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horizonsHorizons
I sit on the verandah look at the sea no ships in today
open view until the horizon after that, on the other side
there are new limits
I have seen many horizons, some of them...
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blessing, friendship,
Form: Blank verse
in the afternoon glowIn afternoon glow
I ought to take an interest in death
but I don´t find it a stimulating subject
it has to do with acceptance.
This is comforting since I’m not religious
but has a strong spiritual streak.
I believe in...
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blessing, devotion,
Form: Blank verse
SCRATCHBack when the strange appeared uncommon,
I knew I was just beginning to scratch
The surface of the truth.
So I got myself a shovel.
As I continued to dig deeper
I discovered my scent so jaded
As to...
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Categories:
allegory, journey,
Form: Blank verse
Waiting for 5:00
Time slows
painfully speeding
up
past
joy
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kira-marie-mccullough.com...
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Categories:
career, humor,
Form: Blank verse
ANTISOCIALMEDIALive the life
where you let others judge and praise
more religiously than God,
with all the shackles of social media
you adorn in blindness,
letting trinkets fill you with ecstasy,
and trends that eventually bend,
and lies smothered with flies.
Boasting faces and...
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Categories:
anger, emotions,
Form: Blank verse
Dilatory DeedsHie thee, to warm utterances
that soothe reddened hearts.
Hie thee to where it knows no crackles from a cold spirit,
not even from seething sips of a blackened stout.
Hie thee, where no emerald flocks,
to blind thee into tempted wastes.
Hie...
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Categories:
religion,
Form: Blank verse
minimum wageMinimum wage
The olive trees in the landscape
near the village,
Have working-class trunks
and no illusion
Of becoming middle-class trees.
They refuse to grow
in a plant- nursery and be tampered with
by botanists.
They do not envy tall palm trees.
Good luck...
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Categories:
blessing, deep,
Form: Blank verse
my AfricaMy Serengeti
I have neglected to visit my “Africa”, the flatland between
two hills that appear like a young mother`s breasts.
I know the trees and bushes, used to drive there to say hello.
Time changes I have no...
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Categories:
absence, africa,
Form: Blank verse
NOURISHED BY THE LORD
Nourished by the Lord in His love-filled nest
E v e r l a s t i n g I i f e my soul does enjoy
Nurtured with Christ’s g r a c e,...
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Categories:
appreciation, birthday, blessing, christian,
Form: Blank verse
MomentsPaper lanterns carrying spirits of the dead
Wind their way toward the Sea of Japan;
A procession bearing its own light,
Silently, to a destination without moments.
Moments, the interface through which life flows
From now to then, are put...
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Categories:
analogy, time,
Form: Blank verse
DEADWOODI'm working off my sins in the usual way,
A Cornish knight of no worship,
Languishing amid the aroma
Of easy women and open bets.
Don't tell the boss, but I'd do it for free...
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Categories:
allegory, western,
Form: Blank verse
the sea ghostsThe sea ghosts
The first time I went to sea as a mess-boy, it was on an old ship.
It took two days to find my seaman's legs and take a look at my surrounding.
The crew didn´t...
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Categories:
conflict, corruption,
Form: Blank verse
A NEW MYTHOLOGYThere is a new mythology emerging,
Howling from the hind end of the pack,
Scorching the composted leavings
Of established orthodoxy as a pillar of flame
Showing the way for true rock & rollers.
It’s...
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Categories:
allegory, mythology,
Form: Blank verse
SECOND-HAND SOMETHING - With apologies to the Surgeon GeneralLord, it’s been a good chunk of time...
Been such a long time.
Time enough for me to know...
To know it so well.
Been without it too long...
Too long to take it.
And baby...
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Categories:
addiction, allegory,
Form: Blank verse
EphiphanyEpiphany
1950, there had been a war, but things were going back to normal.
My mother had a new boyfriend who also had a small cabin on an island
and a rowing boat.
On a nice Sunday, we...
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Categories:
devotion, growing up,
Form: Blank verse
Specific Types of Blank Verse Poems
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