You are a Metaphor
...you are a gentle breeze
a cocktail with antifreeze
an approaching sneeze
or a winter storm
three standard deviations from the norm
four sheets to the wind
and I think your rook is pinned
are y...
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Categories:
clenched fist, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The Spell of the Blessed Water Diviner
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They called him the dosser.
A blessed man with a crooked,
bent and wobbly wishbone of wire,
held tight in clenched fist.
He fossicks spellbound
for water hiding deep below
in the groundwat...
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Categories:
clenched fist, farm, water,
Form: Free verse
I Push On
...Strong, though softened by stillness. Handsome with no
hunger for approval. My mind is sharp, yet I resist its
blade, choosing silence over the storm of thought. I
feel deeply—but wear a mask o...
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Categories:
clenched fist, anger, anxiety, depression, hope,
Form: Free verse
Foundation
...Rage is the
phantom pain
of the clenched fist
they tried to make me...
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Categories:
clenched fist, analogy, anger,
Form: Free verse
As Yourself
...Inspired by Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Let go the clenched fist,
the smoldering w...
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Categories:
clenched fist, bible, love,
Form: Free verse
The Slave Chains of History
...Chains never fall completely.
Scars embed themselves like burns under the skin,
And even though the skin is a body, it cannot hide the shadow of the irons.
History screams, but its lips are sealed...
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Categories:
clenched fist, culture,
Form: Free verse
Thought of the day
...we are afraid of vulnerability of innocence
so we set up an impregnable fortress
an opaque mind and clenched fist
but if we wish to see God face to face
we need to vaporise becoming a bliss mist...
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Categories:
clenched fist, innocence, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Glimpse of Life’s Journey
...One weary dusk, after a day of teaching’s strain,
I pedaled my bike through the traffic’s refrain.
The smog of exhaust kissed my tired face,
As car horns screamed in their frantic race.
The gut...
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Categories:
clenched fist, 6th grade, christian, journey,
Form: Rhyme
A Wake on the Night Before Christmas
...'Twas the night before Christmas, and insomnia befell,
No creature was stirring, but my thoughts are pell-mell.
Would the family squabbles and feuds come with the cheer?
Would I have to drown them...
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Categories:
clenched fist, celebration, christmas, family, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Blood without Water
...Ladies and gentlemen, pardon my intrusion.
I won’t take long, I’m only here to Break the ice and test the waters.
Make you laugh a little Before this script starts feeling stale like Blood without ...
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Categories:
clenched fist, 12th grade, black love,
Form: Epyllion
In the untraversed kingdom, where joy transcends any experience
...In the untraversed kingdom, where joy transcends any experience,
Your eyes are sanctuaries of unshakable silence:
In your fragility, an entire world hides,
A world I cannot touch, for it lie...
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Categories:
clenched fist, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Scorched and Singed
...Yesterday
I cried my heart out
For I wept tears of glass
To lay a path for you to walk on
Barefoot on the hot pavement
naked as I bleed
In the hopes that you won’t taste my fear
Teeming with...
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Categories:
clenched fist, addiction, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
NOT ON THE LIST
...NOT ON THE LIST
I assumed the mantle of an entitled snob
Pushing toward the bouncer in a tuxedo
Some bruiser of a guy, but it’s just a job
I suspect that he had an unsatisfied libido
Patting...
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Categories:
clenched fist, anger, smile,
Form: Terza Rima
The Crow -Parody of The Raven-
...In the late evening, half past 8
I heard a noise from far away.
It was a bird, make no mistake.
I could've sworn I heard my name.
Maybe I did,
or maybe I had gone insane.
For out in the dista...
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Categories:
clenched fist, death,
Form: Rhyme
In Pursuit of Elusive Butterflies
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We're known to
Waste time coveting
Things we can't have.
We mortgage our castles in the air
Pursue illusions, rainbows...
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Categories:
clenched fist, encouraging, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Didactic
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