Orange
...Orange peel. Scent fresh but bitter,
tangible in taste and air. A circle in fruit
that dangles and is turned, twisted from
branch. The challenge to keep the
peel whole, no break. Sink teeth into...
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Categories:
dangles, color,
Form: Free verse
The World is Bleeding
...The world is bleeding
We stand at the edge of a precipice,
Looking in fear on our Earth,
Boiling, bubbling, and steaming,
With pools of blood flowing.
Warplanes blanket the sky.
V...
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Categories:
dangles, angst, death, war,
Form: Free verse
Though an atheist
...Though an atheist..
please oh lord brace and fix me with monetary salvation
After umpteen times being swindled
reducing me to abject poverty
psyche of mine
broke into a bajillion little pieces...
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Categories:
dangles, absence, abuse, analogy, angel,
Form: Free verse
What You Eating? A Letter to Friendship, Fur, and Fried Calamari
...Our story began behind bars with the broken,
Displaying our armor with truths left unspoken.
Through the gates each day, our counselor hats on,
Where pain wore a face, and hope felt long gone.
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Categories:
dangles, best friend, care, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Loose Ends, Intently Tangling
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Loose ends left dangling make you nervous.
They crave a neat knot-tie for a conclusion.
A bow to seal, a ribbon to heal,
like shoe-laces they want to be retied,
to not trip you up.
For loose ...
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Categories:
dangles, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Know Ye Thy No-No’s
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Know ye thy No-No’s, mark 'em well,
Lest their folly trap thee in their spell.
Lick ye not the pie before it be cooled,
For hasty tongues are so easily fooled.
Pluck ye not the fruit that dan...
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Categories:
dangles, courage, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Point of No Return
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A crescent moon dangles in the distance,
whilst meteors jet across Prussian blue heavens,
leaving trails of grey ash in their wake.
An abnormal, elongated silence creeps through threadbare t...
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Categories:
dangles, angst, conflict, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Con Man Gil B Shift
...The lights dim, and a single spotlight illuminates the dude speaker/He adjusts the microphone the voice, and when it comes, it is strong.) The Confidence Man)/
He's not a robber with a gun and mask...
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Categories:
dangles, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Tower Of Magic
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when elixir of moon drips wine
into the crystal goblet of magic
this late night beguiles my skin, reeling
on a Friday parade of lights;
my hips oh so beckon, swaggering t...
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Categories:
dangles, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
Safety Net
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The safety net dangles
blows, twists, and turns
in the increasing winds
cut from its moorings,
and the people fall
grasping for
the shredded and useless
remains
evisceration of social pr...
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Categories:
dangles, america, anti bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Drawn Heart Esquire
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Written: April 09, 2025,
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I will be faithful and reveal to you the facts,
You are mine in life and as soul, subtract.
Because when I die, all fabl...
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Categories:
dangles, appreciation, cute love,
Form: Rhyme
Loving You
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it's in the way you look at me
a look that borders on eternity
i bask in being your object of desire
beneath a moon that dangles by a wire
in our world valentine's day is every day
loving...
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Categories:
dangles, appreciation, beautiful, happy, love,
Form: Rhyme
Roots and Resilience
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Written: March 08, 2025
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The silence keeps us apart—
quivering quietly near the cusp of dawn,
when hushed voices disappear.
It can be both tu...
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Categories:
dangles, confusion, identity,
Form: Free verse
Bold
...If courage will take me through this life
give me more of it, if passion will elevate
me to the mountain top, immerse me in it
and if love should die a thousand times rekindle it
draw the distanc...
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Categories:
dangles, adventure, america, beauty, blessing,
Form: Narrative
The Lie
...The Lie
I am an insect waiting to be squashed!
I stare hard at the ground
as if fascinated, enthralled by it
while, above, eyes of cold-cobalt
wait to gouge and burrow out
any self-belie...
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Categories:
dangles, anger, anxiety, father, father
Form: Free verse
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