Flicker Fine
...O boulder, with pitch resin shine!
Flicker fine at night!
Fate and Fortune, thus we dine!
Sign, O line of sight!
Ichor in immortal veins?
Crenellate to hold.
No use waiting for the rains!
Sa...
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Categories:
centrefold, firework,
Form: Rhyme
Let Us Face This Attack Head On
...This world prefers to live under the shadows
in order to hide its truly evil daily works.
confronting these misplaced loyalties begs answers
Communications literally has taken position centref...
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Categories:
centrefold, abuse, betrayal, christian, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Destinies Child Chained
...Searing flames within hissing steam burns
letting the dragons out in frozen time
cold stone winds blow into the desert sands of illusions etched
Dark and feral holding immeasurable promises
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Categories:
centrefold, conflict, cry, dark, heart,
Form: Terza Rima
Death of the Scrapbook
...My mum and I made many scrapbooks over the years.
To find inspiring and interesting pictures was not hard
And most magazines got past my mothers sense of decorum
And her duty to protect me from sc...
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Categories:
centrefold, age, anger, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Imagism
Sex Education In Schools
...Think I'll write something uplifting
About flowers and the birds and the bees
When I was in school way back when
Sex talk created much unease
It wasn't a subject taught in schools...
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Categories:
centrefold, education,
Form: Narrative
The Raven
...Initiated by a fairy tale
of elf hobgoblins who lived in a dale
Jack Robbins stayed alert throughout the night
Sat looking through his window by moonlight
He saw his swing hanging from the oa...
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Categories:
centrefold, bird, mystery, night,
Form: Rhyme
Long Blonde Hair and Eyes of Blue
...The doctor had said she looked tired today
the tests had shown, it wouldn’t go away
her looks might go, her living could too
how would she cope, what could she do
she was late arriving for the ph...
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Categories:
centrefold, inspirationalhair,
Form: Rhyme
Your Bed
...One hand to the side of my face
Nestled in the sturdy crook of my palm
I feel stolen away
But with a taste of venom, I could
Bite my tongue and river red
All the luckiest in the world.
I hope...
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Categories:
centrefold,
Form: Free verse
Sylvia Plath
...The tearaway, youthful runaway
Running for a lifetime, blocked out
Brick wall, but, those same
Old demons stuck to your back
Demon wings like barnacles
To the hull of your iron heart
Beating un...
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Categories:
centrefold, dedication
Form: Free verse