contrariety
...contrariety
brown thrasher takes morning bath....
doves, hummers, fly in
small and large birdbaths offer
water consolation prize...
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Categories:
contrariety, bird,
Form: Tanka
A Heart's Melody
...*Image of Music Heart by Pixabay.
A Heart's Melody
Harmony palpitates...conducts the abandoned chamber,
albeit, interludes providently...kept in tune with themselves.
The metered...
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Categories:
contrariety, extended metaphor, heart, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Did You Ever
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Did you ever look at empty space and imagine
The brilliance that structured its existence
Did you ever call your best friend by the same
Rotten name he just called you
Did you ever...
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Categories:
contrariety, appreciation, endurance, history, memory,
Form: Free verse
A Poem For My Orion
...A poem for my Orion
Who cowers in the sky
For many years, his faithful hunting dog
Was always by his side.
“Orion you are iniquitous,
You do not shine so bright.”
The dog's thoughts were...
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Categories:
contrariety, absence, anger, betrayal, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Democracy Kills
...Subjects queue for choices less seldom
sewn seeds ready to sprout,
fleeting moments of freedom,
governments consumed in filth and grout.
Primordial resistance prepares,
soldiers wait and scout,
dem...
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Categories:
contrariety, peace, political, war
Form: Dramatic Monologue