lonely ache
...your lonely ache,
a beast that wakes
timid and believing.....
The breathe in the cold,
of a swan stands so bold,
I go blind with uplifting hearts,
as we are magnetized
and jump over the ...
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Categories:
drenches, beauty, desire, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
OVER THE INFLUENCE
...My lungs fill as I inhale the smoky haze of the September breeze.
Overcast skies stare down on me until the guilt drenches my bones.
A puppet to the pressures of most I cannot control, gnawing at m...
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Categories:
drenches, angst, change, depression, drug,
Form: Free verse
Chinese Translations IV
...CHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV
These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love.
Seeking a Mooring
by Wang Wei
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Categories:
drenches, autumn, love, nature, night,
Form: Free verse
Hair Composition
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Her hair dances like the cascading stream,
murmuring in the silence of dormant dreams.
It’s more than an element of graceful façade,
the curls carry a crown of style adornment.
The onyx ha...
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Categories:
drenches, analogy, beauty, hair,
Form: Other
Spring
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While springtime presses in on my thoughts,
forcing me to believe that even the stillness
the clingy silence who drenches my spirit
in rhythms of non-regret, rhythms of pure peace...
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Categories:
drenches, appreciation, blessing, god, memory,
Form: Free verse
Skating Upon Saturn’s Rings
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Startling as the rise of the moon
On autumn’s twilight, beautiful as June
still breath of joy, falling like stars
silent truths…
stunning as the august wind
warming to the touch, grace des...
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Categories:
drenches, appreciation, encouraging, heart, hope,
Form: Free verse
The Avenue of Hope
...I plant a seed by the sea and allow faith and courage to water it for thee I watch it grow with the passing wind until the heaven above move the substance within and the avenue of hope breaks through...
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Categories:
drenches, birth, blessing, change, courage,
Form: Narrative
ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN
...I never sleep. Or at least when I do, it is swiftly cut short. Most nights it comes rushing, sometimes, I feel it before it does.
Then with it's fast motion, makes me swing, and swing, and swing, t...
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Categories:
drenches, africa, environment, nature, tree,
Form: Narrative
Field of forgiveness
...A mutation of broken parts from unspoken monsters,
unsettling by heart yet comforting in touch.
Move no mountains for this unfortunate miscreation;
endless waves have made monsoons weep.
Timele...
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Categories:
drenches, allusion, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Lady Hope, harbinger of bliss
...When Mr negativity comes and you open the door,
you find his friends along with him occupying your mind.
Mr. Negative, Mr.Despair, Mr Despondency all are thieves
They steal happiness and peace and...
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Categories:
drenches, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Bus Stop Stay
...Will you wait for me, maybe awhile,
but I promise I’ll be there?
I will wait here for you, without denial,
I will wait here for you, right here - promise kept -
Holding a rose in the place w...
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Categories:
drenches, dark,
Form: Free verse
Abracadabra - It's Magical- Collaboration
...A picturesque scene from my window this afternoon.
Banishing all greying clouds, the sky is pastel blue.
Radiating the sun's rays, rain was not seen for days.
Astonishi...
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Categories:
drenches, allusion,
Form: Rhyme
Beacon of Life
...Upon this cold, unyielding marble, we gambol amidst shadows, a grotesque distortion of nature's fair marrow. My art, a solitary beacon against ensorcelled plight, illuminates the malice that drenches...
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Categories:
drenches, beautiful, cute, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Weeping Pages
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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. - Dolly Parton
Weeping, like a willows graceful waft, pleasing
Even the heart will melt in the doubtful ...
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Categories:
drenches, appreciation, hope, muse, nature,
Form: Terzanelle
A lament of a nature lover on World Environment Day
...She showers,
She falls,
She drenches us...
But she shows off a rainbow...
She shines,
She bursts,
She burns us sometimes...
But she lets the gentle breeze blow...
She mak...
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Categories:
drenches, butterfly, environment, happiness, nature,
Form: Free verse
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