The Postman
...He schleps constantly at noon
Through declivities and straight roads,
Bearing messages sealed by the hands
That laid them bare in the first place.
Sweat caresses his face, forming one mass of
Ea...
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Categories:
chaperoned, christmas, community, december,
Form: Free verse
Dividing Lines
...All the world in fear
the danger's presence near
the evil that we do
is driven by what ever you
want this world to be
And is it you
or is it me
can you tell me where the dividing lines begin...
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Categories:
chaperoned, angel, evil, perspective, sin,
Form: Free verse
Abrogated Alcove
...when you wanted to give me
you never said for a while
salavic eclipse per epilepsy
test of the taste then a bile
like a swing in the atmosphere's mood
scared earth passionate puke
next the sky...
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Categories:
chaperoned, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Ballade
Teacher's Anniversary
...Our fifteenth year, you and I
If we were married, the ‘crystal’ mile
And oh, we have had our highs, breaking up lunchtime fights
Breaking down novels line by line
Translating Shakespeare to Spa...
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Categories:
chaperoned, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
Pearls Beneath the Harbor
...Our bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward to finding love on a romantic tropical island. Maybe so...
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Categories:
chaperoned, people, places, world war
Form: Haibun
Things I Miss
...Nostalgic Nights.
The smell of gas in the vintage moped I drove an hour to buy,
Driving down that small-town street at night,
Lit by the dim bike light on that streetlight-less street.
Mixing ga...
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Categories:
chaperoned, adventure, beautiful, divorce, family,
Form: List
Diva With Human Touch -For Contest
...Diva with human touch- for contest
Alighted she from her red limousine
Bedecked in A-line gown, pista green
Till the waist embroidered golden sheen
Satin silk with a halter neckline
Charmi...
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Categories:
chaperoned, angel, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
The Girls Night Out
...A Girls Night Out
They were there, the girls,
each attired in appropriate finery,
clashing generational coifs,
varied displays of fine jewelry,
diamonds, gold bracelets, barrettes,
classi...
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Categories:
chaperoned, family, nostalgia,
Form: Verse
The World of Expectations Words
...The world of Expectations
Expectations, do – in all likelihood – become frustrations.
They, in their painful anger, do become manipulations,
of both – both the aching heart and the fragile soul
and ...
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Categories:
chaperoned, words, planet, universe,
Form: Free verse
Memory's Shadow
...Memory’s Shadow
by Odin Roark
There was a time
She’d float beside him
Their footsteps in sync
Their heartbeats in unison
Even at midnight
Central Park imbued their love
With ...
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Categories:
chaperoned, memory,
Form: Free verse
Piano Chords
...Preposterous melody won't exist,
Inside a piano without the chord's beat
Aubade is formed when dolefulness emits
Nails the body to where she always sits;
Ordering her fingers to start a writ.
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Categories:
chaperoned, how i feel, life,
Form: ABC
Lucky Me
...DISILLUSIONED BY ROMANTIC POETS..
SO MANY EMPTY WORDS..
AND EPITAPHS OF LOVE..
HARANGUED BY CONSTANT DOUBT'S..
TO MANY QUESTIONS ASKED..
OF TRUST AND EXPECTATIONS..
CO...
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Categories:
chaperoned, introspection,
Form: Blank verse
Tonite
...
(this brownarmed girl will sleep
with goodman)
testing the white waters at lunch
she in a blushless
cheesecloth frock
chaperoned by one vased fuchsia forget
me not
coyly sipping ...
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Categories:
chaperoned, passion,
Form: Free verse
Ousia
...Globules exist on the midst of arrival
where seraphim traits flaunt a celestrial worth
in dynamic shapes blowing sepals from cluster
their transgress to unification and form.
Hint, like a pench...
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Categories:
chaperoned, science,
Form: Verse