My Grandmother's Pot Plants
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Against the side fence,
four long planks of wood
ascended like steps supported
on pillars of old red bricks
serving as a stand
for my Grandmother's collection
of potted plants.
Cuttings...
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Categories:
excavates, absence, grandmother, loss, memory,
Form: Free verse
Divine Magnetism
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Written: May 1st, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest
Rumi Quote: "The beauty you see in me, is a... magnet, stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion"
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Categories:
excavates, analogy, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Cryptic
...A tiny Egyptian is slowly destroying
the tombs of the great pyramids.
It excavates and delves
and we know not why?
Some blame the Scarab beetle
but ii, as we all know,
just roles mucky balls ...
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Categories:
excavates, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Goners and the Becoming
...there is an afterlife in these high branches
spirit bears
watch as tracks appear and
vanish
men who walk around trees become women
but only when the tree is ...
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Categories:
excavates, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Goners and the Becoming
...there is an afterlife in these high branches
spirit bears
watch as tracks appear and
vanish
men who walk around trees become women
when the tree is old e...
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Categories:
excavates, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Worm
...THE WORM
In the gloominess of the night
or in the brightness of the day
the worm a flood pillow
excavates !...
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Categories:
excavates, allegory,
Form: Blank verse
Untitled 1
...That girl you don't get.
That simple game of pretend.
That lovely voice of symphony.
A Melody,
meaning more to me.
Descending much truth I can't deny.
Her mystery her golden eye.
Her sober pri...
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Categories:
excavates, love,
Form: Free verse
Haiku Moment 16
...Winding road uphill
Surprise awaits;
Mountain view
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Heatwave chokes
Strangles pulse;
Still air heavy
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Calm stillness
Temple echoes;
Stillness pervades
~~~~~...
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Categories:
excavates, change,
Form: Haiku
Mists 2
...Dawn flings a face
All darkness flees;
Birth of new day
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That Old Man once thought:
"Poetry is not viable..."
Who can eat poems
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In our twilight years
Even time...
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Categories:
excavates, blessing,
Form: Haiku
Testing Times
...Day comes too soon
Night runs away --
Dreamy visions cease
Influenza bout
Drowsy knockout;
Stuffy coarse throat
No matter what
Day ushers gifts:
Appetite craves more
Blurry eyes
Confront lig...
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Categories:
excavates, february,
Form: Senryu
The Thought Splinters
...What's in writing?
What makes one to author something from the absolute scratch?
What is the science of this art?
Is it just the perceptible version of the human thought or something-deep lies within...
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Categories:
excavates, spiritual,
Form: Ballad
I Ache
...How can I explain,
my guilt, my fears, my pain;
With every breath I suffocate;
My heart, my soul,
I Ache...
There's no tomorrow,
only today;
My past represents,
as it excavates;
I Ache...
Pain ...
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Categories:
excavates, depression, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Sans a Spade
...A sizable portion of my life
I've passed, slobbering over
The antagonistic ashes
Of an untruth.
Years down the road,
By accident, I exposed;
Though this untruth,
Was deeply entombed in my psyche,
V...
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Categories:
excavates, angst,
Form: Blank verse
Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers
...a fallen pine log:
red-cockaded woodpeckers
taps their lost fair well
****The Red-cockaded Woodpecker has less than 1% of its original population. They make their home in mature ...
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Categories:
excavates, nature
Form: Haiku
Persistent Pecker
...Off in the misty distance
I hear a hungry woodpecker
Hammering with his head.
This omnivorous, opportunist
Breaks the silence of the morn
With his rat-a-tat-tatting
As if knocking on a door.
H...
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Categories:
excavates, nature
Form: Free verse
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