Summer Perdition
...after 'Berck-Plage' by Sylvia Plath
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A sheet of glass, this expanse of water.
How its tranquillity mocks my unrest.
Bloated beachballs and balloons
travel the park and...
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Categories:
coverlets, abortion, loss, summer,
Form: Free verse
Beneath Darkling Coverlets
...Some flowers bloom well into twilight,
moonlight mesmerizes them,
leads them into dreams of distant dawns.
The velvet drapes of summer
do not offend them,
rather they entice
as they bathe
wi...
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Categories:
coverlets, poetry,
Form: Free verse
First Snow
...It's a winter wonderland
pure, pristine, clean,
cleansed of the darkness
given to the transition of the light
release from the cold blackness of night.
The morning sun rise glistens
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Categories:
coverlets, allusion, appreciation, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
One Hundred Eighty-Days Ago Today
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One hundred eighty one days ago today,
Jews began their day, as usual in every way.
Jumped out of their beds and prayers. were said.
They dressed and fixed coverlets on their beds.
Mother...
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Categories:
coverlets, death, deep, evil, in
Form: Rhyme
Dear Dada
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Dear dada
add an “ist”
to it all
I reject
in the face
of it all
Aestheticism
true beauty
is found in the
ugliness of it all
peaking out
under coverlets
of mud
throwi...
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Categories:
coverlets, art, muse, poets, satire,
Form: Free verse
Afterglow Is the Best of Lights
...Some flower in the twilight,
the dark does not assault them
they succumb upon a dusky breath.
How unlike is the glaring light?
How it enslaves and pinions
each stem with a fiery eye.
Love m...
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Categories:
coverlets, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Epitome of Sublime
...Sometimes when I am lonely, by myself
I look through the volumes on the shelf,
And try to find gems hidden in the pages
Treasures of truth written by wise sages,
Sometimes I laugh, and...
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Categories:
coverlets, appreciation, books, literature, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
My Winter Wishes
...My wishes are for Earth beings to quiet
and hear the whispers of a star-filled night.
Listen to snowflakes as they gently fall
Hear the music of a winter bird's call.
Breathe in soft quietness,...
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Categories:
coverlets, appreciation, bird, care, cry,
Form: Couplet
Art Is All Around Us
...Yesterday I wrote poem how about how when the ocean waves meet the land they leave little drawings in their wake…little artworks in the sand.
Marilyn, and old friend from my Ohio high school days ...
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Categories:
coverlets, art, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Moss Garden
...Moss on the shaded ledge
spreads across the rooftop of the shed
gluing shut the shingles edge,
sun reflects the spurt
lemon yellows, lime green patchworks
gathered quilted coverlets ...
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Categories:
coverlets, analogy, garden, green,
Form: Rhyme
Awakening
...Awakening
Came awake.
Silent stygian darkness,
Lit only by the pale, yellow night light far down the hallway
And the harsh stark whiteness of the beside alarm dial.
The stuttering staccato o...
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Categories:
coverlets, health,
Form: Free verse
Brief Pleasures of the Night
...Some flowers bloom well into twilight,
the dark does not assault them
it folds gently, it entices,
it allows flowers to succumb
but for a little while.
How unlike is the glaring light?
How it...
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Categories:
coverlets, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Just Two Doves
...Just two doves,
with two dove-lets;
tiny hatchlings,
in feathered coverlets.
Just two doves,
turned into four;
a tiny family,
that I adore.
Just two doves,
and their kin;
how...
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Categories:
coverlets, animal, bird, earth, nature,
Form: Free verse
Midnight On the Clock
...Midnight on the Clock
Midnight gray blocks out the stars
in racing steams of flowing clouds.
Moon light hides behind windy puffs
of smoky filtered white.
October nights are cooled by lingerin...
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Categories:
coverlets, dark, time,
Form: Narrative
Hats
...Hats are such a marvel,
when the weather is so garbled,
A multitude of quick coverlets to warm the brain
protect the head from snow, wind and rain.
A dapper, flamboyant chapeau
to quic...
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Categories:
coverlets, cool, february, wind,
Form: Couplet
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