A Fell Star Three Bags Full
...Frayed border prints paste illusion,
worn-out inks swirling bleeds,
The hauls, stareways, persuasion,
privileged balconies.
Antiquities of read reviews,
claims of a r...
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Categories:
bestill, age, animal, irony, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Songs of Soul COS No 2: ABAB
...Your will is what will now, let me be free ...
'Tis be darker times than before, more childless,
This is crazy! Topsy turvey they'd be,
matters of convenience act the mindless,
It is the r...
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Categories:
bestill, analogy, change, character, emotions,
Form: Sonnet
Halcyon
...Written: October 3rd, 2023
"Man is graced as he loves, and love never fails. This river will lead life to its afar haven, where they can relish halcyon days and starry nights." By Poet...
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Categories:
bestill, analogy, appreciation, beauty, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Dripping
...O'er a vast horizon, a thunderstorm
ignites bestill gloaming.
A gripping disruption transform,
despair owning.
Flickering streaks rend the upper...
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Categories:
bestill, cry, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Brace For Impact
...*Image of A Fallen Smirk by DG.
Brace For Impact
Pillar of society, creme de la creme, important person,
one to be reckoned by indeed.
One who's untouched by palls, frails near a radia...
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Categories:
bestill, character, fate, identity, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Out of the Way
...*Image of Hikers Warning by Pixabay.
Out Of The Way
As a self-proclaimed ruler of my person, I am mindful of the internal convictions, external constitutions as Lord overseer of my ...
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Categories:
bestill, death, perspective,
Form: Narrative
The Sixth of Daniel
...*Image of Daniel in the Lion's Den by Peter Paul Reubens.
The Sixth of Daniel
Walketh I, thy path of righteousness, beheld His glory,
Lifted me upon thy pedestal, godsends didst ov...
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Categories:
bestill, bible, blessing, evil, faith,
Form: Free verse
Token Steps
...Image of South Africa Cape Town Table provided by Pixabay
Token Steps
Ruling winds the austral buttes naked slopes ...
as vortex smoky rise aloft Zulu's kraal
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Categories:
bestill, africa, hope, peace, tribute,
Form: Kwansaba
Not of This Earth
...*Image of Child Sad Suffering provided by Pixabay.
Not Of This Earth
Poetic Form: Narrative
Asymmetric mistrals warp speckled vaporous pallidness toward rhythmless voids. Obv...
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Categories:
bestill, dark, death, earth, scary,
Form: Narrative
The Mystery Be
...The Mystery Be
Mistral freedom o'er stakes waged before,
destined mortal souls their reposed earth,
spent sepulchers clips tales from postwar,
nonetheless, facts become one back door,
proves e...
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Categories:
bestill, america, freedom, peace, war,
Form: Ode
Twilight
...I
OPEN AS A BLOSSOM
EMBRACED YOU
I
WRAPPED MY MIND
AROUND YOU
WORSHIPED YOU
LIKE A GOD
FELT YOU IN MY BONES
AND BREATHED YOU IN
AT EVERY CHANCE
THEN THE DAY DAWNED
ON ANOTHER LOVE
LEAVIN...
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Categories:
bestill, crush,
Form: Free verse
Of Recognition
...This path I take
So familiar it seems!
Of sweet years past I dream,
Of distant seasons I dwell; But of love---
Of love I miss. Although deprived of a
Maiden's gift, I best...
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Categories:
bestill, beauty, desire, devotion, first
Form: Free verse
Elke
...A voice from a distance. From lands far away. Giving purpose to my day and hope to my dreams. She calls from hidden windows in a landscape unseen. Her words paint a tapestry of feelings thoughts refl...
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Categories:
bestill, friendship, heart, giving, heart,
Form: Blank verse
Tested
...The downtrodden have instilled the fear,
The loss that is never heard,
Could it be the gentle brook,
Or the violent spoken word.
I bestill my mind with dampened spirits,
An ache that never sleeps,
C...
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Categories:
bestill, angst, death, depression, fear,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Sweet Rose
...~"O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty."-
Oh, prithee wake and kiss thy husband dear;
Come hither, take my hand and pray ari...
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Categories:
bestill, deathart, art,
Form: Blank verse
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