fashion hunting
...I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in Paris settling in. My every appliance, gadget and charger have been bricked by the weird, French electricity, which bobs when it should weave or something - but...
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Categories:
etiquettes, fashion, humor, paris, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Saint Kabir Das translations into English
...The world grows weary reading scripture's tomes
but a leaf of love enlightens us.
—Kabir, translation by Michael R. Burch
No medicine rivals Love:
one drop transforms you whole being to pure g...
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Categories:
etiquettes, faith, heart, love, paradise,
Form: Free verse
Times of Change
...Extempored Etiquettes
Elaborated conversations of old
Mildly in motion
of words to express
Synesthetic syncopations
silenced inner egos.
Naived out soul
Anticipates long enough
for a change t...
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Categories:
etiquettes, addiction, art, beauty, career,
Form: Free verse
The Working Mom
...I would move mountains for all the working mothers:
To untangle our communities and have someone see their true colors.
To stop mothers from carrying the brunt of communal dysfunction,
To guide a...
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Categories:
etiquettes, appreciation, career, mom, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
...Sometimes it’s obvious
And sometimes subtle
That no matter what good you try to do
The universe rewards you with the opposite.
It might be as simple as the duality we create
By such intentions...
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Categories:
etiquettes, psychological, social, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Such a Dry Tree
...When a tree dries
It becomes like a plea
Of a mannerless woman.
Roots feed and sustain
The entire tree and branches;
And its leaves, long or short.
Such a dry tree
Stands alive while d...
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Categories:
etiquettes, break up, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Black Lives Matter
...The moment the clip rolled—-
cold rain of adrenaline hassled
down my spine and narrow nerves.
In Gorge Floyd I froze—compressed,
suppressed into miniature casket—-
“I can’t breathe”—the resonanc...
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Categories:
etiquettes, abuse, africa, bullying, racism,
Form: Free verse
Commissary
...The rains speak to me
Let the torrents wash along
Questions unasked
Sometimes
The words of the Old Man ring
Constant
Let the mountains speak
Let the winds howl
Timidly, I lap at waters
Tamed...
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Categories:
etiquettes, allusion, anger, bereavement, character,
Form: Free verse
The Plea of a Helpless Man
...Being a child, there were some little dreams I saw
In every dream, there was success, with strength and flaws
In every dream, there was a new purpose, a new smile
In every dream, there was a uniqu...
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Categories:
etiquettes, allah, depression, god,
Form: Rhyme
Scoops of Poetry Soup
...Hoops of Poetry Soup offer
A platform for poets and readers
To interact in literary verses that differ
In variety, tones, experiences and leaders.
Loops of Poetry Soup expose
Poems old and new...
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Categories:
etiquettes, poems,
Form: Free verse
Prodigal Pupils In My Class
...There are all sorts of pupils in my class
Class management is becoming a nightmare each day
There is Shakespeare in my class
When asked questions he talks in riddles and proverbs
I have Ronal...
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Categories:
etiquettes, education, philosophy,
Form: Couplet
Models of Old
...I nurse a dream of being a poet
Writing like Frosts, Shakespeares and Poes
Yet each glance at old works of poets
Sees my tall dream standing on its toe
Reading the lines so old and new
I marve...
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Categories:
etiquettes, art, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Recollections From the Golden Cree I
...I know of a river of more than average
Sorts...
Meandering, when not dallying to maunder,
Between many differing contours
And unruly contorts;
Where a privileged youth once
Happily sought -
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Categories:
etiquettes, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Sorry
..."Apologizing never means you are right and the other person is wrong, it means you value the relationship more than your ego."
Believe me or not, a genuine sorry has those healing powers which can...
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Categories:
etiquettes, sorry,
Form: Free verse
People Have Lost Sense
...By evening five we started ,
Our christmas shopping activities.
My wife on the lead, her purse full.
Me appreciating her choices elegantly;
Kevin, Andrea supporting my task ,
Our activities ended by...
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Categories:
etiquettes, family, fun,
Form: Free verse
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