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Premium Member Skein of Montrose Basin
Flying wedge-like
as wool feathers the wind,
the geese are leaving the basin.

Where do they go?
How long till they arrive?
Will the plump make stops on the way?

At first a few
will arise together.
Later thousands flock to the sky.

Who leads the skein
and rides the windy tides
to the land of...

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Categories: skein, analogy, bird, flying, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Second Skein
First boost given by childhood privilege
Level defined by class, income 
Indicate potential, an esteemed image
Gains permit exclusive decorum
Height obtained owes society's support
Top promotion opens rosy resort

Tariff emphasis applies gradual gravity
Wherewithal relies on deals won
Obligated to uphold palpable authority

Freedom creeps halting, a lizard
Lured from dimness, limbs...

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Categories: skein, analogy, animal, celebration, class,
Form: Acrostic
Skein
I think of you. 

	 You’re like a backbeat in my mind.

I wish I could mind

but I don’t.

I’ve long accepted my subservience 
to this 
elusive skein 
of a dream.


Now all I must do 
is 

wait…...

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Categories: skein, angst, hope, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Birds Of A Feather
Is it a gaggle of geese
as the sky turns red
or skein of ducks
flying overhead instead
into the wild blue yonder
and as the crow flies
it's not a murder
nor a tidings of magpies
there's more than one
(for sorrow)
the question I did surely ponder
as they flew into the setting sun
with...

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Categories: skein, bird, fish, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry