Pink
...Pink arrives
like the first warmth of breath
on cold glass—
soft, sudden,
unapologetically alive.
It is the color of almost,
of not-yet-bloomed,
of fingers brushing
but not holding.
It l...
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Categories:
coexisting, sound,
Form: Free verse
Sea of Roses
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Written: February 12, 2025 for Ink Empress Poetry Contest
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In the tumultuous twilight of
my wimpy seascape
I twist in torment
wander...
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Categories:
coexisting, dream, love,
Form: Free verse
Living With Uncertainty, Chaos and Corruption
...The world is constantly changing
People are steadily rearranging
Life seems to be a gigantic nightmare
Keep moving, but never getting there
This country was built on the backs of slaves
O...
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Categories:
coexisting, confusion, corruption, spoken word,
Form: Free verse
Life and Death in a Temperate Land
...I am in a cold and empty house.
It is an English summer, not too warm.
From a window I can see the garden,
it is a cottage garden,
vegetables and flowers
coexisting in a colorful niche of heav...
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Categories:
coexisting, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Good And Bad Side Of Life
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The following are examples
Of how I look at the good and bad side of life
Peace is good... war is extremely bad
A thriving economy is good... unemployment is bad
Coexisting is good....
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Categories:
coexisting, life,
Form: Free verse
Propinquity - First Place Contest Winner
...Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Germaine Greer
In the orbit of ne...
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Categories:
coexisting, analogy, appreciation, care, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Agony
...Just as the sun surrenders to the horizon
after shimmering out the boldness,
let alone darkness to triumph over;
Likewise, even the sunflower concedes to the sun's movement
radiating euphoria a...
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Categories:
coexisting, grief, growing up, life,
Form: Free verse
Peace
...Peace is a stress-free state of security and calmness that comes when there's no fighting or war, everything coexisting in perfect harmony and freedom.
In other words, while war destroys and disrupt...
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Categories:
coexisting, patriotic, peace, poetess,
Form: ABC
Common Problems
...We’re in the common room, Lisa and I. It’s Friday afternoon, about 2 - It’s partly-sunny and 45°f. outside. We’ve claimed the two squares of temporary rectangular sunlight like the Spanish conquistad...
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Categories:
coexisting, humor, school, student, teen,
Form: Free verse
Nature Love and Life - Always Valentine's Day
...competing without terror or war - no therapy needed
NOTE: I was thinking marine life, even extreme environments: animals don't need therapists. Why?...
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Categories:
coexisting, christian, community, conflict, environment,
Form: Monoku
The Good and Bad Side of Life
...The following are examples
Of how I look at the good and bad side of life
Peace is good... war is extremely bad
A thriving economy is good... unemployment is bad
Coexisting is good... c...
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Categories:
coexisting, life,
Form: Free verse
Destiny
...They are coexisting
like the earth and the far sky,
split by horizon....
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Categories:
coexisting, allegory, engagement, i love
Form: Haiku
The Hub of the Earth, I
...VIDEO/AUDIO on YouTube above. NOTE: On the video; double-click to enlarge, and/or, right-click for the drop-down menu and click on 'Loop' for auto-repeat, click settings and pick the highest level fo...
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Categories:
coexisting, betrayal, earth,
Form: Terza Rima
What Are You Seeing
...I believe that I am..., but I dare ask the question. I just finished a brief inventory of m...
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Categories:
coexisting, america, change, conflict, confusion,
Form: Verse
One Or the Other
...No, my friend,
we are neither pure good nor pure evil
but
we are both good and evil!
Look
at all these pairs of opposite forces bellow:
hope and fear
courage and cowardice
success and ...
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Categories:
coexisting, evil, hope, love, people,
Form: Free verse
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