RENEWED
...A lifeless cloud, aloft invisible air
Blows Eastward;
A destination Fate had prepared.
Renewed;
Is a bludgeoned heart,
No longer fueled by loneliness and despair....
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Categories:
eastward, confusion, home, hope, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Part 21, 22 and 23
...Part Twenty-One — Saeed's Supplication to God
One day with flute and mournful song,
Saeed began a prayer so long.
His patience broke, he lost his hold,
His heart grew weary, tired, and cold.
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Categories:
eastward, cute love,
Form: Masnavi
Modi of India
...You were not born of ivory halls,
nor cradled in the velvet silence of empire.
You were fireborn—
from the coal-scented dusk of a railway station,
where teacups bore the dreams of the underfed.
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Categories:
eastward, allah, anti bullying, courage,
Form: Free verse
The War on Russia
...This war was not born in the fields of Ukraine,
But in boardrooms, treaties, and promises betrayed.
In 1990, beneath quiet lamps and whispered words,
The West told Russia,
“No inch eastward.”
Hi...
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Categories:
eastward, betrayal, conflict, war,
Form: Free verse
attractive available anguished armadillo
...attractive available anguished armadillo
babbled bold bald badger whose bagpipes billow
Caribbean cardinal carved a curious candy castaway
dazzling daffodils and damselflies dived into last Tuesda...
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Categories:
eastward, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
Tossed on the Wide Seas
...“Life is like a ship tossed on the high sea
To journey amidst sunshine and wild waves.” - By author.
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Categories:
eastward, boat, inspirational, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Sun Rain Flower
...
Drizzle drip the rain slips
Down from the eaves
To water a seed
Pitter patter
Meandering shower
Sullen clouds
Jacob's ladder
Seasons change
Sustaining towers
Tendrils reac...
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Categories:
eastward, beauty, flower, nature, rain,
Form: Free verse
REJOICED AND GLAD
...REJOICED AND GLAD
Awakened naturally—no need to go
to the bathroom—I peeked through
the blinds of the bedroom window,
and there it was: had I been dreaming, or
was this all just a gl...
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Categories:
eastward, beauty, change, good morning,
Form: Prose
REJOICE AND BE GLAD
...Awakened naturally—no need to go
to the bathroom—I peeked through
the blinds of the bedroom window and
there it was; had I been dreaming or was
this all just a glorious morning awakening?
The...
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Categories:
eastward, allegory, beauty, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado...
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Categories:
eastward, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Magenta
...Eastward toward the creek; sunrise
aglow, casting magenta clouds.
Tonight's sunset will be our prize
Eastward toward the creek sunrise
A new day away from the crowds
Where the bird...
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Categories:
eastward, nature,
Form: Triolet
Little Town in the Desert
...
We settled down in a little town
Nigh on thirty years ago
The stars shown bright
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Categories:
eastward, lost, paradise,
Form: Lyric
Let all the woods your footprint bear
...Picking imprints from everywhere,
Let all the woods your footprint bear,
Take off, nag at no rutted tract,
What if some rickety ways stare.
Throw to winds every needless care,
Let no head wind...
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Categories:
eastward, encouraging, travel,
Form: Ghazal
The Setting Sun
...The setting sun
Can eastward turn no more
Nor recent path retrace
To blaze again
Throughout some re-run day
Nor spring-fresh leaf
Relive its glory
In autumn frost
Nor waning flower
Remake...
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Categories:
eastward, christian, creation, how i
Form: Free verse
GNRT DAY 25 HALFWAY IN DULUTH
...
Since leaving Banff we’ve driven 1200 miles
(as a nod to Deborah’s dad we drive only during the day!)
and we’ve stopped for the night in 6 different spots along the way.
So after driving 260 ...
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Categories:
eastward, travel,
Form: Rhyme
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