Letters and Digits
...Digits are opening letters with knife
Wow it was time before we actually opened a letter
With knife
Inside, eyes eying the digits and letters
They say
But they ain’t Simon
Of the times...
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Categories:
eying, feelings, judgement, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Thinking about Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds
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“The chances against anything manlike on Mars are a million to one,” he said. (Excerpt from the book by H G Wells.)
WATCH OUT, run for your lives ...the Martians are coming!
Well ...
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Categories:
eying, music, science fiction, space,
Form: Free verse
Erinna Distaff Translation
...ERINNA
Erinna is widely regarded, at least by those who have read her, as second only to Sappho among the ancient Greek female poets. Little is known about her life; Erinna has been called a conte...
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Categories:
eying, child, childhood, death, death
Form: Free verse
Molly Ann Could Hardly Wait
...Molly Ann could barely wait said her dad
To show her hippie grandma her cozy pad
Where would I sit? Grandma asked eying the pit.
Daddy laughed so hard, for on the floor she used to always sit.
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Categories:
eying, life,
Form: Rhyme
Growing my hair down below my knees
...Growing my hair down below my knees...
stimulated courtesy follicles,
where Coconut, Olive, Grapeseed,
Jojoba, Amla and Vitamin E oils
allowed, enabled,
and provided head start
germinating pe...
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Categories:
eying, addiction, america, april, body,
Form: Free verse
A Time to Reflect
...Quite far we have traversed, in pursuit of goals we chose,
Through troubles and trepidations of seasons in throes;
Sometimes reveling sunshine, sometime in glum of shadows,
Always together~ on bar...
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Categories:
eying, introspection, life, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Ethereal Lanterns
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As the holy season commemorates revelations of scriptures,
Sacred flame burning within, reinvigorates soul’s intellect,
Steering away from the fallible, toward realms of perfect,
Away from servi...
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Categories:
eying, inspirational, meaningful, uplifting,
Form: Verse
Black and White
...“Moves are slower, concentration intense, as style and wits are pitted.
Finally, the remaining white knight makes a brilliant challenge admitted.
The black king weak from the affray, a pawn keeps d...
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Categories:
eying, games,
Form: Rhyme
Twilight Serendipity
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Written: February 10, 2024
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Endless void of shades
A soft wave hides truths
Nestled in an ethereal cover
A celestial riddle sighed.
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Categories:
eying, analogy, confusion, deep, dream,
Form: Free verse
Puddin and Tritina
...Swimming in the blind; feeling by electricity
Puddin found her without ever eying; the food he was relying
Their connection developed slowly; for neither found the other clutch
They shifted emot...
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Categories:
eying, children, devotion, father, love,
Form: Tritina
The Halloween Party
...ITs another Halloween
There are groups walking the street
Looking happy with themselves
And their stash from trick or treat
We’ve got toffees by the door
And a bag of lollipops
I’ve tape...
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Categories:
eying, fun, halloween, humorous, parents,
Form: Rhyme
With Each Morning
...Written 3 September 2023 For
With Each Morning
With each morning that greets the sky,
What a...
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Categories:
eying, feelings, god, humanity, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
The Sun Rises With Each Morning of Hope
..."Reflections of pink, and gold on heaven’s floor,
a hint of memories that came millenniums before,
and the radiance of God’s glory, eying from behind the shore,
is a new dawn, for our taking...
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Categories:
eying, analogy, god, hope, humanity,
Form: Free verse
With Each Morning
...Written: August 26, 2023
With Each Morning Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Martin Braun
Quote: "Reflections of pink, and gold on heaven’s floor,
a hint of memories...
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Categories:
eying, adventure, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
With Each Morning
...Each morning dawn brushes paint across the sky,
pastel colors to herald the rise of sun's golden eye.
He warms the earth. Dew's moisture he'll dry
before the world is waking.
Reflections of pin...
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Categories:
eying, hope, sun,
Form: Rhyme
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