The picture on the parlor wall
...The picture on the parlor wall
Is dishevelled and dramatic
It's sullen bronzing ornate frame
Belies something problematic
The imagery is deafening
The figure stands enigmatic
The scenery b...
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Categories:
bronzing, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
sphere of light
...sphere of golden light
beat down on me with glory
bronzing my pale skin...
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Categories:
bronzing, sun,
Form: Haiku
Yet, More Than a Brother Emeka Akpe
...Apparitions of buried memories exhumed with rash eulogies
Arouse dried up tears that ever fail to cleanse the robe of guilt
Arraigning again before the partial jury of tormenting thoughts
Kaleid...
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Categories:
bronzing, allegory, allusion, analogy, brother,
Form: Alliteration
Autumn
...A pple pickers gaily riding in wagons, sipping cider along the way, headed for orchards, on a crisp, clear sunny day.
U mbrellas turned inside out when wily north winds blow, and sheets of rain, w...
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Categories:
bronzing, autumn,
Form: Acrostic
Summer
...***Summer's not quiet here yet, but I live in Florida...***
Summer
Earth awaken as a plethora of whales disembark from distant ...
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Categories:
bronzing, celebration, summer, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
November's Bronzing Glow
...Detailing leaves of golden spiff
I lean up close to take a whiff
of turmeric colored leaves sublime
and skies of ruby reds sweet wine
Engaged upon the breeze my touch
awaits the pinnacle's...
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Categories:
bronzing, nature, november,
Form: Lay
Yet More Than a Brother
...Moods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships
Angst of redundancy seethes from within as l...
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Categories:
bronzing, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother,
Form: Bio
Beautiful Jesus-
...Your face bronzing golden shines as the sunshine face as the sun
shining on it shows it Shine your eyes
Eyes red as a flower loads lifeblood out of a vein
beautiful beautiful beautiful
Jesus. ...
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Categories:
bronzing, beauty, blessing, jesus,
Form: Lyric
I Am Who I Am
...I am the ocean waves
An unsteady rhythm
Swells of overwhelming anxiety
Never knowing just when to crash
But when I do
You’ll know
But
I am also the salty tide
Pulling the people in my li...
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Categories:
bronzing, anxiety, beach, confidence, self,
Form: Free verse
Beautiful Fall
...Behold the brightly decorated leaves
Emblazoned through the hills in splendid views,
And carpeting the earth in bronzing sheaves;
Unveiled in scarlet, amber, golden hues.
The dancing leaves waltz...
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Categories:
bronzing, autumn,
Form: Acrostic
Kinetic Days and Nights
...old things look different in the light of latter years.
latent appeal of patina, driven by kinetic days and nights.
bronzing of biblical bravery with no forensic fears.
the lilting loveliness of v...
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Categories:
bronzing, age,
Form: Rhyme
Summer I
...Finally the chill of spring is gone
alone comes summers warmth
ray of sunshine
beating down on my face
bronzing my tired and weary cheeks
hiding all the signs of pain and grief
held for the pa...
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Categories:
bronzing, beautiful, life,
Form: Free verse
Bronzing In the Sun
...The sun fills me with glory and my tank is refreshed, right down to my toes it sinks its vitamins deep, I have often laid and lazily fallen asleep, careful those rays are harshly blessed.
Amongst m...
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Categories:
bronzing, beautiful, devotion, summer, sun,
Form: Prose
Indian Summer Autumn
...The holly berries reveal
a bronzing tint of orange
on their journey to becoming
deep, dark, blood reds.
Soon the three bonded trees
will glow in vibrant color
held bold and standin...
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Categories:
bronzing, autumn, nature,
Form: Verse
We
...We met, a brief moment in time, a passing encounter, a long goodbye. From the beginning it seemed only goodbye, missing each moment before it passed, longing for time, Tick, Tick, Tick, the sound o...
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Categories:
bronzing, family, for her, happiness,
Form: Haibun
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