Coast of Maine
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A QUIET RETREAT: PART ONE
I retreated to the edge of Maine,
To a beachside estate where thoughts remain
Unsettled, swirling with cloud and tide
A love poem’s seed buried deep inside.
A h...
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Categories:
delectation, allegory,
Form: Couplet
Filched formerly anatomical slender man me! Thus I take a pot belly stance!
...Filched formerly anatomical slender man - me! Thus I take a pot belly stance!
Absolute zero escape
velocity gutted dance
sing days (contra and square),
cuz metabolic full abundance
abdominal a...
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Categories:
delectation, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
thanks Santa
...Let's wax poetic - wax on..
We’re in for it
When we enter
the insubstantial country of love
That secret theater, in an invisible mansion of moods
it’s a resort that houses its share of...
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Categories:
delectation, boyfriend, christmas, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
My Flannel Shirt
...You standing there looking so innocent
and sexy, biting your lip
Smiling so guile-y and your hair
Cascading around your face
Over your shoulders and styled by JBF
You standing a bit awkwa...
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Categories:
delectation, clothes, longing, sensual, sexy,
Form: Prose Poetry
I REMEMBER my yesteryears
...I REMEMBER (1)
Candles & nightlights
flickering bright
blackout curtains
shutting out light
Dripping setting
from Sunday's roast
spread thick
on Monday's toast
Paper chains
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Categories:
delectation, art, childhood, nostalgia, youth,
Form: Rhyme
pompons
...pimpernel on my thighs
eloquence and delectation
conversations with the wise
reveal to me which death i must die.
lily in the valley
bravery passion and determination
whatever has to be done...
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Categories:
delectation, 12th grade, visionary,
Form: Free verse
CLERIHEW ecphrasis XXIII
...Putting on the style at Grande Yatte*
'stipletized' by Georges Seurat
in pointillist perfection
on the eye a 'delectation'...
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Categories:
delectation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Appeal to Poetry
...We enjoy reading poems from the past.
They describe those ages, their horrors.
Should we regret delectation as we suck in,
and smile at, repugnance, misery, sadness?
Should we repel such poems ...
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Categories:
delectation, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Halcyon
...Written: October 3rd, 2023
"Man is graced as he loves, and love never fails. This river will lead life to its afar haven, where they can relish halcyon days and starry nights." By Poet...
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Categories:
delectation, analogy, appreciation, beauty, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Tuesday Memory
...three thirty, exact
the bell
jangled
gathered my coat
foregoing
the afterschool
match
tuesday
my weekly treat
awaited on gran's
baking tray
I opened
the back door
a...
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Categories:
delectation, food, nostalgia,
Form: Bio
Tuesday Memory
...three thirty, exact
foregoing
the afterschool
match
tuesday
my weekly treat
awaits on gran's
baking tray
arriving there
a spicy aroma
fiiled the air
it was freshly baked
my
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Categories:
delectation, food, memory,
Form: Bio
Didactic Delectation
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Adonai authors all,
anticipates all,
altruistically acts,
accomodating* acrimonious aliens,
allowing adoptive access.
Beloved bestows blessing,
begetting bliss,
birthing born-again...
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Categories:
delectation, blessing,
Form: Abecedarian
Fire and Brimstone
...FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
Whitened collar, fixedly starched
To the ultimate limits of self-perfection,
Points righteous, crooked finger
At an open-mouthed assembly,
Crouching beneath thick-
Eyeb...
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Categories:
delectation, abuse, addiction, corruption, hate,
Form: Free verse
Filched Physiognomy Mine Revisited
...Filched Physiognomy – Mine revisited!
Absolute zero escape
velocity guts dance
sing days (contra and square),
cuz metabolic full abundance
abdominal adipose tissue acceptance
not in accordanc...
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Categories:
delectation, absence, addiction, age, angst,
Form: Free verse
Those Pair of Latent Eyes
...She has a pair of subtle eyes to brood in forlorn,
the vile tale of heart rending cacophonic dissolution.
Those eyes were meek, never crude
to yearn the ties of proximity longed!
Those meek ador...
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Categories:
delectation, care, conflict, creation, deep,
Form: Free verse
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