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Contemporaneous Poems

In the shadow of time, the soul finds solace

...In the shadow of time, the soul finds solace,
We wonder why the years lay down in silence,
Why we remain closed, like birds refusing flight,
Seeking hidden meaning in the language of flowers towar...

Categories: contemporaneous, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Interpolation

...

View things extraneously
Watch materialistic
objects vanish

We're all just
gliding through
contemporaneous philanderings

While the judgmental eyes
are examining meticulously
making pr...

Categories: contemporaneous, creation, introspection, surreal,
Form: Free verse

The Truth Of This Magnitude

...The Truth Of This Magnitude”

Obstinate defiance from an indignant child 
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild 

Intricate compositions of meticulous art 
A syndicate of derision that ...

Categories: contemporaneous, creation, humanity, life, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

One generic baby boomer, a garden variety sexagenarian

...One generic baby boomer, (a garden variety sexagenarian)...
offers his interpretation of critical race theory

I, (an articulate, charming, domesticated, 
erudite, friendly, genteel, humorous, in...

Categories: contemporaneous, 12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Rhyme

The Prophesy of Invention

...Prophesy of Invention

Compositions of profound illumination resonating from a prophetic musician 
Impositions that compound remuneration as the economists of capitalism demand an inquisition 
A ...

Categories: contemporaneous, life,
Form: Rhyme

The Construct of An Essence Forming

...The Construct of an Essence Forming

Collaborative custodians of remuneration for the poor
Commemorative symposiums on humans need for wanting more
Symbols of ancient mystery drawn upon cave wall...

Categories: contemporaneous, beautiful, integrity, international,
Form: Rhyme

Kindness and Lament

...Kindness and Lament

Money never to be found or spare
Funny how people just sit there and stare
Honey now you know this really isn’t fair 
Sunny for those who genuinely care 
Affection for thos...

Categories: contemporaneous, international,
Form: Rhyme

Minimals

...MINIMALS
forthtelling
directionse
 magnifying
or truncating
the strong
or radial

a gathering
sense
of
humour
contemporaneous
melding
  visuality
into
a
conceptual
focus
breathed
...

Categories: contemporaneous, poetry,
Form: Other

Auld Lang Syne the Most Sung New Years Eve Song

...“Auld Lang Syne” - the most-sung New Year's Eve song

Courtesy Robert Burns
circa  (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)
the National Bard,
Bard of Ayrshire
and the Ploughman Poet.

Two hundred si...

Categories: contemporaneous, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Splash-Less Beyond Trees

...*Image of Tolumne River by Giphy.


Splash-less Beyond Trees


A river seeps forming a bend,
exposed to some serene calmness,
ere fumbling amidst a succession of boulders,
pettin...

Categories: contemporaneous, poetry, river, tree,
Form: Free verse

Smoke Signals

...Ask what the sage would see with eyes that see right through me
to gaze at a twinkling star and that faraway look could write pages, 
a book
that would be read for centuries to come.

The wise m...

Categories: contemporaneous, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme