The Penetralia Ruby Queen Lyrics
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Professed, nonwarranted kinfolk attest upon the secret florist
Herald stewards, forbear! Striplings, go not to entice the fawn’s forest
Yonder snowy peaks, betwixt pearls, radiates the pinkest a...
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Categories:
bestir, beautiful, creation, fantasy, flower,
Form: Lyric
On becoming a night owl
...On becoming a night owl...,
no matter whether or not ya give a hoot
especially after feeling super charged
watching the second night of
Democratic National Convention conclave
ushering a hint...
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Categories:
bestir, age, animal, august, bird,
Form: Rhyme
I Marvel how Touch touches me
...I marvel how touch touches deepest chord,
That rest of senses scarce can ever match,
Time heals old wounds, touch stays on for long stored,
And leaves a sign, a lasting mark to etch,
I marvel...
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Categories:
bestir, emotions, feelings, sensual,
Form: Quintain (English)
Here is my Bliss at Dawn
...The dark of night when turns to day,
When slowly stars begin to blur
And birds, barely from sleep bestir,
Older by day, greyer than grey,
Dreams when spill over my pillows
And in so doing lo...
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Categories:
bestir, happiness, morning, sleep,
Form: Sonnet
Confronting Inner Demons
...Written: September 2nd, 2023
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In the depths of one's mind, foes reside.
Within oneself—a war cannot be denied.
Refers t...
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Categories:
bestir, analogy, bereavement, character, community,
Form: Rhyme
Floria Envisioned
...In a temple Floria I see,
Clothed in radiant white from head to feet,
Soft pale hands and Bible on one knee;
Her smile beams on each who take a seat.
Within the room is finest polished wood;
All...
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Categories:
bestir, religious,
Form: Sonnet
Within the Scrolls
...you usher me
with the allure of your muse
on drafts of featherless wings
through the breadth of night's air
away in the distance of dreams
i am swept
into the depths of imagery
that bestir m...
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Categories:
bestir, desire, dream, poetry, words,
Form: Free verse
Adieu To Romance
...Leaves hang limply from thirsty tree branches
No breeze dares bestir them, foul is the air
The grass lies dying, a faded sere brown
No bird his song warbles, flies thickly abound
Tired pu...
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Categories:
bestir, loss, romance, summer, sun,
Form: Sonnet
Literary Options
...our words one can compress
but our focus as wordsmiths
is to let creativity take charge
each and every conversation
becomes a writer’s permit to
master their authorship
choreographed words best...
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Categories:
bestir, courage, endurance, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Never Forget
...From Poland hailed your Uncle Max, who in matters of manners was a bit lax,
While from France came Aunt Belle, whom I thought was really quite swell.
Next up from Russia was Cousin Boris, whom I al...
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Categories:
bestir, death, family, memorial, world
Form: Rhyme
Zarathustra Gave Me the Green Light Part Two
...from conscionable, fashionable,
and inimitable laudable official,
regal unequivocal x all did (re: exalted)
gratuitously justifiable management,
this citizen banker does hint intend zealous a...
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Categories:
bestir, america, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Penetralia Ruby Queen
...Hark and listen well, if those foretoken in the eyes of hungers lust
Trapped in their illusion, trampling the Stars into dust
Forced with the detestation stench by the swamp of absolute disgust
Th...
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Categories:
bestir, allegory, beauty, creation, fantasy,
Form: I do not know?
Hideaway
...I was a runner
fleeing from homespun horrors that
wrapped around my delicacy like a tourniquet
Only a child attempting to bestir
the warrior dormant within;
having no idea the enthrallment
s...
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Categories:
bestir, abuse, beach, deep, feelings,
Form: Free verse
The Icon of Nigerian Politics
...FOR DR. ABUBAKAR OLUSOLA SARAKI
Ilorin is bereaved again: another calamity has struck!
Ilorin has lost another pride of the community.
Saraki this time! Why has Mr. Death focused on us?
He has al...
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Categories:
bestir, bereavement, , literature,
Form: Elegy
Jean's Peace
...Inside a temple Jean sits quietly,
clothed in radiant white from head to feet,
soft pale hands and a Bible on one knee;
a smile she beams on each who take a seat.
Within the room is finest polish...
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Categories:
bestir, peace, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
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