Villanelle of a Metal Queen
...Villanelle of a Metal Queen (c) 2025 by Russ Dodson
I just don't know where else to start
to tell you of this love of mine
she is the beating of my heart
these feelings that I must decline
I...
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Categories:
enshrine, girlfriend, music,
Form: Villanelle
From Chaos to Order
...At first Chaos became from void borne,
And it stirred the primordial mass,
Before Earth or the Sea or the Sky,
Had a reason to moan or comply,
Then did emerge Ananke above,
Who did give a primor...
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Categories:
enshrine, extended metaphor, fantasy, myth,
Form: Sonnet
From Death to Grave
...~Running~ death steps behind ~ don't stop to tell how close.
Swallowing a clump of cacti. Throat skewers.
Aubergine blood clots. Cough, life's wick smaller.
Struggle effective so long ago, like ...
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Categories:
enshrine, change, conflict, environment, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The haze of the South
...the warmth in the eyes
is how the mountain outlines
left in me, unspoken
by sunsets
by the ghosts of what never happened
the echoes measured the distance
still not having found a form, th...
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Categories:
enshrine, feelings, imagery, longing, nature,
Form: Free verse
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major
...Epochal courses a tamed countryside,
Spectacle sparkles glowing trees and boughs,
Pedestal weights and measures counter slide,
Sensible enshrine flexible reigned bows.
A sentinel ta...
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Categories:
enshrine, imagery, music,
Form: Lento
The Penetralia Ruby Queen Lyrics
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Professed, nonwarranted kinfolk attest upon the secret florist
Herald stewards, forbear! Striplings, go not to entice the fawn’s forest
Yonder snowy peaks, betwixt pearls, radiates the pinkest a...
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Categories:
enshrine, beautiful, creation, fantasy, flower,
Form: Lyric
Drawn From Water
...Hear ye all, henceforth, Let it be proclaimed,
the first five books are synchronously known
as The Pentateuch. Leading faiths acclaimed
to be Christian and Jewish drawn from stone.
Claimed author...
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Categories:
enshrine, analogy, appreciation, bible, dedication,
Form: Sonnet
Moremi
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In ancient land,
—A realm of kings and queens,
A tale of courage, sacrifice, and love, unfolds unseen.
A noble hunter,
—Moremi, with heart of lion’s might,
Became the cherished queen of Od...
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Categories:
enshrine, courage,
Form: Epic
Love
...Where there's love, things shine
In the eyes of the watcher
Forever enshrine.
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Categories:
enshrine, appreciation, beauty, love, success,
Form: Haiku
The Jezebel Rondine
...Raised up gooseflesh dipped in metal,
a shiver runs right down my spine;
Every emotion they enshrine,
somehow the scream helps me settle;
Please hit that double bass pedal,
I’ll throw you a devi...
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Categories:
enshrine, emotions, feelings, music,
Form: Other
The Diamond Poet
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Genuineness, in a spirit, just glows like a diamond, shining and divine.
Arrogance, to be above the rest, brings to life, absolutely no sunshine
It is not your poetic prowess, that m...
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Categories:
enshrine, how i feel, inspiration,
Form: Monorhyme
In the Meadow of Memories
...In the meadow where memories softly grow,
Waves of grasses tenderly bend and blow.
Underneath the sky’s endless, azure sea,
Memories dance, free and jubilantly.
Wildflowers, vibrant with storie...
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Categories:
enshrine, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Ode To Sandip Goswami
...In realms of verse where beauty dwells,
Where words weave tales, and magic swells,
There stands a poet, gifted, wise,
Whose name, a beacon in the skies.
Sandip Goswami, the maestro's name,
A b...
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Categories:
enshrine, beautiful, blessing, deep, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Prima Ballerina
...Pale limbs, vestigial breasts, long, slender alabaster neck,
In classic first position she stands alone in the spotlight,
Center stage, accepting her last applause.
It's tumultuous tonight, but mi...
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Categories:
enshrine, dance, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
A Darker Shade of Light
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
“We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty...
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Categories:
enshrine, children, freedom, sorry, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
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