Isolation
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It is dawn.
Brother, rise.
Let us give vent to the rising sun, and with claps of the
Mind, welcome its waking ecstasy.
Distances prevail — measured on the sun’s distance
From the soils.
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Categories:
borrows, introspection, life, time,
Form: Free verse
Out of the Mouth of Babes
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A five-year old precocious daughter
asked her daddy where rabbits lived.
To impress her, he straightway said:
“In the ground in borrows, love.”
The little girl looked puzzled.
“Are y...
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Categories:
borrows, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Black Hole Love
...grab your pail, we'll clean the sea
fetch a comb to coiff the sand
don't fall for burning cities, to be
eternalized
as a pinnacle of table salt
pinch me, porfa!
looking up/down—that's ...
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Categories:
borrows, abuse, grave, imagination, love
Form: Free verse
Folded Promise
...She wears rainbows in her almond curls
and paints her eyelids with green swirls.
Her cheeks blush with innocent pearls
Soft as her favourite fruit- strawberries.
Mascara wand in her fingers cas...
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Categories:
borrows, child, daughter, dream,
Form: Free verse
Remembering Winged Warrior
...Four and a half years ago we lost a fine poet,
a knightly gentleman, and a friend to many of us.
I'm reposting my tribute to him today.
Warrior is an adjective used for a hero or a k...
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Categories:
borrows, bereavement,
Form: Acrostic
Flow of Light, Glistening Bright
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John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
I walk past th...
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Categories:
borrows, appreciation, blessing, gospel, hope,
Form: Quatrain
FORGET THE FOREVER
...You, me, seashore, one place, one earphone,
Coconut with two straws—one ice cream, two noses.
Cold winds, but your warmth wraps me whole,
Two souls in one sweater, hearts beating slow.
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Categories:
borrows, fantasy, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
The Person I Used To Be
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She lived in shadows, where light felt too bright
And joy was something spoken of,
But seldom felt or experienced, something
That most of the time, meant reaching for another,
Another’s...
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Categories:
borrows, celebration, conflict, courage, faith,
Form: Free verse
Iron Man
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"Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved" - Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
running through the forest of sorrows
running f...
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Categories:
borrows, fear,
Form: Haibun
SUNdrenched sorrowS
...Sundrenched sorrows
Sundrenched worries of tomorrow’s
Troublesome wind and rain
Driving me and you insane
I can’t be sane…
Anxious as always
It remains here to stay…
Going through these days...
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Categories:
borrows, angst, appreciation,
Form: Lyric
Showtime for Spring
...Showtime for Spring
yellow sprinkles spring
with daffodils and crocus ~
sunbeams tickle boughs
pink petal flurries
spring breathes out apple blossoms ~
puddles of color
lavender sh...
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Categories:
borrows, color, flower, spring,
Form: Haiku
Tonight, let the wings descend
...Tonight, let the wings descend,
Glimpses of the sun dive into the clear horizon.
The moon petrified, from her golden throne, is a spell,
Step, queen, into the night that is just about to ignite.
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Categories:
borrows, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Elysiums Lost Melody
...In dreams of yonder, wishes wistfully conceive,
A cradle of lost tomorrows, where shadows sway;
To a realm unseen, where hearts believe,
Past where twilight’s lulling lullabies lay,
A world where...
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Categories:
borrows, dream, emotions, loss, memory,
Form: Lyric
Winter Magic
..."Winter ensures greater bonding than any other season by bringing the family members together to sit around the hearth enjoying the warmth of the fire and sharing pleasantries"~ By Poet
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Categories:
borrows, appreciation, environment, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Way Ward
.... for public domain
Way Ward
We will bury our sighs and sorrows,
debts and owes, and all our borrows,
our scarlet letters all have seen.
We shall cross the bridge,
hand in hand, beyond ...
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Categories:
borrows, friendship,
Form: Free verse
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