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Premium Member Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860
High noon in Fort Laramie, the summer sun is oppressive.
A whalebone corset digs into my body’s tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the pane
of dearly brought glass, I feel the vibration of incoming riders.
The pale blue sky disappears in a cloud of dust....

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Categories: undignified, memory,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860
The summer sun was high. The heat was oppressive.
The whalebone corset dug into the body's tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the pane
of dearly brought glass, I feel the vibration of the incoming riders.
The weak blue sky pales, and clouds over with the...

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Categories: undignified, baby, children, horse, me,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Tediously Undignified
You cannot take from me
that which I have yet to discover
Although I walk upon a crumbling wall
it is you who fortified my ignorance
Witness my strength grow exponentially 
as I venture further beyond your reach
All that you are has become tedious 
I have discovered my own...

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Categories: undignified, angst, betrayal, confidence, goodbye,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Death Undignified
The summer sun was high. The heat was oppressive.
A whalebone corset dug into my body's tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touches the pane
of dearly brought glass it vibrates with the hoof-beat of riders.
The weak, blue-sky pales, clouding over with the dust. 
Children playing...

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Categories: undignified, cowboy-western, introspection, life, baby,
Form: Sestina

Book: Reflection on the Important Things