Mrs Moore
...O!
Same place, same time
morning chill and cracks of sun
curled in dark doorway
her shape, her pulse same line
Same doorway she calls her home
‘tween supplements west and bath bombs east
c...
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Categories:
ensconced, allegory, forgiveness, home, obituary,
Form: Blank verse
endless leisure hours as distorted time stretch before me
...endless leisure hours as distorted time stretch before me...
like the infinite vista
upon the midwestern plain
farther than the eyes of mine
(an ascetic and copacetic
shortsighted father of tw...
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Categories:
ensconced, absence, adventure, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden...
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Categories:
ensconced, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Book of Souls
...In the beginning as it was on Earth,
there's a gentle mood played
in Iron Maiden's music...
before the shock of reality hits
us in the face and it's time to admit:
Everyone has demons to face,...
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Categories:
ensconced, conflict, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Love conquers all
...We fall not prey to ego’s ploy,
so we dwell in peace, full of joy.
Notice there’s no energy leak,
when dancing with love cheek to cheek.
The world external, we’ve let go,
having relinquished o...
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Categories:
ensconced, love, spiritual,
Form: Kyrielle
Lemme regale you with splendid and fabulous exuberance
...Lemme regale you with splendid and fabulous exuberance
Despite being an amateur
paperback writer wannabe,
whose storied protagonist
stars colporteur wannabe
(thinly veiled cover as yours truly...
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Categories:
ensconced, adventure, age, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Lesson Learned
...Lesson Learned
Onyx black no diamond twinkling stars doth fill the sky, just the silver light from a winter’s moon shines down upon emerald coloured grass both dark and bright, under melting sn...
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Categories:
ensconced, break up, heartbreak, lost
Form: Free verse
Terry Pratchett
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I could murder a curry, Death mumbled under his voice
A Terry Pratchett icon in his fantastic discworld universe
Imagination…the inspiration of many
This legend awe inspiring…
Every book, ever...
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Categories:
ensconced, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Into the Sturm und Drang fueled maelstrom
...Into the Sturm und Drang fueled maelstrom
Otherwise titled – my poetic impressions of Helene
All la names bespeaking deity froom
Noah Mo' Room India Arc
of Covenant to crypt tick Blood
(swea...
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Categories:
ensconced, analogy, appreciation, beauty, crush,
Form: Rhyme
Everyone nose especially Al R Gee I haint no otolaryngologist
...Everyone nose, especially Al R. Gee, I haint no otolaryngologist
Nonetheless this bard ****
videre licet punster mocker feels gratitude
courtesy Kaitlyn Gilsenan, PA-C
a moost deal height full...
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Categories:
ensconced, adventure, angel, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
They've Betrayed Us - II
...II.
Do you know of lovely Janice,
freshman in university,
Dad sent her to expand her mind,
to reason and think critically,
hoping that it would prepare her
for a world that often is harsh,
ins...
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Categories:
ensconced, betrayal, child, confusion, evil,
Form: Rhyme
In life’s eventide
...During life’s sunset years, in slowdown mode,
sidestepping environs that provoke strife,
our tranquil soul dwells in God’s heart abode,
invoking love mists that make us bliss rife.
Kindly eye l...
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Categories:
ensconced, peace, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
EARTH THE LAST HOPE
...EARTH, THE LAST HOPE
As I look back on my life
I look forward to today’s memories
ensconced in my yearning to return to that time
when my father and brother would lay on our rooftop
under the...
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Categories:
ensconced, earth,
Form: Free verse
I loved you with a quiet love, like a man loves a woman he never touches
...I loved you
with a quiet love, like a man loves a woman he never touches, keeping only paper memories.
I wrote back to you, but your silence became a reversed volume of lost dreams.
Had I met you,...
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Categories:
ensconced, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Since English language my mother tongue, no surprise
...Since English language my mother tongue, no surprise...
etymology encurtains, encompasses,
and encapsulates healthy fixation
why I can spend countless hours
engrossed with printed material
cou...
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Categories:
ensconced, addiction, analogy, books, dream,
Form: Free verse
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