The Looking Glass
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she looks back at me
always takes me by surprise
this woman in the mirror
that i never seem to quite recognize
still she looks at me
her eyes drawing me in
refuses to utter a sound
and sh...
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Categories:
constest, age, mirror, self,
Form: Rhyme
Just Thinkin'
...Just thinkin
an hopin’
Twenty twenty one
will it be the year
Covid 19 has gone…
Just thinkin’
an hopin’
vaccine is the solution
Will it be the year
for the virus’s executi...
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Categories:
constest, health, world,
Form: Free verse
Tapestry
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The woods is where I love to roam
where nature weaves her tapestry
and every tree is a curtain in hues of green
I listen to the symphony of bird songs drifting
and find a rippling ...
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Categories:
constest, nature,
Form: Verse
Propped With Grace
...Bracing me up with grace* and might
God hoists my faith for service right
He assures me His presence-bliss
Of compassion’s peace I can’t miss.
Thus, I face each day so grateful
Midst...
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Categories:
constest, appreciation, blessing, christian, devotion,
Form: Lay
Choka Form As An Ekphasis
...re-post inspired by Constance constest
stranded on the beach
a wash of sand-orange blue-
brushmarks lost from view
colour gives away
in signature vivid hues-
picturesque and new
Boats at...
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Categories:
constest, poetry,
Form: Choka
The Afterlife
...My life, or should I put it my death
Will be a new start for my breath
We live to die so they say
We can die almost any day
I believe we go to another location
Somewhere where we are on vacation
Out ...
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Categories:
constest, death, life,
Form: Rhyme
Colors Pour Out
...The sky swallows days..
Exploding colors pour out..
A cool breez...
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Categories:
constest, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Raven Now Among the Dead
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The scent of Tube Roses
Is so overpowering
From the bouquet
That is on the casket
Allergeric nasal passages swelling
The dress that my family chose
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Categories:
constest, death, depression, imagination, lost
Form: Free verse