Unlit Candles
...We bide our time upon the cusp
Twixt what may be and surely must
From evenings hush till morning hours
Begging chase through moon lit bowers
Where gleans the will in blissful trance
And leads th...
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Categories:
call to mind, dream,
Form: Rhyme
When Seasons Speak
...When seasons speak
of warm and blue and bright
They call to me
with everything in sight
To worry not
the problems of the day
To just enjoy
the love of...
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Categories:
call to mind, beauty, conflict, how i
Form: Rhyme
I Slap My Wrist
...We wait for news of the sale of our house,
our home. Weeks pass. Unsettled. Unable
to focus on anything else. All seems
temporary; provisional or not relevant.
I call to mind patients needing pa...
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Categories:
call to mind, anxiety, god, home, house,
Form: Sonnet
That Dark Place
...
"That Dark Place"
that place
where hope waits torturously in vain
and strength is found cloaked in the kinder darkness
it waits patiently in ...
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Categories:
call to mind, dark, light, truth,
Form: Narrative
Scoundrels of the Senate
...Again these men comes to mind,
Paid to say yes and nay,
Lame duck,
Canker, ***** rapscallion minds
Incorrigible,
Political impostors detached from the humdrum of street cries
Maggots in honor...
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Categories:
call to mind, africa, analogy, corruption, freedom,
Form: Free verse
A Wish, a Song, a Prayer
...May you call to mind cherished lullaby, or prayer,
something tried and true, when it seems no one is there.
Sound and reason, oft times, circumvent the ear
when the shadows drown to expose our eve...
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Categories:
call to mind, courage, faith, pain, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Muse and Hues
...My mind wanders off into daydreams quite often.
Or are they just playing scenes I have forgotten?
I spent some time reading from various topics.
Taught musings around concern I have...
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Categories:
call to mind, analogy, appreciation, inspiration, nature,
Form: Ghazal
Tell It Like It Is
...He still can’t call to mind their first meeting
But as they saw each other more frequently
She spoke to him in the inaudible language of her eyes
And was bewitched by the clear glow o...
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Categories:
call to mind, love, silence,
Form: Free verse
Hints of Autumn
...As lonely sighs drift across the mountaintops
Mists linger ‘til midmorning, caressing trees
It's evident that the temperature slowly drops,
For a chill is accompanying the August breez...
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Categories:
call to mind, august, autumn, mountains,
Form: Quatern
Remembering Rod Serling
...What’s in a photograph
in reference to time
The events as portrayed
or what they call to mind
Focused on tomorrow,
the picture is lame
Its history frozen
—the future unframed
(Dreamsleep:...
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Categories:
call to mind, time,
Form: Rhyme
Youthful Endearment
...Is there ever a time when it is too
Late to thank someone for all they have done?
On the contrary, I call to mind one
Very special person, whom I once knew.
Exactly describing her is the cl...
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Categories:
call to mind, beautiful, beauty, high school,
Form: Acrostic
A Photograph of Us
...A photograph of us: we are blushing
in your bathroom mirror, your body wrapped
around mine. A blanket. A tattoo
needled in. Your beaming chin in my hair.
You, promising marital bliss.
How ...
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Categories:
call to mind, i miss you, image,
Form: Free verse
King of Kings, Lord of Lords
...KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS
Some call Him Jesus, some call Him Messiah
And some call Him Emanuel
No matter what His title
He can save your soul from Hell
One thing you must remember
He ...
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Categories:
call to mind, christian, jesus, joy, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Sirens
...We all feel pain!
But what is pain that is not physical but seen
in blackened faces, tortured minds,
glistening eyes that surely mean -
pain … emotional - heart wrenching, disbelieving,
coming f...
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Categories:
call to mind, fear,
Form: Prose Poetry
Starry Night
...Starry Night
There are moments in your life that will live in your heart forever
Moments that will take your breath away
Indelibly etched into your very soul.
And will never be forgotten.
Memo...
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Categories:
call to mind, childhood, me, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse
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