Carousel Ride
...the clock strikes dusk
the sun fades away
a thousand golden lights blinks
to set the scene on fire
crowds carouse
for the merry-go-round
that bright crown of the carnival night
u...
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Categories:
cymbals, childhood, children, fun, joy,
Form: Imagism
A Night Out at the Carnival
...Under the inky façade of the night sky,
With reluctant steps, I joined the stream of men
Flowing to the place of the great celebration.
A huge crowd was already there in the temple p...
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Categories:
cymbals, celebration, feelings, night,
Form: Free verse
Take Time to Stay
...Fuchsia gives light to the cobalt blue sky
As the doves sing a lullaby
One tree frog croak while cricket chirps
And woodpecker's cymbals add their touch
Close your eyes and feel...
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Categories:
cymbals, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Journey on for the Moment
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if I could describe your soul it would be
clear mirror shattering forevermore
where pieces are jigsaw puzzles
not fitting, falling under oak table
stuck on persian carpet ex...
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Categories:
cymbals, allusion, change, character, destiny,
Form: Free verse
The Night New York Slept
...It was one solemn, long night,
Tenebrous with the astuteness of perfidy,
And multiple hours before the break of an
Impatient dawn.
Lampposts froze through the pergola of winter.
Limp from exposu...
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Categories:
cymbals, city, new york,
Form: Free verse
Every Remaining Last God
...Covered by cloud the out-of-sight tops of soaring towers,
Buckling under their own weight, beginning to topple from
Those airy heights;
The gaping breach - the once impregnable outer wall!
The i...
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Categories:
cymbals, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Yesterdays
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The shuttlecock's not got a feather
my balls have lost their tether
yo-yo and hula hoop have gone for a loop
chasing rainbow's become a boring chore
in any kind of weather
and me I fli...
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Categories:
cymbals, games, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
final destiny
...a crashing and thrashing
slamming and jamming
they fit together like lithium batteries in a robot
drummer is smashing the drums
cymbals crash
their eyes meet
forces beyond their control urge ...
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Categories:
cymbals, dance,
Form: Free verse
ABYSS
... ABYSS
Abyss, a Place of Redemption
solace space curling then unfurling
here we sail drowsy dark seas
no boats or oars, unaccompanied
converse with walrus and whales
black shimmer...
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Categories:
cymbals, allegory, change, character, color,
Form: Free verse
The Circus Narrative
...she hears the cheering,
the big drums, the cymbals
and daddy’s narrative.
…hears the crowd’s laughter,
the clown’s are after.
her heart beats rapidly
at the possibility
that the ...
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Categories:
cymbals, father daughter, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Invisible Books
...The ancient tomes speak of realms we cannot see. Wisdom waits to be rediscovered in forgotten corridors of stone where the past echoes through carvings and symbols. I stand at the threshold between w...
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Categories:
cymbals, appreciation, birth, books, death,
Form: Haibun
Murmurs of the Damned
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Silt collects at the outreaches of an ancient, murky marsh.
Twisted tendrils of white oleander form archaic symbols.
Deviant rituals, cocooned and lost eons ago, lie awash—
Taken to th...
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Categories:
cymbals, dark, gothic, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
ELEPHANT WOMAN
...{ emo music inspired poem }
ELEPHANT WOMAN
She is Elephant Woman
you cannot hide from her
in houses of brick or glass or
lined velvet curtains
whether it sits o...
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Categories:
cymbals, allegory, character, courage, dance,
Form: Free verse
WALLS
...Four beige walls
Streaked with yellow tar
Of too many smokes
Kerouac waiting with Brautigan on shelf
Once the mongrel beat
Long forgotten
And the jazz plays cymbals taps flare
Chaka boom cha...
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Categories:
cymbals, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Sutures
...Lightning sutures me
not leaving a single scar;
My smile starts to glow;
To myself I say,
‘Everything will be alright.’
Such a clear cut sign;
Natural cymbals
back up my internal source;
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Categories:
cymbals, emotions, feelings, hope, nature,
Form: Free verse
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