Song Dizain Poems

I’ll be around as long as canto lasts.
The beat of drum, a naked blast of sweat.
My skirt, a round, chases the breathless casts
of oxygen -...

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My heart may break, wreathed in somber silence.
Yet I care, I search for valleys of peace,
where rare black orchids bloom through violence,
for fallen leaves too...

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A child left to discover the cold—
From each adult's trapping grip; where they
Sell bruises for masks, they shiver on
Their own— (old weeds from inside, they...

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"Most poetry and music share some feats-
as cadence brightens words and notes with beats."
           ...

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I once was funny, made most people smile.
Children loved me because they didn't know:
I kept them laughing, yet all of the while,
my heart was aching...

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Dogwood leaves in shades of rust and Merlot
quiver in the first glow of  morning light
A squirrel dances with it’s own shadow
under a veil of...

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she sauntered around - up the greenest hill
 he happily joined her, learning anew
 she always stayed healthy, he often ill -
 Proteas on Drakensberg...

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My garden, secret to all but sky,
      with wooden fence erasing the world.
Worn, brick stepping stones gave it a try
...

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Twilight descends as shadows fall
     and slip into a dark'ning night.
A hidden nightbird's wistful call,
     as stars...

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From our very first meeting was I doomed,  
I listened intently to your soft voice.         ...

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At short siesta time after lunch at noon
I sat alone cozily in my room
Listening classical song from my phone
Its melody dreamily brings me home -
A...

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~Patois of Yuletide in Yellow~

Yellow sings solos in soft folds of nativity
Satin strands of a radiant star’s light
Creation swaddled in clarity
Naked joy leaps up in...

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Often I drift back to my days of youth
to where life did begin; a rural treat,
those sharp brisk mornings a moorland uncouth
a naïve nakedness a...

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Walking all alone as the day digressed
an azure sky so blue captured my sight
and took with mystic awe my wanton breath
expiring praise for God with...

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The pansies together like gentle hearts
Purples, pinks, yellows harmonize in spring
A choir with violets, their counterparts,
Throwing a glorious warm weather fling
Sweet harbingers of summer make...

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