The journey within
...The most beautiful things in life cannot
be seen or touched, but can be felt by the heart.
— HELEN KELLER
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Categories:
concussed, beauty, conflict, confusion, journey,
Form: Free verse
Megalith
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(center)Visions grow
out of our imaginations like vines.
We want to excavate a bare-knuckled past
with the jaw bones of concussed elks.
A cold moonlight carves them still.
They are the blunt...
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Categories:
concussed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Shape Shifting Soul
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Line of inquiry:
"here I am in human form
but it was not always quite so
earth is not the only planet I’ve been to
through past life regressions I definitely know"
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Categories:
concussed, earth,
Form: Narrative
Jesting Jack, Jinxed Jill
...Jack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green;
And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene.
They did daily chores on a farm, in ...
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Categories:
concussed, children, fairy, fantasy, farm,
Form: Couplet
Tearful
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“My tears are testimony of my devotion to Beloved;
and from those tears white lilies will grow that speak the truth.”
Rumi
I had heard the legend of her tears,
silent drops of sorrow ...
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Categories:
concussed, appreciation, love,
Form: Epic
The Street
...The street seemed so much smaller now
The grime and the smell were still the same though
Engrained like the people who lived there
It was the only thing that never left him
She stayed at ...
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Categories:
concussed, death, love, youth,
Form: Free verse
The Sound of Falling Rocks
...Months piled up on themselves,
became a road block.
I can still hear
the sound of falling rocks.
I am concussed by the years.
Bought a pair of new sneakers,
bought a wristwatch that counts st...
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Categories:
concussed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
War City
...Reddish city forced
city conquered, suffered...
concussed freedom
lost self life,
enslaved by foolishness
of absurd men..
until when my God!
Will live like this, without having life......
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Categories:
concussed, abuse, allusion, appreciation, extended
Form: Free verse
Lorelei Blues
...she was a sassy little mermaid
with only one ardent wish
to wreak havoc on mankind
for introducing chips to fish
she’d sit upon that lorelei rock
and keep her constant check
and in the cold wea...
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Categories:
concussed, adventure, boat, fantasy, history,
Form: Rhyme
Plane Crashes Fate Takes Over
...It was Christmas Eve and I was at the airport,
Not a soul in sight, almost deserted, it was 10.00 pm,
Only two hours before Christmas day,
Perhaps if I got on a plane, I would see Santa in his sle...
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Categories:
concussed, love,
Form: Free verse
Standing Stones
...They grow out of our minds.
They excavate the past
with the jaw bones of concussed elks,
time is not in them,
it is only we who shimmer then disappear.
Wind and a cold moonlight
carves them s...
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Categories:
concussed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Tidal Waive
...Tidal Waive
I woke up at the bottom of a wave.
At least, I think I was awake.
You collapsed upon me
and ground sand into concussed
memory.
My eyes opened, but my breath, in terror, was ta...
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Categories:
concussed, analogy, beach, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
Somewhat Injury-Prone
...First grade, pelted with eggs
Second grade, broke both legs
Third grade, fell down the stairs
Fourth grade, clawed by a bear
Fifth grade, ran into a tree
Sixth grade, twisted a knee
Sev...
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Categories:
concussed, growing up, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Standing Stones
...Visions grow
out of our minds like vines.
We want to excavate
the bare-knuckled past
with the jaw bones
of concussed elks.
Wind and a cold moonlight
still carves them.
They are the blun...
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Categories:
concussed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Star Who Saw Stars
...Rob Gronkowski, known as 'the Gronk'
A football star chiseled from rock, no 'policy wonk'
At the top of his game, retired at age twenty-nine
A star who saw stars ~ concussed at least nine ti...
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Categories:
concussed, football, hurt, retirement,
Form: Clerihew
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