Best Folds Poems
Dark Earth Folds In the Heart's Red Bloom
Dark Earth Folds In The Heart's Red Bloom
You and I and all we do
Know not, til our hearts are through
The press of life, what things we be
Root or leaves or shade of tree.
You and I and all we seem
May be but as a drift of dream
In the eyes of One who gave
Self to love...
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Categories:
folds, art, creation, deep, humanity,
Form:
Classicism
Time Folds
Time folds inwards,
like paper cranes in cosmic flight.
Time folds inwards—
a twist of clocks in glass-bound wards,
its orbit skewed by quantum might.
We dream in loops by neon light—
Time folds inwards....
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Categories:
folds, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Folds of White
The hills are clothed in gleaming folds of white,
With flow'rs, whose heady fragrance fills the air:
The spring has come, the sun pours out his light
On three small children playing without care.
The girl weaves knots of flowers in her hair,
Her brothers tumble down the hills and play;
They each enjoy the spring their special way.
{January 3d, 2014}...
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Categories:
folds, earth, flower, happiness, spring,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
A River Folds
A river folds upon its banks
with waters deep and cold.
Its molten flow rolls endlessly
from aquifers untold.
It ripples over ancient stones
placed when the earth was cast.
Each sheared and formed the bedrock's course
'neath outflows bold and fast.
Swift currents know of time's slow ebb,
and legends never told.
Its surface gleams beneath the sun
of sagas being scrolled.
The sky above...
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Categories:
folds, age, life, river, water,
Form:
Verse
Behind the Folds
Fountain of mercy yet fading away
Valleys of hospitality just sometimes display
Obesity of hope...
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Categories:
folds, hyperbole, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Folds of Green Brocade
An interval of quietude; she sleeps,
caressed by copper curls in silk cascade.
Observing beauty in her calm, he weeps,
remorseful of impassioned hands he laid.
From searching eyes, secluded pain she hides,
within her mind, love's solemn vow replayed.
Through purest skin, dark cast of anger rides,
wrapped safely 'neath soft folds of green brocade.
Breath falls, as into endless void she...
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Categories:
folds, sad,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Summer Folds
bright summer days fold
long dark veils shroud every hour---
as winter shrinks in...
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Categories:
folds, sports, time
Form:
Haiku
Growing Up In the Sixties
As a young teen I sadly confess, I dreamt of becoming an actress.
A class assignment drew me to Warner's in D.C., where I
brushed up against black history..
I stumbled into a meeting of the NAACP.
The people welcomed one out of touch, this
young white girl who had way too much..
Months later, although mom's words were...
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Categories:
folds, high school, history,
Form:
Light Verse
In the Folds of Madness
I cannot see the trees,
nor a single leaf,
nor the grass that ripples like water
in some half-forgotten dream,
dear people, I cannot see at all,
no one,
nor full recall:
the meaning of laughter,
the miracle of love,
the warmth of a smile,
skin, the otherness
of a lover, of a friend, of family,
even strangers, people...
I am blind,
lost in the folds...
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Categories:
folds, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Under the Folds of Satin Movie Magic
Sun goes down until twilight hours of dawn
under the light of a corner street lamp.
A performance stage, casts, leading me on.
Awestruck audience at the fickle vamp.
Pacing back and forth in high-heels to heat
every wink of the night, vain, among men;
I snap, pop my gum and tap as my feet
meet the pavement...
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Categories:
folds, fantasy, love, work,
Form:
Sonnet
In the Folds
O hollowing gales,take me to the breathtaking sights
Where dreams abide and love resides
in the ensemble of butterflies
and beautiful summer skies
where morining sparrows narrate the lore of romantic lovers
and sunny spells were followed by scattered showers
you are my queen in...
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Categories:
folds, 7th grade, absence, allegory,
Form:
Rhyme
Heart Folds
Heart Folds
Beginning so small
this mound of tissue
time's perpetual resuscitation
life's bellows for passion
protection's engine of flow
So simple its form
this muscle of pulsation
innocent of harm's way
liquid breathing of body's dependence
wanting only to maintain tomorrow's awakening
Sentries stand guard
immunity's breach driven back
poisons held at bay
health and longevity made secure
So flickers this flame of flesh
resisting winds that might extinguish spark
designed...
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Categories:
folds, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
When the Folds of My Cloth Collide With the Firmament
I can see you in the corner of my eye
I will keep you here as long as you like
will you respond to my calling?
How will I know you are the one?
what are my intentions?
another path that leads to the house?
another house that is the same house
where the floor is torn away
where I can see the...
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Categories:
folds, sea, son, space, time,
Form:
Free verse
Blind Folds On a Glistening Light
Ain't a illusion but reality,
Your stardom, your limelight,
Your rich folks and my shame dress,
My heart begging tears to shed.
Ain't a Jack in box I promise
But a fairy light lost in spotlight,
All you were a short lived fantasy
While December joyed and February weeped.
Ain't a Silhouette but a soulful dream
Of my life's road driven...
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Categories:
folds, depression, family, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Ben Folds Five
unwindling deeds sweep through four man's cross
washing away the wrong i have done in tross
over the misty moutian tops i have walked stubbling over all rocks, the loss of
balance knocks
walking in my shoes and gaze around in a look down
i have found that i stand alone on this sacred ground
all messages unpassed...
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Categories:
folds, devotion, faith, hope, lost
Form:
Ballad