Because He Loves You
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I saw your lips moving ever so infrequently.
There was silence; yet I heard you.
I also beheld your eyes. They were open
wide, wisely listening to every word.
I could feel the sponges of yo...
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Categories:
depositing, god, youth,
Form: Free verse
Black Love is Forever
...She has the richness of Egyptian chocolate melting within the rivers of her skin
Each time her membrane washes to the banks of my thoughts I can hear the voices of black wall street singing
Black ...
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Categories:
depositing, america, anger, beautiful, black
Form: Blank verse
Renewal of Faith
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Renewal of faith at dawn
Despair as day dwindles to dusk
Ascension with the rise of the moon ~
Depositing my soul with the Almighty soon
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Categories:
depositing, faith, god, moon, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A MINISTER RETIRES: SOLILOQUY
...A MINISTER RETIRES :
SOLILOQUY
I arise as infant Phoenix
from Akasha ashes
counterparts frozen
with foibles intact
a still Arctic of death
sheath for recalibration
Source Light bre...
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Categories:
depositing, change, character, emotions, extended
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Radish
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The ugliest radish,
My mother made me eat.
Even saw the darn thing in my sleep!
Not round and red,
But purple and lumpy.
Still the thing made me squirm and fe...
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Categories:
depositing, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
God Is Good
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Goodness doesn't always inspire,
Or worth too much in the world's desire
Despite its benevolent attire.
Its value is stored as treasure,
Stacked up like gold per heaven's measure.
Goodnes...
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Categories:
depositing, god,
Form: Acrostic
Settling
...The headline read: “Low deposits and fair repayments!”
The offer of a lifetime, the promise of a lifeline for you and those you love.
But “deposits” aren’t just in money when we’re low in depositin...
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Categories:
depositing, class,
Form: Rhyme
Nod To Greed
...His was a lifetime
spent grabbing
storing
stashing
garnering
stealing
collecting
depositing
amassing...
try-try-trying to fill
his soul hole carved deep
from a youth
fr...
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Categories:
depositing, death, growing up, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Shower
...The rain came down suddenly like madman beating on the roof, knocking on doors and spilling its vengeance on the floor.
I couldn’t stand to see the water digging out the wounds in the tree runnin...
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Categories:
depositing, absence, deep, emotions, endurance,
Form: Narrative
Felt
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"Felt"
some people
have magic
in their bones
it speaks
another language
silencing the
Kurdaitcha Man
seen pointing
unnecessarily
without conviction
time is...
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Categories:
depositing, magic, muse, poetry,
Form: Narrative
Paul Valery Translation of Secret Ode
...PAUL VALERY TRANSLATION: “SECRET ODE”
“Secret Ode” is a poem by the French poet Paul Valéry about collapsing after a vigorous dance, watching the sun set, and seeing the immensity of the night sky...
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Categories:
depositing, dance, french, night, sea,
Form: Free verse
The Bird
...The air is dancing beneath the ground depositing a strange sensation in my bones. The fire flies are flying from tree to tree mapping out a path for my final destiny. I have been waiting here for day...
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Categories:
depositing, absence, break up, change,
Form: Narrative
Ocean Walk
...under a delightful moon
air silvermist due to drizzling rain
a pale patina rode wavetops
of the mystic sea
creamy waters washed across my feet
depositing opaline conchs, ...
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Categories:
depositing, imagery, moon, ocean,
Form: Free verse
For Granted
...The wind rushes by me
Teasing in its’ pass
Sometimes caressing
Sometimes bold and crass
Then, moving onward
It hugs a maple tree
Some leaves of brilliant hue
Are tumbled and set free
It m...
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Categories:
depositing, life,
Form: Rhyme
Debit Or Credit
...Debit
Liable, obligatory
Owing, paying, pledging
Indebtedness, deficit, salary, bonuses
Receiving, banking, depositing
Affluent, prosperous
Credit
April 28, 2021...
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Categories:
depositing, business, money,
Form: Diamante
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