Blaze
I had the nicest rooster,
An Orpington named Blaze.
He was around for several years
Until a fox ended his days.
His feathers were burnt orange,
A handsome shade of buff.
A pair of deadly spurs
Made him majestic, fierce,and tough.
A regal disposition,
Amiable for the most.
(Though my mom and younger siblings
Would not usually go to close)
Several years he ruled sovereign,
Though
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Categories:
blaze up, animal, bird, death, loss,
Form: Quatrain
Pyromaniac
Tonight you'll rise
from the ash of a story
no one claims
Strike a light, toss the match,
face awash, watch it catch
There's glory in the flames!
You'll learn not to take loss too hard
Just turn and cross back through the yard
Let the fire burn whatever remains...
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Categories:
blaze up, fire, longing, romantic love,
Form: Other
Categories:
blaze up, color, deep, imagery, nature,
Form: Haiku
Drooping Flowers, Blaze Of Grass, And Us
Dropping Flowers, Blades Of Grass, And Us
Like flowers droop
but refuse to die
from the heat,
like tanned fields
subsumed in the struggle
to survive and keep
the flow of transpiration,
like the trodden blades of grass
pushing through sidewalk holes
to capture the cosmic energy
that fuels them onward
the victory they seek
to be free,
we, like all of nature,
must continue to travel
the jubilee road
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Categories:
blaze up, analogy, black african american,
Form: Free verse
A poem for my wife Blaze Gilchrist
M. is for so MANY reasons why I am in love with you.
R. Is for how ROMANTIC you are to me AND RESPECTFUL you are to everyone around you.
S. Is for how SEXY AND SWEET you are to me.
B. is for how BEAUTIFUL and BRILLIANT you are
L. is for how full
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Categories:
blaze up, beautiful, cute love, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Cathartic Blaze
Magma,
Earth's deep anger,
Fire erupts, ash ascends,
Life's raw, transformative power,
Mountain.
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Categories:
blaze up, life, nature,
Form: Cinquain
Blessing's Blaze
A radiant star was born one day,
Amidst salary challenges, hardship's sway,
Her parents toiled, their sweat and tears,
To forge a brighter future, calm all fears.
Like phoenix rising, she emerged anew,
Her choices bold, as if the world pursued,
Her watchword, determination, shone so bright,
Guiding her through life's turbulent, darkest night.
Risk-taking's lessons, though bitter, she did learn,
And from each
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Categories:
blaze up, age, appreciation, beautiful, birthday,
Form: Lyric
Summer's treasons
Worst of drought seasons,
Ghostly winds howl, reasons
Blaze wildfires' treasons.
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Categories:
blaze up, betrayal, environment, fire, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Summer's treasons
Worst of drought seasons,
Ghostly winds howl, reasons
Blaze wildfires' treasons.
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Categories:
blaze up, betrayal, environment, fire, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Firestorm The 'Orange Glow'
Scents of burnt embers flowing over my windowsills
Charred are the palm tree fronds that
once fanned the breeze
Seized are the pods, timbers
Torches sparking shrills
Behold the ashes drifting
as they fall from my smoke-sooted skies
O but in b 'tween choking and tearing eyes
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Categories:
blaze up, anxiety, confusion, fear, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Aliens! I shouted above the roar of the blaze
"Aliens!" I shouted above the roar of the blaze.
Please rescue us from this godforsaken place
veritable hellscape, where angels fear ingress.
Just then an unexpected pleasant distraction
woke me from induced stupor linkedin to Los
Angeles fires jump/kick starting telepathic wife
high connection between yours truly husband
to a righteous leftist extraterrestrial establishing
an immediate cove Van Halen brotherly bond.
Here and now
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Categories:
blaze up, 12th grade, america, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
A Blaze
A thickened air held a haze
It made me feel a dullish daze
I found myself in a freaky phase
Like Algernon inside his maze
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Categories:
blaze up, anxiety, feelings,
Form: Verse
Ripple Blaze
Written: February 26, 2024
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Whilst an ivory sky, my mast ignite.
As tidal waves flicker in sparks that gleam.
Igneous scarlet pyres still blazing night.
The amber sparks hover in swooping sight.
Amid thunder, boisterous shivers scream.
Whilst an ivory sky, my mast ignite.
The
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Categories:
blaze up, dream, fire,
Form: Villanelle
Daring Spirits Blaze Brightly
Do not go gentle into the good night,
Where shadows dance, and darkness takes its flight.
Embrace the fire that burns within your soul,
Let passion guide you as you reach your goal.
Though time may pass and wear upon your frame,
Let not your spirit yield to sorrow's claim.
In every moment, let your spirit soar,
With every step, create a
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Categories:
blaze up, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Burning Blaze
Burning blaze of dire desire, save him from scorch of your flaming fire
June 1, 2023
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Categories:
blaze up, fire,
Form: Monoku
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