IDYLLIC CHANDLER HEIGHTS
...IDYLLIC CHANDLER HEIGHTS*
“Life here was once idyllic, charming; here were once no rich, no poor, no high, no low.” — from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
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Categories:
domesticity, 12th grade, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse
Domesticity
...A grey wolf howled at a blood red moon
'bout a sight he would not forget too soon.
His voice rendered empathy and pain
for his poor brother, tied without a chain.
Worse than that - the horror,...
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Categories:
domesticity, animal, dog,
Form: Rhyme
Wild House Cat
...Little cat,
how sleek and glossy is your pelt
like a lithe Cheetah you stalk my ankles,
always ready to leap upon them,
a shared domesticity has made them
your natural prey.
Soon I will fill ...
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Categories:
domesticity, poetry,
Form: Free verse
We both were once in a village, far from the crowd
...We both were once in a village, far from the crowd
(Home/verses/khonika/ek ganye)
We both were once in a village, far from the crowd
Plethora, the joy is always ours!
Magpie Robin chirps there ...
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Categories:
domesticity, anti bullying, appreciation, august,
Form: Free verse
Ashen Aqualung
...Daddy's specter plectrums mercilessly
Fraying my nerves raw
with oxidized guitar strings.
my thoughts relentlessly hemorrhage
onto clay vinyl grooves
s p i n n i n g
endless nights
of
suffoca...
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Categories:
domesticity, abuse, father son, mental
Form: Free verse
Oh Domesticity
...The snow paces itself
cold winds bear no flesh
you leave me wanting more
beyond the unkempt bed linen
Yet there is no avail
You amber along dewey paths
The air is thin
oh domesticity happy as ...
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Categories:
domesticity, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
The Dreamless
...The Dreamless
Now that he had freed himself of the past looking forward
to think thoughts not hampered by dreams of childhood and
the embarrassment of teenage years and sexual clumsiness
falli...
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Categories:
domesticity, best friend, corruption, family,
Form: Blank verse
Popsicle Harm
...You invited me in
just to laugh amongst the array
of your erstwhile friends
you played the host cinderella
saying you were lost
in the dorm of domesticity
You enjoined me in
just to foreleig...
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Categories:
domesticity, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
My Beautiful Garment With Natural Colours
...I have a beautiful garment my father gave to me
He too got it in an occasion of manumission from slavery
Beautiful garment he celebrated in remembrance of that jubilee
Before he handed it over to ...
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Categories:
domesticity, political,
Form: Rhyme
Too Many Lives Are Floating In This Flood Wave
...Too many lives are floating in this flood wave
Mon Ami,
I am honored to be included in your exposition
Theological border walls
You were opening your glittering purse,
A set of cloth line...
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Categories:
domesticity, for her,
Form: Free verse
Easygoing
...EASYGOING
a simple
bit of
gratitude
in
fragments
of
conversations
annotated
with
words
&thoughts
curlicue
murals
creep up
walls
of
everyday
simplicity
being
the
es...
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Categories:
domesticity, poetry,
Form: Other
Domesticity
...Man-cave said to She-shed,
"Here's a thought, why don't we build
an actual house to live in together?"
She-shed queried,
"separate bedrooms, restrooms,
office and work-out space?"
Man-cave:...
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Categories:
domesticity, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Time In the Sun
...Day pulses within budding blue eyes.
She lays solo in the rickety bed -
a hand-me-down from a cousin removed.
Dust bunnies swirl and dance overhead
in the early morning sun, beckoning her awake.
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Categories:
domesticity, change, dream, fate, girl,
Form: Free verse
Where the Sun Doesn't Shine
...Once soul mates,
the world was their oyster;
together, they built paradise
teeming with life.
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Categories:
domesticity, break up, fate, love
Form: Narrative
A Welcome Respite
...How invigorating...
to be finally free after much
hustle and bustle of daily life!
As the world gets busy
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Categories:
domesticity, appreciation, encouraging, life, time,
Form: Tristich
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