Rhythm of a River
...river
flows in slow strides,
kissing the rocky shores,
to unknown lands, in great wonder.
fetters that bind are broken asunder.
its heart is deluged with a song
waves lap merry alon...
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Categories:
deluged, nature, river,
Form: Rictameter
A Stroke of Bad Luck
...The elderly Elmer Brown dwelled alone, like a solitary tree on a hill,
Loving quiet, glazed life still, in burgundy, sunset moments of until.
A widower, Elmer Brown had generations of off...
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Categories:
deluged, fantasy, imagery, nature, nursery
Form: Couplet
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:
deluged, cry, environment, fire, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Inner Visions
...Blinks of teary-filled eyes see on at a diplegic self
yet mindful transparency is willing me back
Back to my body as sinful warning zones
alarming have deluged my mind
Seized are my wi...
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Categories:
deluged, analogy, dream, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
The Israel-Gaza War
...On October the 7th, the precarious peace
of the disputed ancient lands began to cease.
The enraged avengers brought the Al-Aqsa flood
that deluged the Re'im music festival with blood.
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Categories:
deluged, military, war,
Form: Free verse
I Saw God, but Now What
...Line of inquiry:
“Yes, I affirm, I have seen God
But He appeared and then disappeared
This knowing that transcends mind, left me awed
But until what’s imbibed is assimilated, by fears I’m seared”...
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Categories:
deluged, anxiety, character, god,
Form: Free verse
Ready to be Swallowed
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A giant road is emerging. My sandy path
is ready to be swallowed. Gambol, amble,
ramble, saunter, stride… My way knows
a variety of my gaits. This is a stamped
path in my gene as an elep...
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Categories:
deluged, sad,
Form: Free verse
Rain
...Yesterday I was in the parched, red desert, where it pours only seldom,
Bearing joy for varicolored cacti blooms, a silvery shower, very welcome.
This morning I deluged the green, pathless ...
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Categories:
deluged, flower, fruit, joy, nature,
Form: Personification
AR
...clouds carry river
rains flood and destruct on earth
land deluged in pain...
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Categories:
deluged, rain,
Form: Haiku
Convene from Keepers Rebellious Gallery
...Brother. O Brother.
O when when we were callow
In days young Shakers of the movement before
gray & silver turned our locks we held in idol
Spree even damned were we
Lessen a very...
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Categories:
deluged, 11th grade, conflict, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Search For Tomorrow
...On the brittle bank of a placid river full of settled silt,
with bricks and mortar of my labor a house I’ve built.
I make it a home in the sunny days with utmost care,
a happy home where l...
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Categories:
deluged, analogy, angst, hope, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Sage Tidings
...Deluged with the nostalgic era of you,
Your lush verdant scent lining
Wistful sentiments upon idle reflections
Scattered in fragments and fine dustings, as
I acquaint myself with futile intric...
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Categories:
deluged, death, grandparents, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Storm In a Butterfly House
...It rained for 3 days,
drenching torrents plunged down
as if a dam had breached.
There was some local flooding
but by and large only minor damage
a lot of litter and flotsam though
‘sky wreckage...
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Categories:
deluged, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Frameless a Freed Verse
...FRAMELESS
materialised
from shadows
diluted
sonorities
evoke
a
muffled
montage
as
prelude
drifting
through a
world half-awake
on a
promenade
of reverie
images faded
turned...
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Categories:
deluged, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Flood
...Strangers staring, father frowning
as the crickets chirp in the deluged duplex,
Sydney swims towards the stairs,
looks like no water wets here, she said,
father follows further,
where's litt...
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Categories:
deluged, animal, children, family,
Form: Verse
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