The You within
...I dedicate this day, to those women
Who faced domestic violence and abuse
And went into a silent recluse
For the sake of their family and children.
I dedicate this day, to the women wronged
Wh...
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Categories:
ensconcing, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
In My Solitude
...Here I stand
facing the crimson sea;
My bare feet
deeply mounted~
on the silken shore
as the creeping sun
like an ember ensconcing~
on distant islets
leaving a warm afterglow.
Alas, my ...
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Categories:
ensconcing, solitude,
Form: Free verse
The Passing Over of Ugliness
...it has been written
in one of the books of nikki…
if you look into a mirror
you’ll see a beautiful creature
looking back at you…
it is assumed
that in the reality
of nature there are both
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Categories:
ensconcing, allah, allegory, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Covid-19 Diary
...I started a Corona diary
today, recording what is happening,
and how it’s impacting my family,
as we adhere to social distancing.
There’s more than just one minor risk involved,
that causes us...
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Categories:
ensconcing, writing,
Form: Sonnet
Still Asking Why
...Refusing to define
Even worse to explain
On the surface descriptive
At its essence mundane
Restating excuses
Ensconcing the lie
The sage waxed poetic
—you still asking why
(Villanova Penn...
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Categories:
ensconcing, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Spring Blooms: Nature's Plume
...Satin blooms emit christening glow
Fertile shroud glistening in the morning dew
Burgeoning life cloaked in feathery milieu
Fecund shroud pared; tiny tubes left on life support
Branching shoots em...
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Categories:
ensconcing, naturelife, life,
Form: Free verse
The Apple of My Eye
...Smooth, effervescent glowing skin
Free of blemish and blighting toxin
Undulating curves of glossy satin
Red cloak shrouds comely Saracen
At the core a being of fibrous substance
From stem to s...
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Categories:
ensconcing,
Form: I do not know?
Love's Constituency
...Enticing fantasies, Love's ember,
Ensconcing dreams, Love's befriender,
Engendering hopes, Love's lender,
Enthralling desires, Love's tinder
Endearing charms, Love's render,
Enterprising sche...
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Categories:
ensconcing, love
Form: Rhyme