Speed Limits
...They pose with the austere stares of
Loving, friendly ghosts —tall, gaunt and lissome,
With big, rounded head.
Draped in weathered robes of care,
They are the only guardian spirits we see.
They ...
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Categories:
crankshafts, society,
Form: Free verse
The Country Bus
...There was a time
In the not distant past
When farmers would sell their wares
Of fruits and vegetables they had planted
To feed the town folks, and balance a budget
In exchange, for clothes, sun...
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Categories:
crankshafts, adventure, travel,
Form: Free verse
Working Class
...I. Daybreak
what glint of morning
is this where the rusty bloom of chain link fences
cuts the turf of rowhouses
the weeds still talk with the legs
of crickets as the post-dawn moon
fades li...
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Categories:
crankshafts, allusion, class, culture, freedom,
Form: Political Verse
Diy For a Carousel of Dreams
...Covid 19 leaves restless kiddies with parents’ imagination at home
So why not create fantasy in the lounge for a resilient pleasure dome
Grannies’ chest of drawers comes alive as a goal with la...
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Categories:
crankshafts, endurance,
Form: Rhyme