Dandelion Dreams
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the dandelion weeps
as a summer sun melts away
each dewdrop,
reflecting the morning
winds resolving to accompany
the hesitant chirps,
songs of hope, of grace
feelings whispering
to...
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Categories:
deathlike, appreciation, flower, yellow,
Form: Free verse
Shooting Star
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“Some people are like shooting stars. They burst through our lives in a spectacular arc, but they don't stay long. They just leave a trail.” - Erica Orloff, Illuminated
Stars doubt the night
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Categories:
deathlike, appreciation, inspiration, poetry, rain,
Form: Free verse
Lessons Learned
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On the edge of the leaf, spinning,
Out of control, glistening
Slowly dancing – a waltzlike trembling,
glad to see the hesitation of colors,
graceful as sun’s reflection on the waters,
lakes ...
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Categories:
deathlike, appreciation, blessing, dream, surreal,
Form: Free verse
The Hungry Stones X
...As I was set to go out on my horse
One eve, despite pleads to stay from my course,
Prone I was to take my hat from the rack,
A whirlwind crested from the dusty tract,
Lifting dead leaves from...
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Categories:
deathlike, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Narrative
The Face of a Hero
...Heroes have many faces
Despite their deathlike pallor
The sum of any soldier
Is measured by their valor
The fear they feel in battle
But never ever flinches
Is purely a reflection
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Categories:
deathlike, war,
Form: Rhyme
Bilocation
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When light erases the mist falling softly
Against a quiet morning,
Life becomes eager to begin again,
Like the start of something wonderful,
It stirs awake the flames of faith,
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Categories:
deathlike, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, god,
Form: Free verse
Quiescent
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“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” -Elizabeth Lawrence
Still, soft colors
like blushing roses,
dew kissed, dancin...
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Categories:
deathlike, appreciation, autumn, inspiration, peace,
Form: Free verse
Preaching Peace
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Trembling in the silence of a fresh snowfall, awaiting the struggle of laughter and tears, the beautiful that comes from stars shadowed by flakes so gentle they seem to speak silence into the spi...
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Categories:
deathlike, appreciation, beautiful, january, peace,
Form: Verse
Weight of Sin
...Heavy as sin,
Trusting nothing, no one,
Never more than a distant fog,
Secreting the promises,
Fading into the yesterdays,
Stirring stars, shimmering
Resting on the night, breathless
As dayb...
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Categories:
deathlike, blessing, christian, forgiveness, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Immortal Elves
...(~Boast~)
A year is but a mere blink,
A century is just a sigh.
We dream awake, we sleep to think,
Let time pass, long enough for trees to dry.
(~Confusion~)
Centuries old, young for our eyes...
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Categories:
deathlike, confusion, fantasy, grief, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Munch On This - 'Love and Pain' 1895
...At first glance ...
Amid turbulent strokes
and vivid hues,
eyes mesmerized by
maiden's molten-red mane—
Love and Pain
Gently kissing
her lover's nape
in tender embrace,
while Pain's
lurki...
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Categories:
deathlike, art, love, pain, perspective,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Spirit of Darkness
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the winds breathe in evenings soul of darkness
and night comes trailing a gown, black and velvety
inky i n k y black, deeply mysterious and moonless
an endless canopy
a deat...
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Categories:
deathlike, night,
Form: Free verse
Akin Twin Invisible Presence Coaxing Paranormal
...Akin twin invisible presence coaxing...paranormal
Action across ouija board
herald Faustian bargain
as fingers of left hand appear to move
planchette of their own accord...
inexplicably, silen...
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Categories:
deathlike, adventure, anxiety, body, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Cyclone
...Marvelous Maxine Hunkel, heroine cyclone,
With her amazing power gets anyone blown...!
Through her abductor scientist Morrow the mad,
With vast violent velocity she got clad...!
Her simple s...
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Categories:
deathlike, hero,
Form: Couplet
A Broken Heart
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I am the woman
Whose heart cried
Life began with love
Only to soon find
I’d be silenced
By the pain
In shadows, stirring
Echoes of lost prayer
Fading like a gentle rain
Yearning...
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Categories:
deathlike, break up, heart, longing,
Form: Free verse
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