Conflagrations of Contemplation
...Conflagrations of Contemplation
Elemental exaltations for refined explanations
Permeatations of conflagrations that seek to define progressive nations
Illuminations of consecrations that have ...
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Categories:
exaltations, life,
Form: Rhyme
Angel of Mercy Please Intercede
...Angel of mercy please intercede
Weakest most lame specimen
among human breed
control of my life I willingly concede
wordless son of a gun fires off
following capricious poetic deed
done dir...
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Categories:
exaltations, 12th grade, adventure, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Most Mind Boggling Mysterious Mortal
...Most mind boggling mysterious mortal
Mystification prevails stupefying yours truly
befuddled, he blindly stumbles along rocky
pathway illusory impediments strewn helter
skelter intangible obstr...
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Categories:
exaltations, absence, angel, angst, atheist,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Years - 2
...I’ve come to my autumn years
While my heart falls silent
Trembling with its gentle tears
Reflecting on the former things
Some hopes and other fears
I’ve come to my ending days
When my soul ye...
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Categories:
exaltations, age, appreciation, autumn, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Beneath a Glittering Star
...If tomorrow never comes
may love at least confess its deeds
beneath a glittering star welcomed by night's deep exaltations
which offers a bond under Heaven's eternal sky
pledged and pressed into ...
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Categories:
exaltations, love,
Form: Free verse
Bewitching Blue
...Hold still my little blue, for I know you are ready to explode
I shall extract your exuberant energy with vibrancy and vigor
For my palettes drip with desire of your aura feeding the white
As ...
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Categories:
exaltations, beautiful, blue, depression,
Form: Free verse
Where Has All the Beauty Gone
...Where Has All The Beauty Gone?
There is no time like the now times,
The ever-present blood-swooshing times.
Time again to surrender as a smitten lover surrenders,
To the never-ending rhapsodies...
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Categories:
exaltations, beauty,
Form: Free verse
The Music of Poetry
...Ah! Yes! Yes! You say my poetry
reminds you of a great musician;
the ear to feel and a heart
to impart—so the conductor
motions his vessels to sail:
a pianissimo or great crescendo!
I think tha...
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Categories:
exaltations, inspiration, introspection, music, poems,
Form: Free verse
The Krishnochura Tree
...I am a Krisnochura tree at the Dhaka University,
I love to stand still with my curiosity.
The white clouds are used to touch my head,
Sometimes the rains wash my forehead.
Neither you are aware ...
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Categories:
exaltations, beauty, blessing, caregiving, freedom,
Form: Classicism
Sacred Domicle
...What right have I to write?
What sanctuary allows me entrance
into its sacred domicile?
Who really scribes for me?
Is it the stars or the trees?
The streams or the seas?
I bow in humble ser...
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Categories:
exaltations, muse, mystery, voice,
Form: Free verse
Scorched Earth
...I see the expanse now,
I see the expense now,
How we expand now,
The sun never sets on Empire,
Pitted, packed dry-cake gully
Sere, stolid waiting the return
Of precipitation
The dearth of rai...
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Categories:
exaltations, allegory, destiny, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
My Old Bosses Funeral
...MY OLD BOSSES FUNERAL
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Went to the funeral of my old boss
After several speakers I was at a loss
Who was this person they were eulogizing
Kind words and praise was so su...
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Categories:
exaltations, eulogy, funeral, humorous, hyperbole,
Form: Rhyme
Capitol City
...I am a captive
and a prisoner of your affections
draw me with robes of purple
wrapped with cords of silver
let me embrace you
ten thousand times ten thousand nights...
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Categories:
exaltations, bible, christian, god, hope,
Form: Free verse
Earth Changes Season Haiku
...Contest Name NATURE COMES TO LIFE
Sponsor Carol Brown
earth changes seasons…
life timed for exaltations
buds profusely bloom
tides of fragrance spill
invigorating senses…
beaut...
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Categories:
exaltations, nature, seasons
Form: Haiku
To G O D Be the Glory
...As I walked through the ‘PEARLY GATES” and saw :LENORE on the far shore
Waving exuberantly, running atop the Aqua Blue, tranquil “ Ocean of Heaven “
Running toward me: long Auburn hair flowing : J...
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Categories:
exaltations, life, love, wife, heaven,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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