FORGE AHEAD
... FORGE AHEAD
Forge ahead, spines are steel
anger, tragedy, treachery heal
betrayal merely a step on ladders
Golden Age arises, Kali Age passes
fragrant oysters in Bloomsbury Blue
man...
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Categories:
coppered, age, blue, change, character,
Form: Couplet
daddy died alone in his home
...daddy died alone in his home
ashtrays with cigarette butts completely hoarded his deathbed
the smell of smoke almost immediately made my eyes turn red
i regret the 15 years since i last saw him
h...
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Categories:
coppered, dad, death, growth, how
Form: Free verse
peaceful prize
...The last resort of the department store
Purchasing my bones in the flesh
Native thorns contempting robes
Reciprocities without enough city
Familiar silvers behind glass windows
Tracking of least...
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Categories:
coppered, absence, abuse, allegory, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Onyx Clouds and Opal Dreams
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Written: January 30, 2025
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Beneath February breath,
a fugue of magic hues—
embers of crimson,
coppered caramel trill
as maples s...
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Categories:
coppered, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Free verse
In the Hazy Light
...Variegated streaks
criss-crossing,
soothing lavender
then fiery maroon,
with belts of amber
in between.
Slate blue bluffs
catch the sun before it lands,
dipping into the rippling orange
o...
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Categories:
coppered, color, light, mountains, nature,
Form: Free verse
Winter Shine
...A rippling light beam tumbles, intriguingly
Dreaming in coppered intensity
And swirling loudly in glit·ter·y
Whilst winter cavorts playfully...
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Categories:
coppered, winter,
Form: Free verse
Nature's Draw
...A rasping autumn's evening rings
Caressing in coppered exultation
Rising gently in satisfaction
And winter coming dances merrily
Time lifts with quiet dignity
In the starlit nighty
A cloud ...
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Categories:
coppered, nature,
Form: Free verse
Painting With Stardust
...From night to night
I searched in a distant sky
To catch a falling star
To collect its silver dust
which fell ever so slow
upon the life-lines of my hand-palm.
From night to night
I se...
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Categories:
coppered, metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Where the Vision Visits
...Kentucky's late summer sunshine
sunk deep into their skin
as the boy rode on the back
of his Grandfather's coppered horse,
the tobacco harvest would begin soon,
aromas of sweet leaf darkness
we...
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Categories:
coppered, christian, heart, hope, ,
Form: Epic
Winter's Easing
...Lifting winds cut through the trees
Scouring all of coppered leaves,
Now swirling in the autumn sky,
To flutter down, like butterflies.
Winter now, she bides her time
For soon enough her clock...
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Categories:
coppered, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Fin My Next Life
...In my nest (next) life
give me, rock hard commitments
unwavering strengths of true love
pomegranate lips full of passion
colored within deep ruby red
promises
skin darken with airbrushed, co...
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Categories:
coppered, dark, death, lost love,
Form: I do not know?
Heaven Cent
...A penny placed with charming grace
upon a rail of steel with haste
spreads copper bright between the space
A penny placed with charming grace
becomes a treasured resting place
for earth bound a...
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Categories:
coppered, fantasy, children, love, children,
Form: Triolet