Murder in the Red Barn
...A couple soon to be said newly wed,
yet swiftly snuck behind the family’s back
to swear the vow inside th’old shack,
quick forgot’n, buried a secret dread;
A reek awaftin’ out a country shed
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Categories:
discovers, dark, death, horror, murder,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Hubs Of Heaven
...Catalytic cascade of mirror gleam relish on sleep encrusted eyes,
such sylvan surreal therapy aligned to dulcet bird lilt,
garnish to the willow weave wayfarer of iridescent poetic inkling,
verna...
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Categories:
discovers, beautiful, beauty, celebration, city,
Form: Free verse
The Suffering Alien
...The suffering alien
He just lives in the world. Integrated life, but alien
He feels, experiences, and interprets existence
He discovers human life. In a human body
The alien
To live in this ...
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Categories:
discovers, fantasy, fate, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Is poetry our friend or an enemy?
..."Is poetry our friend or an enemy?" asked someone who often loses themselves among words,
to someone who finds themselves in pages written with the shadows and lights of the mind.
The writer smiled...
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Categories:
discovers, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Love And Hate And The Human Brain
...love and hate and the human brain,
does it come from the same place,
as compassion and kindness and empathy?
Does every thrum of yearning heart
conceal beneath its warmth a latent ache,
a shad...
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Categories:
discovers, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Respectfully
...At the end of this message to you I shall write respectfully a word that shows that you’re being polite, but really, does it matter? I’m not truly feeling contrite
See respect is something earned an...
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Categories:
discovers, anger,
Form: Rhyme
He is like those April birds
...He is like those April birds,
waiting for the passage to sweet summers,
after the fragrant spring has passed through their wings.
The birds return home, after the winters have departed,
likewise,...
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Categories:
discovers, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
An Affair Espinela
...Felt it from the initial line,
the joy of the writing process.
Poetry wins when it’s a mess,
old words crumble into fine wine.
Four stanzas and a form align,
every word foraged plays a part.
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Categories:
discovers, emotions, feelings, poetry, writing,
Form: Other
Baby Aaro
...Soft as hugs, tiny hands reach out
when the tall one comes to make the silly sounds.
Aaro forgets the dark warm place,
this new world too big.
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Blinks at bright lights and strange faces.
Hea...
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Categories:
discovers, baby, beautiful, cute, Lullaby,
Form: Free verse
Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks I
..."Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two lines down."
And they all watche...
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Categories:
discovers, crazy, funny, giggle, howl,
Form: Limerick
Perhaps in this world, we are descended from celestial rivers
...Perhaps in this world, we are descended from celestial rivers that never cease,
with sweet hope gifted to souls like a divine blessing,
oceans of love and burning desires embrace us with the fire o...
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Categories:
discovers, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Woman: The Goddess of Poetry
...Woman: The Goddess of Poetry
The lyrics of her resonance,
the whispers of her magnificence,
softly allocates the vibrancy, velocity
and engaging variety
All great beings, all great writings
...
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Categories:
discovers, celebration, creation, desire, devotion,
Form: Free verse
The Great Man is like an ice mountain, cold and unwavering, fearless of opinion
...The Great Man is like an ice mountain, cold and unwavering, fearless of opinion,
Devoid of virtues that accompany the respect and respectability of the herd,
If he cannot lead, he walks alone on th...
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Categories:
discovers, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Dreamless Second
...Didn’t eat the winter morning
Flying far away the dews are
The sun has come but I am in a drowsy mood
Full of confetti in the bedroom
Living waters playing in the bathtub
The shadows are whisper...
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Categories:
discovers, adventure, dream,
Form: Free verse
Balanced Madness
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The marooned mind gets confused
by the maddening ways things happen,
lies hidden somewhere in the depth of perception,
maybe in the undefined gene of reason,
forming the motif of indoctrinat...
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Categories:
discovers, mental health, perspective,
Form: Free verse
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