Best Parallels Poems

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Take note of the resemblance between maple seeds and tadpoles?
Ideas spin round like maple seeds seeking a spot to sprout; 
our minds are small ponds where agile tadpoles (like thoughts) mature. 

Takes about fourteen weeks, but polliwogs will become frogs; 
"Helicopters" become trees after...

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"Parallels and Platforms" 

diving into the void
our hearts sound like
deep bluebells sonar driven

ringing in a new universe 
humming lips caress throats 
where words are born to erupt

but do not speak,
you can hear feelings
new bodies singing 

fever pitch 

dimensions spreading 
ripples as in a calm ocean...

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Theatre
ancient, organic
previewing, staging, performing
Sophocles, Chekhov, Ray, Tarantino
filming, screening, releasing
modern, edited
Cinema.



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Date: 22 / 10 / 2016...

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Positive poles keep me grounded
even when all efforts get spurned.
Love intrudes with hope unfounded
while hatred proves bitterly earned.

Our coupling tethered in the lash
scorches my core with friction rash....

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Partitions and Parallels

Silent, sliding, shadow-moon sly
Glides from the slit, in a
Crow-flocked, Cloud-frocked,
 Winter-mocked blue sky.
With half-open eyes, he stares at the last
Who lay their still-sleep of Three Hundred Years Past.

Below lies Thomas, old grounds-man head
With permission he rests amongst the high Lordly-dead.
Beside him, his daughter,...

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The actor lives upon the stage
With his voice, his tale conveys 
Reciting lines in mellow tones
Captures all that hear

The writer lives upon the page
With his hand, his tale portrays
Penning lines, each word he hones
Seduce the eye instead of ear


I do not know if there is...

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A warm embrace,
A tender caress,
someone by your side,
to love and behold. 
A beauty so natural,
In the framework of dreams.

A harsh reality,
A cold awakening,
no one by your side.
There's no love nor warmth,
in the stark reality,
of a life so real.

An ocean so deep,
of love evergreen,
neither rusting nor...

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Wardrobes, full of clothes,
crossstitch cluttered walls-
her shadow still clouds my mind

tears begin to fall.
emotion becomes a flood-
a cataract of regret flows

a realisation dawns,
fleeting thoughts crystallize-
as 'as is' moment of hope is born...

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Dewdrops fall, gentle
Sliding down a soft petal
Kissing away the drought
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Teardrops fall, wistful
Slipping lightly down a cheek
Embracing the hand of grief





BiteSize Poem no.57 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier 
December 13, 2022

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Wardrobes, full of clothes,
crossstitch cluttered walls-
her shadow still clouds my mind


TRISTICH IS A PARALLEL VERSE(Inspired by Hebrew Biblical parallels) it comprises  L1 theme L2 ECHO of theme L3 Punchline/observation...

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It's desperate
       compare our love
       as  parallels lines!
       The lines meet only
       in the infinite ...
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Trinkets, salt packet from road trip sixteen years ago
  Collected, cafes remembered, ripped open with age
   Spilt among treasure, a twig, tickets, torn butterfly
     Bits familiar, shrine in a tin, tired feather, belated
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It's desperate to
       compare our love
       with straight parallels!
       The lines only meet
       in infinity...
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