Ships of foolishness
...My Ship sails on a stormy sea
thrown by the winds of anger
I was dumped on the yellow sand
I am the lonely one
Ships of foolishness
you were a pique of a dream
Chevron skies
gives way to unde...
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Categories:
chevron, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Picking Apples
...On a cool, crisp mid-October morning,
the sweetness of apples flavors the air.
And a chevron of geese honk their warning
that Winter is coming; stay if you dare.
I loved picking apples,...
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Categories:
chevron, age, autumn, boy, cute,
Form: Sonnet
Stop Taking Her For Grant It
...We exploit her gifts, polluting, robbing.
Mother earth has a soul and we've
all heard her sobbing..
Too many species are now extinct.
We need to slow down, reassess, think..
Exxon, Shell, Chevro...
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Categories:
chevron, 1st grade, earth,
Form: Light Verse
A Parrot
...a parrot
chattering nonsense
vibrant joker
a Minah bird
incessantly mocks
feathers fly
owl hoots
from my oak tree
Minerva’s child
hummingbird
hovers by my window
faerie r...
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Categories:
chevron, bird, nature, poems, poetry,
Form: Haiku
How I Really Feel
...I used to believe that I could not go
a day without your smile.
The proverb gives an inch,
She wanted a mile.
The day arrived, it was hard,
The next was harder.
The sun went away,
M...
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Categories:
chevron, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Charming Patterns
...Charm the waves,
Entail algorithms of templates,
Subclass the seasonal stripes,
Smash this tasteless flame stitch.
A chevron turning into an imperial damask.
Intarsia the charming argyle...
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Categories:
chevron, allegory, allusion, celebration, color,
Form: Free verse
C7
...C7
No bigger than a drop of blood on a finger
pricked by a thorn, it marches along
the stem of a rosebush; a Grenadier guard
in its crimson uniform, with seven spots exactly
splashed acros...
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Categories:
chevron, insect,
Form: Sonnet
Note To Self
...Encamped in the local IHOP patio
Doing reconnaissance on the butter pecan syrup
I discern its malicious, aggressive intentions:
To march defiantly down Mt. Stack
And wage a ruthless attack on
D...
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Categories:
chevron, food,
Form: Free verse
Time Illumination Once Upon-
...Once Upon a Time illumination,
black tie Chevron
Wild mushrooms Spice Market Rusty
Dried mud puddle now crusty
Breath of fresh air Pearly Gates
Tongue-tied Showtime polish Stone
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Categories:
chevron, allegory, allusion, conflict, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Galleries of Life
...Galleries of life, ignorant and tough,
Sometimes as sandarac’s incense, usually morose.
I erase bluntness that grew a cravat around my heart,
Abominable inheritance riveted into the soul of farce,...
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Categories:
chevron, life,
Form: Free verse
Welcome To My Random World of Angels and Fairies- -
...Welcome to my random world;
Where Angels and Fairies both co herald
Am I a fallen fairy?
As my vision mainly slept I’m under twinkly
A little phantom dream, awaken in my reality
Dancing angels c...
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Categories:
chevron, adventure, analogy, character, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Cries From the River Nun
...A glib giant of the river borders
The discerning ears of the ancient Power, we mourn
Where caravans cascade to unseen voices
And the rumbling of avalanche bullets invades our peace
This mind...
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Categories:
chevron, analogy, anger, character, chocolate,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Olga Scheps Embodies Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1, E-Minor
...Olga Scheps embodies Chopin's Piano Concerto n° 1
For a pianist who ponders her prey
The taming arms-length erect posture
The torso and pulsating violin back encased in red-rich ...
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Categories:
chevron, inspirational, music, passion, sweet
Form: Free verse
Monorhyme On Divine Friend Mr Kallol Banarji
...When all the world is a giant burden,
Banerji sir, my colleague, a true SST Allen.
“Maan ki bat Modi ke Sath; rest other shun,”,
Says always my friend Banarji, never stun
Or stagger or st...
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Categories:
chevron, confidence, kids, friend, future,
Form: Monorhyme
Irony In the Sky
...White chevron squadrons usher in spring
With squawking and honking and flapping of wings.
Their return brings a weekend to revel in fun.
The locals all love it, and hundreds more come!
But the po...
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Categories:
chevron, spring,
Form: Couplet
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