progression
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may concedes to june
when spring rebirth is complete
the time to mature -
grassy hills turn verdant green
blossoms explode with color
july soon refines
june's promise of fulfillment
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Categories:
concedes, seasons,
Form: Tanka
Intrusive Thoughts
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Written: June 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
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The Phantom Choir
In the quiescence of last Sunday,
Prophecy heralded the hour p...
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Categories:
concedes, bereavement, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Normandy
...Normandy
For man to set alight his earthly pyre
was destined from the capture of the spark.
T’was mere survival harnessing its fire
to lift his primal world out of the dark.
It seared ...
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Categories:
concedes, appreciation,
Form: Sonnet
My Afterthought's My Goal
...My afterthought is my goal--precedes me,
My health and healing is my main concern,
All else is fairly addressed--and not key,
My patience requires my good return.
Good hopes and goodwill--right...
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Categories:
concedes, body, care, faith, health,
Form: Quatern
Waiting for Waiting’s End
...The chancy countdown clock of my mortality
is ticking toward some unknown preset alarm.
I’m aware of every taciturn tick tock
in unrecoverable moments spent waiting
for something to happen…
and ...
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Categories:
concedes, courage, death, faith, mystery,
Form: Free verse
The Art Of Hating Him 101
...{"I detest you, I hate you with my all.
I despise, abhor, and loathe you for evolving me into a fatigue of desperation for you; the anguish, the hysteria to feel treasured by some other commodity, v...
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Categories:
concedes, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
The Holy Land
...The Holy Land neath hammer blows -
is this what Jesus prophesied:
when sad-sack’s hanged like mistletoes
the sightless see a suicide;
when thousands fall like dominoes
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Categories:
concedes, conflict, death, humanity, war,
Form: Rhyme
William Charles Lunalilo
...William Charles Lunalilo
First King, chose by the people
Grandnephew of the Great King, as the people vote, was unanimous
Next year, King Kamehameha the Sixth died of tuberculosis
Hawaiian ...
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Categories:
concedes, appreciation,
Form: Clerihew
I couldn't talk about it, so I wrote a poem
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In flames, feelings bruised my spirit,
Maze of ethereal lights,
Delicate as the dew who whispers soundless poetry,
Pouring out gentle into the moments,
Soundless adventures, dancing
In rhyth...
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Categories:
concedes, appreciation, christian, encouraging, god,
Form: Free verse
The Lotus and the Bird
...In Chambers Grand, where silks and laughter played,
A voice within, a question soft and low,
"Tell me, dear Yashodhara, what ails your heart?
Your eyes, once radiant, now seem weighted by sorro...
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Categories:
concedes, absence, betrayal, conflict, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Ascent
...As Bindu and third eye entwine,
we feel pristine presence align
with the pulse of the universe,
renouncing cravings that confine.
Dancing without need to rehearse,
vibrant heart composes a ver...
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Categories:
concedes, spiritual,
Form: Rubaiyat
Barbarossa III
...A new command would counter their attack
to stay the storm that harkens at your door.
‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack
for nothing dared defy the wolves before.
And though his pack c...
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Categories:
concedes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
France III
...As allies falter from his Blitzkrieg force,
the blood of British sons infuse the sand.
They pray their brothers front the Channel’s course
for they have failed to gain the upper hand.
And, so the...
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Categories:
concedes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Bilocation
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Written: January 26, 2024
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Rumi Quote ("Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because, for those who love ...
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Categories:
concedes, analogy, beauty, character, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Poland I
...Humanity is destined to dissolve
when fear consumes the minds of timid kings.
Such pandering lets lunacy evolve
and impotence is forced to face its sting.
An evil wind, with blustering conceit,
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Categories:
concedes, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
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