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Premium Member Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 2
"Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 2"

Rush...
the sound of the wind 
licks her ears, bites her neck, stings her lips
the...

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Categories: papyrus, adventure, dream, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 1
"Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 1"
 
“Tell me about the Valley of the Kings”, her lips moved speaking 
to...

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Categories: papyrus, adventure, dream, mythology, romance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Make Love To Me In That Ancient Place
The Bedouins, bequeathed with the sacred beauty of paradise harsh,
trusted guardians of jealous gorges and gifted groves
lead me from the Wadi Musa to the humble...

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Categories: papyrus, adventure, desire, history, love,
Form: Epic
The Nature of Wisdom
Every flower has its own color
With annual observation,
this we springtime discover

Give a womb kernel cede
of acknowledgment
To the spectrum birthright
of each other

We are all one,
tho’ from...

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Categories: papyrus, metaphor, nature, truth, wisdom,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Discardions From The Day
Written: November 26, 2023
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In ephemeral moments
Whispering remembrance,
Of gilded...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: papyrus, analogy, character, day,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Pi Day
On March fourteenth, the day of pi
I pined to buy an apple pie
A python spied me at the door,
a sharp-eyed pirate on the floor

Oh piebald...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: papyrus, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Boats of Shame
Bring your guns
Bring your boats
Boats filled with ghosts
Boats weighted with chains
Chains that will one day break
Chains that will carry
Carry us to Zion
Carry our pain
Pain born...

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Categories: papyrus, abuse, baptism, courage, slavery,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Poetry Polaris -
I was a child of words,
they explained my laughter, sheltered my dreams,
gave soul and sunshine a synergy,
emotions could escape jovially, mischeviously, miraculously,
art from a wind...

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Categories: papyrus, angel, may, me,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Egypt
-1-

This narrow vein 
pulses in red earth
blood of thousands
meanders
through valleys barren 
a surface wounded
cries dry tears
down to Iskandariyya (1)

      ...

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Categories: papyrus, culture, sad,
Form: Free verse
A. Long Learned Tale.
........conversation.................

Grammaticus LongWindyGust
"...I'm a Lime too..." said his mind.
Her voice in time, came through.
It's the base of her name, he knew true
as he proclaimed in a...

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© Izzy Gumbo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: papyrus, space,
Form: I do not know?
A Poet Destroyer
From whence hast thou come?
as to place thy words upon papyrus scroll,
Hast thou heard the ringing of the bell
or hast thou come at the beckoning...

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Categories: papyrus, friend, poets,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Volume
"Volume"




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(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)










"Stay" /Bowie
https://youtu.be/eGuu7NiALvo


















Volume
noun, 
a book forming part of a work or series;
a single book or a bound collection of printed sheets;
a scroll of...

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Categories: papyrus, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What is Thought - Blitz
What is a thought?
What is not?
Not making a confession
Not impressed by expression
Expression that hides
Expression that guides
Guides my poetic heart
Guides my collective art
Art can attract
Art is...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: papyrus, deep, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Of Mountain Things
Baptized in the eddies of shimmering creeks
passages are crossed far beyond what's seen
clothes pin dolls donning hand sewn clothes
souls made of papyrus ,hearts carved in...

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Categories: papyrus, mountains, people,
Form: Rhyme
Writing Nuances
Above my head, a ray
where I sit on a mossy ledge, 
stylus in my hand drips words 
like acid upon thin papyrus sheets--
of myths and...

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© Leon Datu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: papyrus, words, writing,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs