A Mystical Life
...Life is a mystical muse inspiring
never ending creation
Creating gives life to ideas that lay
dormant in the mind
When this is done we open doors that
can never be closed
The mind is like a be...
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Categories:
expeditions, perspective, philosophy, spiritual, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Existential Crisis
...I thought, like a net unknotted, puzzles would be solved.
With the question, 'Who am I? What's the purpose of my life?
I was wrong. Like the palbeu, no one knew where knots revolved.
Each question...
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Categories:
expeditions, conflict, confusion, death, life,
Form: Sonnet
The Ocean
...THE OCEAN
Alluring Amazing Ocean
Boundless Charming, Dynamic
Endless Energy in Free Frolic Foamy Flow.
Gorgeous, Loud Lovely, Marvellous, Musterious.
Noble or Outr...
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Categories:
expeditions, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Expedition 2
...I began a quest 15 years ago when I was more
than 2,000 miles away from the sites of inquiry.
I suspect that the expeditions of most people
do not look anything like my current expedition.
Theirs...
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Categories:
expeditions, home, journey,
Form: Narrative
The Abyss
...THE ABYSS
The abyss...evokes and fuels Hades enthusiasm,
a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
A slope leads down into the dark abyss,
and their delinquent prayers rendered amiss.
It's not jus...
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Categories:
expeditions, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Seen the Mongolian Death Worm
...have you heard of or seen the Mongolian death worm?
has he spat venom your way or tried to electrocute you?
you need to travel to the Gobi desert, where he is.
in the 1950’s there were many hyster...
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Categories:
expeditions, myth,
Form: Free verse
Moon Flowers
...I was a questing, experienced astronaut, on the way to languid, red Mars,
The huge, white sun was my companion, and unobstructed views of stars.
I was enjoying the continuous, pleasant journey, l...
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Categories:
expeditions, beauty, fantasy, flower, moon,
Form: Couplet
Ashes On the Snow by LM Hankins
...L Milton Hankins loved by all here on Poetry Soup
He kept true to himself and to us with authenticity
Daily poems intimate, inciting, true to the group ...
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Categories:
expeditions, appreciation, character, death, death
Form: Elegy
Pacing With Expeditions
...The
Frequent hours
Flock sky-high expeditions
To connect breaths world-wide
In the landscape of urge.
These
Minute minutes
Of Mother Earth's earnings
Mine and make value
If planned with th...
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Categories:
expeditions, art, cheer up, courage,
Form: Free verse
Surgical Reflections
...Days after the surgery I was not myself.
A millennium of stuttering expeditions
through metallically gleaming brain-tunnels
illuminated by a flickering
sixteen millimeter movie camera
shuttered ...
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Categories:
expeditions, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Dewdrops
...DEWDROPS
Distant things mesmerize
Look close by: Get surprise.
Those unseen far away seem
to emit sparkling shiny beam.
Distant space attracts more,...
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Categories:
expeditions, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
The Alarm Clock
...We need an alarm clock for daybreaks
For morning calls
For embarking on special expeditions
But down in a poor village
The cock crows
The cold wind blows
The night fades
The mountains covered ...
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Categories:
expeditions, child, morning, parents,
Form: Free verse
Astronomy : What Use
...As scientist search other planets for water,
I think about Indian villages which don't have drinking water.
Astronomical research what is its utility?
Except for telecom services everything else i...
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Categories:
expeditions, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Hospital Notes
...The surgeon had successfully removed his libido,
then had fed it to the hospital cat. Afterward,
a series of stuttering expeditions through mind-tunnels
condensed days into moments.
Corridors b...
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Categories:
expeditions, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Stamps
...Stamps, perforated passport squares,
Took me oft where I wished to be
On my own low budget world tour
Warm, safely tucked in dad’s armchair.
I loved to dream in dad’s warm chair
A young wallfl...
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Categories:
expeditions, adventure, imagination, nature, travel,
Form: Free verse
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