Reflection in the dark
...Through Amazon's treaded path, I tread unaware.
Each step, each breath a calculated dare.
Moonlight dances on a lake's dark face
Divided waters, like my forgotten past's dark place.
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Categories:
deliberateness, 12th grade, deep, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry
...Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry
Whether arsonist at fault
or confluence of ripe conditions
triggering perfect firestorm,
the titan of fire beside himself with misery,
though...
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Categories:
deliberateness, cry, environment, fire, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Electorate on tenterhooks until
...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2024 presidential election announced
Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning
November fifth two thousand twenty four
heightene...
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Categories:
deliberateness, america, anger, anxiety, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Village Goddesses
...Husband constantly beating and batting,
His kiths, like allies, consciously hitting;
Father-in-law, in his way commanding,
Mother-in-law, dire duties demanding;
Neighbors mocking at physical dark...
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Categories:
deliberateness, life, moving on, satire,
Form: Free verse
Electorate On Tenterhooks Until
...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2020 presidential election announced
Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning November third two thousand twenty
heightened tensi...
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Categories:
deliberateness, 12th grade, bullying, change,
Form: Free verse
Here In This Place Today
...V
Indeed, it is so far, far, far back where last I
Stood in sight of all her unnerving ambiguities...
This overstated manner inborn of an innate
And intimidating elegance. ...
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Categories:
deliberateness, betrayal, myth,
Form: Rhyme
What My Mamma Said
...I am the kiss of light as the dawn breaks,
a representation of promise and endless possibilities
As delicate a beauty as the flutter of a butterfly
atop the brightest bloom
I speak not of a mere...
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Categories:
deliberateness, appreciation, beauty, giving, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Spectrums, Tints and Shades
...Spectrums, Tints and Shades
Like the painter’s palette awash with hues and tones – white to tint and black to shade, greys scattered in between:
What risks we run:
Shaving a little too close ...
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Categories:
deliberateness, africa, culture, , western,
Form: Free verse