This Is What I Call A Loyal Love
...Fur bounds, through the cottony breeze, to me.
On a warm, summery day,
the scent of dog resounds.
A wet nose, commiserate smile and hug.
Against my skin, he reclines.
I’m always home with him....
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Categories:
commiserate, dog,
Form: Ekphrasis
Achilles Heels
...I strolled my garden on a day so fair,
and lo, a sad spider was sitting there.
I found that I could commiserate
with the little guy whose legs were eight.
Imagine, my friend, how it feels
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Categories:
commiserate, humor, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Covid
...Covid
commiserate, conjugate
circumambulate around the
circumference of the
continent
covertly circulate
in the crevices of
confederates
cramped, crawling,
crooning in the
cavern of
C...
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Categories:
commiserate, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Side Of September
...In the middle ages
these roughed and scuffed decades
between newborn crocus snow-melt-nursed and
dried hydrangea blooms sepia-skinned and papery thin
I earned the right to wear sapphires
and bur...
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Categories:
commiserate, age, beauty, birth, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Too Much
...
Sadly, she felt happy all of the time,
not a pinch of depression or anxiety
or any doubt, nor questioning
ever entered her life.
Of course this pissed off the rest of us.
She was impossible ...
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Categories:
commiserate, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Addiction
...Addiction is debilitating and changes who you are
I have watched my friend's life empty of all meaning, losing everything she loved and it can be difficult to reconcile her choices
But are they cho...
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Categories:
commiserate, addiction, sad,
Form: Free verse
Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
alternately titled: incorrigible lottery dreamer
big plans to relocate self and spouse
to some tropical island paradise
by the ...
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Categories:
commiserate, adventure, angel, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
blind date is second rate
...in my current manic state
I do not hesitate
to throw away my fate
walking off is my date
not a potential mate
identify source of hate
to silliness I equate
that guy was second rate
pretty...
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Categories:
commiserate, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
A Meeting of Hearts
...We are here on this very tentative and frightening occasion to commiserate and forget, celebrate and remember but, most of all, to chose that path which will lead us to the rest of our lives. It seem...
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Categories:
commiserate, love,
Form: Narrative
Twin Heart Rate Monitors
...I couldn’t even stop myself from sacrificing everything for you
How could I be trusted with your last breath?
My recital of a photo albums worth of memories
Induced a coat of water in everyone's e...
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Categories:
commiserate, bereavement, death of a
Form: Free verse
Small Yellow House
...I look out the window at the tree
in the back yard next door
just behind a small yellow house.
Its crown is still green, but I
know leaves will fall.
A dump truck
with a flashing yellow str...
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Categories:
commiserate, age, appreciation, autumn, city,
Form: Free verse
Friendship's Tapestry
...Written: August 26, 2023
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In the tapestry of life, a friend we find
A precious treasure, a soul so kind
Through tight ...
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Categories:
commiserate, appreciation, character, encouraging, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Happy National Friendship Day - August 6th, 2023
...Happy National Friendship Day - August 6th, 2023
The idea of Friendship Day originated
in the United States in 1919,
proposed by Joyce Hall,
the founder of Hallmark cards.
It gained offi...
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Categories:
commiserate, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of Gold
...Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
two alternate titles:
1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg
2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer
linkedin with previous ...
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Categories:
commiserate, adventure, animal, bird, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
The Protraction of the Epiphany
...The Protraction of the Epiphany
Complacency in a stilted light of regret
Vagrancy in a jilted sight of neglect
Emergency in a wilted light of insects
The urgency of a curative substance to inj...
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Categories:
commiserate, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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