Love dance floor
...Long has I danced on these floors of lovers, my dancing routines lil rusted and outdated, yesterday was the day I fell off and broke my ankle, and sworn to return no more but here I am today, oblige...
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Categories:
commence, black love, dance, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Night out at the carnival
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We walk, hand in hand , we talk ~
cotton candy and caramel apples,
music, rides and fanfare,
sounds of joy and laughter in the air.
Let the festivities commence:
flashing lights and chaos,
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Categories:
commence, celebration, joy, light, summer,
Form: Free verse
When I Was a Boy
...Boyhood was a one-night stand,
So brief and unforgettable,
Full of dreams,
Sweet —like a rooftop party,
Wild and loud,
When the world several feet below,
Full of envy, shouted at us,
“Come dow...
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Categories:
commence, childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Spring 2
...Matsuo Basho English Translations of haiku about spring, birds, bats, butterflies, flowers, sun, cherry.
Seeing them naked
almost makes me caress
the wanton flowers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation ...
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Categories:
commence, bird, butterfly, culture, earth,
Form: Haiku
Guy De Vere, Not So Sincere
...After Lenore, by Edgar Allan Poe
Broken—yes—the golden-locked and beautiful Lenore,
Gone from us forevermore, to grace our eyes no more.
And thou, De Vere, who scornful stands with holl...
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Categories:
commence, dark, gothic, judgement, poetry,
Form: Lyric
THE SINGING OF THE BIRDS
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At our cabin in the mountains we love to wake up early
as the day is just beginning…
and listen to the birds warm up…
as they ready their voices for the singing.
Each bird has just awoken fro...
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Categories:
commence, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Evil Dress in Suits
...The morning filled with beauty and luster creeps slowly under the mangrove tree and anchored along the tropical coast where the skies, sea and my lover frequently meet. Something unusual was going on...
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Categories:
commence, america, beach, boat, business,
Form: Prose
You
...I know
You'd return every winter,
To remind me
Of all the frozen nights.
But,
With the commence of spring And the warmth of wind, I'd be unmoved
Whether you stay or not....
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Categories:
commence, change, farewell, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Vacancy
...In twilight’s hush, where dreams commence,
I wandered lost in limerence.
A glance, a spark, a breathless flame,
Yet never once he spoke my name
Love lived in ache, not permanence.
Who am I to w...
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Categories:
commence, angst, betrayal, divorce, grief,
Form: Lyric
OH, NO---It's here
...Oh NO….it’s here
Hope springing eternal
Bringing with it
The plague of pollen
That nose drip
Even a plumber can’t fix
Oh, and MUD…
AND PUDDLES
AND WET DOGS
And those spinny things
Flutteri...
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Categories:
commence, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Deprived Of Your Love -When My Life Changed
...Glib rhetoric concerned with striking independence may seem frivolous,
nuanced rational quite often a typical traumatic casualty,
the once interminable interdependent passionate zeal disintegratin...
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Categories:
commence, break up, courage, cry,
Form: Free verse
Cross-Eyed Chickens
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There's nothing funnier than a cross-eyed chicken
With legs the size of your arm
The Chicken Emporiums would sure love to know
The name of this progressive farm
Aside from the unne...
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Categories:
commence, animal, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme
Nevertheless
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Her short skirt clings.
I consider her thighs to be too thick.
High heels click.
Nevertheless, I watch her walk away.
The thumb and index finger
of one hand commence
to rub together like ...
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Categories:
commence, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Some 2025's additional personal updates part two Q and A
...Q: Do some Biblical scholars also believe: World War 111 could begin in Israel
before or during the 2025's rapture of the church/bride of Christ?
A: Yes
Q: Do they believe, the rider ...
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Categories:
commence, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Some 2025's additional personal updates part one Q and A
...Q: Just because World War 11 started both in Europe and the Pacific, does that
mean that WW 111 has to do also?
A: No, the third WW will start in the middle east and Israel will be involv...
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Categories:
commence, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
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