Zephyr Oxidation
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Written, March 24, 2025
For Contest, Your Choice E sponsor, Brian Strand
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hands aegis
sculpting lullabies
cradling
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Categories:
burial site, analogy, courage,
Form: Other
Backyard Sunshine Poem 3010 In Shades Of Pink And Green
...Mom, Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing You Were Here
A Tree Grows In The 18th Spot
With The 18th Tear That I Shed
I Stop On 18th Street
To Sing A Song
That Is 18 Minutes Long
18 Memories Come To M...
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Categories:
burial site, i miss you, mom,
Form: Free verse
Yugan Ask
...petrichor sillage
lustmord miasma iron cloy
a clot of steel to sever
scarlet necklace gargle silence
cell phone text ‘she is gone, hurry’
metal carriage in driveway
front door opens, beloved ey...
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Categories:
burial site, dark,
Form: Free verse
Mountebank
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A dispenser of dishonest vice, a peddler of blatant lies,
In his unscrupulous realms, nobility of truth sadly dies,
Where righteous vibes of morality and decency agonize;
Where benevolence cries...
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Categories:
burial site, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
The Twilight Zone
...“We may think of freedom, not as the right thing to do, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” ~~Peter Marshall~~
"Need I say this was inspired by the t...
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Categories:
burial site, granddaughter, grave, prison,
Form: Narrative
Mysterious Monoliths
...In the remote landscapes
stand cold monolithic monuments,
one, the Neolithic Stonehenge,
the British cultural icon,
and the other, Georgia Guidestones,
the American Stonehenge.
The stone slab...
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Categories:
burial site, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Lincoln Special
...Lincoln Special
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train
Ma, pa, and I dressed in our Sunday outfit, excited for the “Lincoln Special” to come up the track as we stand at the t...
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Categories:
burial site, political, presidents day, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Afterwards
...Afterwards.
Didn’t we once used to smile and laugh?
I can see that we seemed to be happy
As I look at an old photograph.
But now our mouths
Seem almost paralysed
Or are tight and grim.
I va...
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Categories:
burial site, change, conflict, dark, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Resolve of a Burial Ground
...Came our love with an expiry date,
Sooner that knocked the door, not so late.
None of us wantonly wished to break,
But teenage love in time rusts to shake.
Nor a knot to break off does get ti...
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Categories:
burial site, humor, love, relationship, satire,
Form: Couplet
Categories:
burial site, family,
Form: Shape
An Excavation
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Children as young as three years old,
Killed for not doing as they’re told,
Forced to forget their culture bold,
What a tragedy to unfold!
Two hundred fifteen, that ain’t less,
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Categories:
burial site, abuse, children, death, school,
Form: Rhyme
From Dust To Dust
...“From dust to dust…”* Thus declares Scripture truth
That had confounded my soul’s very core
And is ceaselessly confronting my heart
Nagging me with this question I must face:
“Am I prepar...
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Categories:
burial site, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Isrealites
...The Isrealites
Is it better to run or to fight, I hope to find out from the ancient Isrealite.
They hid in deserts, they hid in the mountains
They found peace and well-being, able to satisfy the...
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Categories:
burial site, angst, christian, conflict, jewish,
Form: I do not know?
An Elegy On a Great Lady
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Enclosed in a glass casket
Cuddled in a flower-decked basket
She lay serene as ever
No sign of her past fervor
Resting in her last abode
Before the journey by road
To her final bu...
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Categories:
burial site, death,
Form: Rhyme
Love Is Laid a Wreath
...Love, O Love is now laid a wreath
Love, O Love is now laid a wreath
There with her beautiful heart, lies in state!
O dear life has wearied you to boredom.
In its wild, wild pursuit you are ensn...
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Categories:
burial site, death, farewell, heart, life,
Form: Verse
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