To Kill Two Birds
...To kill two birds with one stone
seems rather difficult, no?
Yet often I think it’s done
as it’s always being told!
Less harsh it would be to stun
each one, for I’d rather not
make those bird...
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Categories:
englyns, philosophy,
Form: Englyn
Bully For You
...His drinking got out of hand
he’d beat his wife black and blue,
her make-up covered each mark
but not the scars in her heart.
This cruelty ran and ran
fists rained down blow after ...
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Categories:
englyns, bullying, violence,
Form: Englyn
Ode To the Faded Spring
...Heart in melodious mute,
Impressions of my mind fuse,
Eyelids got amazed and pause,
Until you gorgeously passed.
Eloquence of fervid glance,
Plunges in my hollow heart,
Exuberant fragrance da...
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Categories:
englyns, appreciation, assonance, beauty, earth,
Form: Englyn
Defined By X, Y, Not Z
...I won’t say I’ve always known
but always, something was wrong
defined by a chromosome
defined by what they put on
to be “me” is alien
that’s if they let “me” be me
they say I’m not w...
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Categories:
englyns, body, confusion, self,
Form: Englyn
Praise To God
...God surely deserves our praise*
Heartfelt worship of love’s proofs
With sincere gratitude-phrase
Acknowledging grace He pours.
Along praise in poems and prose
Odes to the Lord show fai...
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Categories:
englyns, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Englyn
Raven's Bones
...Waterlilies brighten black
ripples, reeds, and rocks below.
An even flow, bane and blight
recedes to bare raven’s bones.
A grave of darkness blanches
In austere light on bloodless
banks, ...
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Categories:
englyns, beauty, death, nature, raven,
Form: Englyn