Best Excavates Poems

Dawn flings a face
All darkness flees;
Birth of new day

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That Old Man once thought:
"Poetry is not viable..."
Who can eat poems

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In our twilight years
Even time is suspended;
Marionettes...

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a fallen pine log:
        red-cockaded woodpeckers
taps their lost fair well





****The Red-cockaded Woodpecker has less than 1% of its...

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What's in writing?
What makes one to author something from the absolute scratch?
What is the science of this art?
Is it just the perceptible version of the...

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A sizable portion of my life
I've passed, slobbering over
The antagonistic ashes
Of an untruth.

Years down the road,
By accident, I exposed;

Though this untruth,
Was deeply entombed in my...

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How can I explain,
my guilt, my fears, my pain;

With every breath I suffocate;

My heart, my soul,
 I Ache...

There's no tomorrow,
only today;

My past represents,
as it excavates;
I...

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Winding road uphill
Surprise awaits;
Mountain view

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Heatwave chokes
Strangles pulse;
Still air heavy

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Calm stillness
Temple echoes;
Stillness pervades

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People gather
Prayer festival;
Two worlds meet

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Hallway echoes
People pickle;
Sweet-sour vintage

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Uneasy room
Words fumble;
Loneliness excavates

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Dreamy distance
Broken bridges;
Mellow zeros

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Happy...

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Day comes too soon
Night runs away --
Dreamy visions cease



Influenza bout
Drowsy knockout;
Stuffy coarse throat



No matter what
Day ushers gifts:
Appetite craves more



Blurry eyes
Confront light rays;
Brightness irritates



Groggy and sore
Headache...

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Off in the misty distance
I hear a hungry woodpecker
Hammering with his head.
This omnivorous, opportunist
Breaks the silence of the morn
With his rat-a-tat-tatting
As if knocking on a...

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A tiny Egyptian is slowly destroying
the tombs of the great pyramids.
It excavates and delves
and we know not why?

Some blame the Scarab beetle
but ii, as we...

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there is an afterlife in these high branches
spirit bears
watch as tracks appear and
            ...

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THE WORM

        In the gloominess of the night
      or in the brightness of...

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That girl you don't get.
That simple game of pretend.
That lovely voice of symphony.
A Melody,
meaning more to me.
Descending much truth I can't deny.
Her mystery her golden...

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there is an afterlife in these high branches
spirit bears 
watch as tracks appear and 
          ...

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Written: May 1st, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest
Rumi Quote: "The beauty you see in me, is a... magnet, stop acting so small. You are the...

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