Best Stark Poems

concerned about being upstaged
the glorious blue tinted rock
negotiated 
sent in the puffy white wisps 
to cover the vibrant coloured evergreens

the brown field in the foreground
felt offended
wondering out loud 
"what about me?"
then added "beauty you know is..."
but never bothered to finish the cliché.

for my part
i was...

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I stared into the mirror, wincing at my own reflection,
through eyes fogged by cataract. 
Saw a black tint spreading around my eyes
and face like a wrinkled piece of linen

Where is the bubbly girl of seventeen? 
I asked myself.
How flamboyant and flaunting I was,
now enveloped in...

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Burnished bronze, tarnished teal,
flare warnings yield to winds of steel.
Their urge to jump, to flee and hide
cuts off the warmth for suicide.

They leap and land at such a cost,
far flung debris- refulgence lost.
They shrivel brown, dark fibers done,
decay beneath the wayward sun.

Their shredded shells in...

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I saw a man stark naked there unexpectedly,
who in his masculine fashion, though not apprehensively,
went gliding (or was he striding?)
down the center of the hall.
He did not glimpse me at all
as my gut called out, What gall!
So brazen, so reckless this peculiar entity
appearing as if...

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Drawing and life are similar
The edges in a drawing are blended away
The tight edges in life soften with time
We love more, and see our fraility more
With blessed time, time we are given
Time to know our edges are soft
Time to know we need a loving redeemer
Time...

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Shot up so high
Stood touching the sky
Was only a dream
Fell off the seam!...

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the stark horizon
fills with sapphire night
tears fall...

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There has become a void in the kitchen
The lights are off and it's much too dark
Some hold a pen with fingers twitchin'
with aggressive hatred much too stark
They bark about things they conceive
as truth, but a web of deceit they weave.

Their eyes perceive with visions blurred
Their...

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Am I that hard to love?
To be treated with some delicacy? Dignity?  Joy?  Celebrated instead of tolerated? Honored instead of scorned?
Can you hear me screaming, pleading, begging behind my plastic smile? 
Words are like daggers...
I thought my shield was Impervious to your slurs...

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I know why the caged bird sings,
and why our phone always rings,
because of you.

I know why the sea is blue,
because it hasn't found anyone new.

I need shelter from the storm.
I wish it was warm.

I know why the sky turns black,
because it's never looked back.

Why do...

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Crowned with sunlight

Perfect regal reflection

Magical image



For Raul's contest...

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Peace and solitude
Where dawn meets earth’s elements
Sinuous flowing...

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The family all gathered to consort
as the doctors turned off all life supports.
They moistened her lips with a lollipop.
Shortly after her breathing stopped.
She looked at peace, her eyes fixed far away,
not a trace of pain on her face that day..
She lingered for a farewell kiss,
...

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Captain America also known as Steve Roger,
Fought numerous battles as the first Avenger.
Once he was a tiny little boy,
Who had a big heart and strong will to bring justice and joy.
Soon he was given the super serum,
And became the symbol of heroism.

Once he was frozen...

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The Chalice of Night pours dark on the stair
drops of shadows that don't belong there.
Echoes of footsteps--do they signal harm?
Whispers in bushes that push our alarm.

We know spirits like to do their roaming
in quiet darkness or amid murky gloaming.
We feel their breath as it tickles...

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