Staying Out of Reach-The Siren’s Story
...Staying Out of Reach-The Siren’s Story
She was a fish out of water, only in the metaphorical sense, for the sea was her song and her home, where she played, where she laid her head, and whe...
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Categories:
faroff, moon, sea, song, stars,
Form: Narrative
What If I Die
...What If I Die?
Will the world be upside down?
Will the stars stop moving around?
Will u have an intransient hollow?
Will it be difficult for you to swallow?
Not ,as I think so deep .
Sure...
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Categories:
faroff, death, deep, emotions, family,
Form: Rhyme
Age Has Not Aged
...we gathered lilacs
you&I
in that faroff land
distant
now uninhabited
unvisited
'cept by memories
those days so real
more real the...
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Categories:
faroff, love, romance,
Form: Verse
You Are Handsome
..."Now,Red, no doubt you are a handsome man."
Said in a throaty voice behind her fan.
"We both know you're a cowboy through and through.
I need a man at home and that ain't you."
"You'll be in ...
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Categories:
faroff,
Form: Couplet
A Hospital Stay - Part V
...5.
The In-Between
There, in the In-Between,
No trumpets sound
No beings clad in gold celestial fire
Arrive as guid...
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Categories:
faroff, angst, body, cancer, confusion,
Form: Free verse
North, South
...north
rises,
creative
bursts of glory
Napoleon’s dream of faroff campaigns
chaotic scribbling, flamboyant plans at
the speed of light
all night long,
unused
sleep
south’s
freefall,
ener...
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Categories:
faroff, depression,
Form: Tetractys
A Common Heart
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A Common Heart
By Rick Rucker
The strangest thing has come to pass,
I’ve been healed by one fair lass
While I did suffer a tremendous loss,
My heart no longer feels like dross
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Categories:
faroff, love
Form: Couplet
First Mate
...When Madoc roamed these waters,
Aye, fair Madoc of the seas,
I sailed with him, First Mate was I,
We sailed the outer lees.
And to these Emerald Seas we came,
From faroff emerald shores,
To pla...
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Categories:
faroff, adventure, history,
Form: Epitaph