Time's Charade
...The maple trees red tinge sounds the alarm
Begins a blushing curtsy, bowing slow
For Autumn’s but a fleeting warmth’s farewell
The heat of passions peak prepared to go
Weep not as lover’s petal...
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Categories:
curtsy, passion, seasons, time,
Form: Sonnet
A Leaf
...Meditating on the season, I
took notice of a leaf's dramatic
fall -- a fascinating journey: a
quarter past first marvelous budding~
soon unfolding into towering
presence...now~ dynamic
parting:...
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Categories:
curtsy, autumn, celebration, environment, imagery,
Form: Free verse
THE ROYAL ROBE
...A man went from Prince to King
Inherited his father’s throne and crown
Living in a castle in wide open spaces through the colony
Excellence and Elegance style
Beauty of sparkling sequence of the ...
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Categories:
curtsy, appreciation, care, celebration, character,
Form: Free verse
A-May-Zing
...Old familiar tune of Happy Birthday,
Along its line I fell in love with May.
As long as I remember from the start,
It etched for good into my childhood heart.
On the same date as ...
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Categories:
curtsy, birthday,
Form: Couplet
On Crenshaw
...
on crenshaw
carousing in cavernous cafes
slicing into earthen skin
the meat dancers bring it to a boil
they murder the rug
they scrounge for earth worms
the fish head girls bob like sea bir...
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Categories:
curtsy, america, memory,
Form: Free verse
Leading Lady
...You don't know me
Who I am
You don't want to
You never have
But when I tell you this
You get mad
So you'd have me just pretend?
Smile and nod?
To the bitter end?
So as not to break your spel...
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Categories:
curtsy, anger, change, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
The Violinist RSVPs
...
common courtesy…
mark of decency… a bow
… a graceful curtsy
...
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Categories:
curtsy, appreciation, humanity, music,
Form: Senryu
How do we explore - - the depths of an abyss
...In thickened woodlands there are hidden falls
noticed by few and you stop - nature calls,
you gaze rapt in wonder as waters flow
into the depths of caves no creatures go.
If you have wings, fly...
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Categories:
curtsy, nature,
Form: Sonnet
The Romantic View
...
Honeysuckle breathes in the shallow wind,
Life's lapel, with a side of ground scouting gopher.
Great rusted machines peak the interest
of the flower children who blossom
in t...
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Categories:
curtsy, angel,
Form: Free verse
WINTER SONATA
...Flakes, like a lady’s gloves,
gently pulled off
finger by finger,
one by one,
laid upon her lap.
The lay of land, it’s lap
of snowy-white
glows in the velvety twilight
of Winter’s...
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Categories:
curtsy, imagery, snow, winter,
Form: Free verse
Graceful Flowers
...Graceful blossoms frolic in our garden midst bliss
what a sight to behold; I would not like to miss…
Graceful sunflowers sway gaily with wind waltzes
petals stay cleaving while celest...
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Categories:
curtsy, appreciation, blessing, christian, creation,
Form: Couplet
Sea Minuet
...Sea Minuet
Prima donna restless surf
Dance on shoreline turf
Crash to augmented beat
Trip light fantastical fleet
Pirouette high and low
Gracefully curtsy, as you go
Effervescent tutu foam...
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Categories:
curtsy, sea, water,
Form: Rhyme
The Peril
...You are all vehement and gutsy
Putting across even the wrong forcefully
With vulgarity drawing a bow or curtsy
From a righteous man smeared shamefully
You care not for truth but to win
Teasi...
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Categories:
curtsy, god, life,
Form: Rhyme
Zydeco House Party
...The bayou sky flies a catfish moon over swamp gators
And cottonmouth vipers. Accordions, fiddles, and rub board vests
Make their ramble through the undergrowth hot on the trail
Of a sultry midsu...
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Categories:
curtsy, allegory, america, celebration,
Form: Blank verse
Sketching the Ballerina
...*** Sketching the Ballerina ***
It is well, quite well after midnight.
My pup lies fagged on the blanket
as close to me as possible.
The young ballerina sits slightly slumped
On a bench a...
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Categories:
curtsy, angst, anxiety, beauty, dance,
Form: Prose Poetry
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