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"Let us shine and not burn," by Elle Casey
A Clarification
Conceived onsets by one's subjective state,
Clueless inceptions nebulously grow,
A mindless blind mute moves, rousing its fate,
Godsend occasion leaves the dark to glow.
Sparks the light of life mimic frames of minds,
Intricacies of distinctions arcane,
Emotions indulge past regret unwinds,
Scattered, detached, night candle burns the stain.
Shatter separateness as divisive,
Conceived borders we being inherits,
Emphases realized as decisive,
Everyone shares their respective merits.
Douse not our embers, but keep strong our flame,
Warm the blaze to a glow from whence we came.
2022 November 21
*5thPlace*
A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE
~~Brian Strand: 2022 November 25
RZ & HMS.
Categories:
clarification, appreciation, blessing, character, growing
Form: Sonnet
Tom says that the Russian Ruble
Is as firm as Apfelstrudel
Thank goodness for that
As Xi Jinping's hat
Is straining like a wet noodle!
Categories:
clarification, humor,
Form: Limerick
Clarification
When we said to stand up for what you believe
When we said to expect to go far in this world before you leave
When we said to trust yourself and your instincts
When we said to be honest about what you think
When we said to be fruitful and multiply
When we said to not lie
When we said to be genuine and sometimes suspicious
When we said we care about your wishes
When we said to expect a lot of yourself and that you’ll go far
When we said we believed in you and will always love you for who you are
When we said to sing
When we said you can do anything
We didn’t actually mean you specifically;
We meant people in general -
Not you.
Categories:
clarification, age, anger, angst, depression,
Form: Rhyme
GRAMMATICAL CLARIFICTION
For grammarians,
When they say
It’s “it’s”, it’s “it’s”
And when they say
It’s “its”, it’s “its”
But non-grammarians
Often say it’s “it’s”
But it’s really “its”
And vice versa.
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Other poems of mine, similar to this, are available at
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Categories:
clarification, words,
Form: Burlesque
more than ever I need you
without you
nothing I would be
characteristics would blemish
like a plant that lost it's leaf
joy would hide behind the sun
light behind the moon
waves under the sea
waters under a fall
time behind a clock
misery behind faint
will behind purpose
love behind hate
seeing behind a blind
foundation under the dirt
weight behind a scale
will behind purpose
destiny behind a fall
rain behind a shower
thunder behind the stars
I need you
Categories:
clarification, absence, anxiety, butterfly, courage,
Form: Light Verse
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I will never visit Clacton again.
Categories:
clarification, humor,
Form: Free verse
Madam, you think you know
When knowing not you think no more
The surface speaks and shows
But the ignorance of those who come
By rules, or anxiety's sweet conceit
To find what they did not plant
But yet would reap from me.
Language is all our fault, the way
We borrow and use one another
Conforming to a simple drip
Of irrelevancy. I bring new meaning
Where sentence pause at broken lines
With unbroken multiply of new meanings
I bring fresh interpretations
To haggard images, metaphors are now
Conotations. You see, madam
You are superficial where I am
Full of respect for learned ignorance.
ii
I beg you read more of me in better prose
That which, languishing, I contributed
On genre and aesthetics for rcher light
Two faces rubbing nose to nose
Have desires greater than a kiss
And yet can get nowhere without
Literally opening a literal door
To returned cathartisized
To the place their tongues went dry before
You too would naked come again
And shine the candle on a milked breast
Categories:
clarification, education, on writing and
Form: Free verse
The details upon which
my attention lingers
usually aren't the ones
other folks finger...
go figure.
Categories:
clarification, adventure,
Form: Verse
The instructions he gave were no good
The workers all misunderstood
They hadn’t a clue
Of just what to do
So noone could do what they should.
He was asked for clarification
And told of the workers frustration
Then things even got worse
Much more perverse
His solution was an aberration!
The explanation he sent
Only caused more torment
The confusion was spread
Cause here’s how it read
“I know you believe you understand what you think
I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you
heard is not what I meant”.
The Management
Categories:
clarification, confusion, funny
Form: Limerick
Love is...
A Heal.thy gift… and it’s good for you too ;)
Categories:
clarification, devotion, faith, forgiveness, friendship,
Form: I do not know?