Metamorphosis
...Maybe it starts in this dimly lit room,
everything seems crystal clear alone.
Take in that serenity and trust it,
any time you are unsure? Seek.. ‘Voila!’
Make that moment start to scream,
open ...
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Categories:
dawdles, courage, emotions, introspection,
Form: Acrostic
Seyda Mint Sheikh, A Mother Plus
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In the garden of memories, a bloom so divine.
A mother's love, an eternal lifeline.
Reading the holy book, a melody that dawdles on.
She was holy and a saint like persona.
Through her Guid...
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Categories:
dawdles, mother,
Form: Free verse
Night Owl
...grabs a hat from the hatstand
fraught, he warps the midday sun
no apricating mellow touch
in haste, too early a venture
while camouflaged conspirators
beckon to no end, lest he dawdles
throug...
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Categories:
dawdles, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Restorative Splendor
...Written: September 11, 2023
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Don't fret, dear; let's wend off the strife,
Candor your winsome grace—embrace life.
With ...
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Categories:
dawdles, analogy, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
My Muse
...An exuberant falcon she is, isn’t she?
Being the aviator of my flight of thoughts.
Cares less she to heed, whenever in adoration, I
Do call her for a chat - she is ...
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Categories:
dawdles, imagination, inspiration, muse,
Form: Abecedarian
Valentine From Valley Forge
...Schuylkill Valley Encampment, February, 1778
Dearest Beloved,
This letter, penned with nature still enwrapped in winter’s shawl,
Might reach your hands by April, should it reach your hands at ...
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Categories:
dawdles, allegory, history, romantic,
Form: Lyric
Bells
...BELLS
I.
Bells has a tingling ring to it,
a jingledy-jangle silver tone.
The tympanic waltz, close knit —
angelic chorus of Christ’s throne.
And Winter parades its magic ...
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Categories:
dawdles, beautiful, christmas, dark, sound,
Form: Rhyme
The Opera of Dusk
...THE OPERA OF DUSK
Theatre of life dawdles on
Beyond that old and crumbling wall,
Where birds and insects come on stage
Dusk relaying a curtain call.
The city of stones pensive dwells
Lau...
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Categories:
dawdles, nature,
Form: Quatern
The Kiss
...It’s such a simple gesture that we show
to family and friends whene’er we meet;
a simple way to always let them know
we truly care to make this bond complete.
A kiss can come in oh so many ...
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Categories:
dawdles, emotions, for her, kiss,
Form: Sonnet
Cascading Reverie
...reverie dawdles
cascading down fount of life
irrigate Spring's grace
March 6, 2018...
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Categories:
dawdles, nature, water,
Form: Haiku
Weebles Wobble
...Weebles wobble
but they do fall down.
Once without windup whimsy weebles wobble writhing in wistful wiggly wattles,
they bubble, bobble, boggle, bottle and boondoggle coddles and dawdles;
a ...
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Categories:
dawdles, children, word play,
Form: Blitz
Autumn Dawdles
...Mosaics of gold and crimson;
follow the last migrating duck.
And barren soil littered with death;
stripped of its grandeur, turns to muck.
Autumn dawdles well past its end;
no longer p...
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Categories:
dawdles, autumn, beautiful, color, hyperbole,
Form: Quatrain
Wallflower
...On the edge she sits, a frail nonentity;
neither bloom nor spirit, nor secure identity,
as forlorn and shy she trembles, a man
asks her to dance, she must decline.
Stuck in a bubble, just missi...
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Categories:
dawdles, writing,
Form: Quatrain
Wallflower
...On the edge she sits, a frail nonentity;
neither bloom nor spirit, nor secure identity,
as forlorn and shy she trembles, a man
asks her to dance, she must decline.
Stuck in a bubble, just missi...
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Categories:
dawdles, solitude,
Form: Quatrain
Wallflower Repost
...On the edge she sits, a frail nonentity;
neither bloom nor spirit, nor secure identity,
as forlorn and shy she trembles, a man
asks her to dance, she must decline.
Stuck in a bubble, just missi...
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Categories:
dawdles, anxiety,
Form: Quatrain
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