Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
...WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN
- Suddenly, I awoke,
To the touch and feel of his able hands,
I rose to see a light burning ever,
Neither hot to smolder
nor cold to bother.
Sudd...
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Categories:
dutchess, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
So Insanely Selfish and So Unaware You Don'T Yet Expect Other People To Care
...I know it's not funny
What it is rather in fact
It's criminally sad
That someone in the first place
Could become or ever be
So full of their own self importance
Or so selfish and to...
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Categories:
dutchess, slam,
Form: Free verse
The Epitaph of An Abdicator
... There sat in opulent xanadu, the
demagogue of empirical hedonism,
his granary once fuelled regal reign of epicureanism:
gregarious, restive, much-awaited successor of imperial...
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Categories:
dutchess, appreciation, education, eulogy, hero,
Form: Epitaph
Look Out Below
...The sign he reads out loud, “There’s holes ahead.”
The Rip Van Winkle Bridge quite disturbs me.
A story book that’s come to life — with head
To lose. My dad inches along bravely.
The c...
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Categories:
dutchess, angst, memory, metaphor, water,
Form: Sonnet
The Princesses
...Once upon a time…
Waking up at four, the princesses dress, then adorn their crowns with fascinators. Princess Marie of Dutchess County courts her majesty,
with a lovely rose steep...
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Categories:
dutchess, mother daughter, wedding,
Form: Haibun
How To Order a Pizza In Dutchess County
...First, be aware, all close by 6pm.
NYC, this aint.....
Second, call up.....
Specify delivery.....
Detail requests....
"How much are beers?
"$2.50 each..."
"Okay- I'll take 4 beers and a slice....
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Categories:
dutchess, adventure, allegory, angst, business,
Form: Prose Poetry
At the Ball
...Some danced,
Some would just watch,
Some had champagne,
Some a coffee klatsch,
Wall flower,
Still has it's beauty
Colorful essence,
Stem does its duty
Swirling dancers,
Trick the eye,
M...
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Categories:
dutchess, allegory, history, people, political,
Form: Rhyme
Free
...Dancing shades across the sea,
past and present visions we see.
In joy, in delight, in pure and sublime,
in He are we.
Dissispated heros and obliterated dreams,
replaced by the untouchable One...
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Categories:
dutchess, devotion, faith, happiness, hope,
Form: Free verse
Crawling Down the Social Ladder
...When I was born,
And for the first 5 years,
We lived in Brooklyn,
"King's County" you should know,
Then we moved to "Queen's"
Yup, "Queen's County"
A small step down the royal ladder,
One t...
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Categories:
dutchess, adventure, allegory, angst, mystery,
Form: Burlesque
Dutchess
...Dutchess was my bunny,
Her disposition, oh so sunny,
Her ways and actions-oh so funny,
Oh my! I loved that bunny.
Dutchess!
She came from my son-in-law, a gift,
My pet cavy had died...
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Categories:
dutchess, animals, children, friendship, happiness,
Form: Rhyme