Autumn Choka Poems

Yesterday has passed,
today I shall rise and dream,
let mourning stars fade.
Some flowers may wilt,
Yet fragrance remains when skies-
bleed cantaloupe hope.
Ruby crowned kinglets,
croon and rest on...

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Weaving a web, light
Falling in shafts of weightless
Ingenuity
Laughing like stardust
Reflecting silent moments
Does it catch the fly?
Gloating in colors
Hues of delicate sunlight,
Risking graceful rays,
Will she catch...

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Cain Reversal II

The blood must be re-claimed from the soil

With the heavy bodies bent with lust and toil
Each rivening day strifing the rule of the...

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A brevity trails

of life's bounty, engaging

the elements nigh,

be they neath, be they

sides, be they all around, starts

of...

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Freshly roasted I,
Enjoy the flavor of my
Pumpkin seeds with salt
And olive oil bath;
A quite delicious snack that,
Is very healthy.
Sprinkled with pepper 
And some fresh sesame...

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Catch tooth to eat rock
Stomach needs right of life next
No forest to book
No food to cook
The weapon calls for scorched roast
Funny thunder mocks
Rainy autumn chokes
Castrated...

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Trying to find my 
solace in the moon of the
Fall for I lack the 

lunar halo and
the velveteen, onyx shade
of yours. I wish to

be the...

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Under the sour light
of the summer moon, when the
asphalt maze exhales

heatness we come and
ensemble at Teufelsberg
just to pile up the 

broken and rusty 
pieces of...

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There is another sky that bleed
Within it abode because of pains.
There is another that speak of lost
Among her brethren who betrayed her.
There is another sky...

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All is calm outside,
I feel the air flowing free.

Wind wraps 'round the trees,
Whispering softly to my ears.

Nature lays with me,
She assures me all is well.
Everything...

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Heat of the day sun and fun
Swimming and diving
Signs read do not swim or dive
Young and immortal
Swimming until exhaustion
Time for one more dive
A graceful dive,...

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Autumn has arrived
Blowing in as summer left
Coming with her best manners. 
Autumn can be mild
Or can change in a moment
From happiness to anger....

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peppering my skin
ice shivers off swirling wind
sucking my warm breath away
tiny pointed star
snowflakes fill the dark night sky
lighted windows shine welcome

skin tingles in warm
air close...

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Rusty, ornate gate
Burnt orange and burgundy
Twirling, swirling and dancing
Wet leaves kissing stone
On the long road they crunch loud
A red rose left in FALL


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August 17,...

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silver dollar moon
suspended in a dark sky
wind rustles the autumn leaves
secrets in the night
moonbeams on the forest floor
wolves pay homage at midnight



Barbara Gorelick 10/14/11
For Russel's...

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