyes on the ledgers are fixed
The soul with different hues mixed
To keep the different...

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I woke to the tinkling of melting snow
flowing from my roof to the ground below.

And a robin's chirp from a nearby tree;
sounded like he was...

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