The Lion of March
...Wind-moles have tunneled
through the daffodil rings,
stems are uprooted or fractured,
Yellow bells and trumpets
fly in a tumbling sky.
The third month is a despoiler,
it scatters and stomps f...
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Categories:
despoiler, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Arabesque
...Bush: she had a deep
black birds nest.
Fecund Arabic woman
dark peaches for thin lips.
White faced, I redden in the sun,
a blanched fig, a thirst
for dew drops.
One night is enough, maybe ...
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Categories:
despoiler, poetry,
Form: Free verse
March
...wind-moles have tunneled
through the daffodil rings
stems are broken
yellow bells and trumpets
fly in a mute sky
the third month
is a wayward despoiler
it stomps on the newly come
t...
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Categories:
despoiler, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Ruthful Threnody
...For fiercest queens, the finest pedigree,
Begetter and bestower of all lauds;
For foulest plagues, the fairest remedy,
Despoiler and destroyer of all frauds.
Revered for rectitude, renowned for l...
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Categories:
despoiler, truth,
Form: Sonnet
Waterfalls, Rivers and Drought
...WATERFALLS, RIVERS AND DROUGHT
The frenzied forces of cold, icy streams
detonate explosively on the rocks below.
Their rapid currents wreak havoc
on logjams caught in crevasses beneath
the mist and...
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Categories:
despoiler, creation, earth, environment, mountains,
Form: Free verse
A Poem About Me
...A poem about me? Seriously?
That makes me laugh deliriously.
To think that I could ever be
A poem's subject, tickles me.
But if you were to Google my name,
You'd find I have some claim to fame....
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Categories:
despoiler, happinessgrandmother, love,
Form: Rhyme
More Than You Realize
...These eyes see more
Than you realize;
They see the hurt you hide
They see the lies you live
They see the shame you deny
They see the want for what you shouldn't have.
Th...
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Categories:
despoiler, angst, confusion, loss, sad,
Form: Free verse