Rinkydinks: Volume 2
...Q: Who is the current Chief of Staff?
A: The resident President.
Q: What is an old, lame, deaf, half-blind Sherlock Holmes?
A: A defective detective.
Q: Who is the magician who ate all the pa...
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Categories:
cotillion, humor,
Form: I do not know?
Realizing Beauty
...In the underbelly of the behemoth,
where darkness devours the light,
lies the truth - a macabre cotillion
of vice and virtue, forever swirling,
a maddening waltz of the dualistic kiss....
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Categories:
cotillion, beautiful, dark, deep, extended
Form: Free verse
DANCES ARE SQUARE
...DANCES ARE SQUARE
There are some dances where different people meet
Exchanging partners enhances the social opportunity
When one glances at another, it makes it all complete...
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Categories:
cotillion, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Between Reality and Understanding
...A thought arose...
In Hegel's great dialectic cotillion,
Time transcends as the Absolute emerges,
From deep submersion.
Veritably idealistic path to verity.
It is all about History!
While S...
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Categories:
cotillion, introspection, philosophy, psychological, word
Form: Free verse
Come Join the Dance
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Sweet
Primrose
Modestly
Presents herself
At a midwinter
Cotillion, opening
Herself to the enchantment
Of warm Spring's coming arrival.
She calls sisters: Daffodil, Tulip
And shy Butte...
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Categories:
cotillion, spring,
Form: Etheree
Fluttering in Moonlight
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Their fluttering starts in moonlight
When Luna reaches zenith height
She croons as butterflies take flight
Magical night Magical night
I was in awe without askance
Mesmer...
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Categories:
cotillion, butterfly, dance, moon,
Form: Monorhyme
Social and Political Pulse
...Written 24, 2023, For Robert James Liguori Politics Contest
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Politics is what triggers nations to collide.
A place where powe...
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Categories:
cotillion, analogy, appreciation, corruption, political,
Form: Rhyme
To the Nines
...Dressed to the nines, but with a lethal twist,
her cover blown, enacts her exit plan.
Those lips, a deep vermillion, never missed;
cotillion entrance stops hearts for a span.
A needle in the brac...
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Categories:
cotillion, betrayal,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Vermillion Raindrops
...Dreams are nocturnal flowers, blooming when the sun has strayed far enough that we can see clearly. ~Terri Guillemets
Vermillion raindrops
By the millions
Falling around me
Like a co...
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Categories:
cotillion, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Fully Autumn
...Fully Autumn
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A fine, clear creek
Trickling water
Flows long on by,
As Earth presents
Such a festive
Winding valley’s show.
Sun’s rays sigh.
Sprinkling lights shift nigh.
So so...
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Categories:
cotillion, color, dance, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Shared Journeys
...We used to share dreams;
thoughts, my sister and me.
I occupied the top bunk, she the lower
in the cold, dank bedroom
we once inhabited from dusk to dawn.
Not prophetic dreams, the future;
we...
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Categories:
cotillion, dream, emotions, journey, sister,
Form: Free verse
Sophia's Abc Masquerade Ball
...Sophia's ABC Masquerade Ball
A masquerade ball of wisdom’s wisdom in a wink and a smile
Blessings in disguise –uncovered - not hidden in plain sight
Costume ball for aha moments comfortable in t...
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Categories:
cotillion, dance, wisdom,
Form: ABC
Love Letter From the Soul Xlviii
...You,
Veiled in the mysteries of light
black cutting off the white
unmasked in the cotillion
of life
no debutanted call
you said left, I was right
patience holding close
an ...
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Categories:
cotillion, love,
Form: Romanticism
The Grand Jam Cotillion
...
Ah, at a magnificent place 'twas
this ball held!
With gorgeous jam debutantes,
arriving one by one.
Sorry you were not there!
To behold the debutantes and
their escorts gliding down the
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Categories:
cotillion, celebration, dance, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Six-Word Couplet Series Encore
...Autumn
Chilled breezes blow.
Warm firesides glow.
Pumpkins
Orange and round
Litter the ground.
Skies
Hold November rains.
Soak gentle plains.
Maple Trees
D...
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Categories:
cotillion, autumn,
Form: Couplet
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