An Uncertain History of Champagne
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Just how champagne came to be
opinions vary and there are many.
The French insist it was no mistake
like all great art they highly rate;
indeed, a felicitous coupling
of skill and savoir f...
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Categories:
felicitous, history,
Form: Didactic
Surf Usurped
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Hitchhiking by blurred station generic
Gypsy Flora slips anonymous, gravel
Grinds her heart of garbage, barbaric
Buried skeleton stirred, further travel
Ticket to Keep It Secret
Scarred i...
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Categories:
felicitous, allusion, deep, environment, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Ten Pound Weights
...Ten pound weights,
of encouragement,
uplifting smiles,
curl,
extend,
as fingers unwind,
and
romanticize.
Felicitous lips,
the story of joy
explored
with
double dutch
jump.
Flickers of...
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Categories:
felicitous, joy, light, smile,
Form: Free verse
Poetry Soup
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Written: May 14, 2024
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Oh, how life has evolved drastically over years,
Similar to constant river flow and gears.
A world has s...
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Categories:
felicitous, appreciation, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Emptiness - Soul Hunt
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Written: April 27, 2024
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Seraphic, sibilant wisdom,
a grace-gorged vista,
nestled amidst
pristine propinquity
verdant gr...
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Categories:
felicitous, analogy, life, soulmate, voice,
Form: Free verse
Temporal incarnation of Aphrodite
...Temporal incarnation of Aphrodite...
induces idyllic reverie
delight evoking similar surge,
when skirting, and eluding
fidelity defining the marital law
on par with courting in flagrante deli...
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Categories:
felicitous, absence, adventure, angel, april,
Form: Rhyme
Porcelain Spirit Dreams
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Written: February 24, 2024
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Moonbeams kindle ambrosian dreams
Love evolves on auric gleams
A gem in space, a costly pearl, a Luna
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Categories:
felicitous, analogy, appreciation, beauty, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Freddy Farkle
...Freddy Farkle, fumbling forecaster for Forestville,
friggin' fudged Friday forecast....fair?!
first florid felicitous, falling flurries followed,
froze flowers, foiled!
faraway farmhouse, furrowi...
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Categories:
felicitous, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Haiku of Summer Sun
...Hot sunshine blinding
Red spots before me summer
Felicitous sun...
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Categories:
felicitous, day, sky, summer, sun,
Form: Haiku
Excited When Invited and Knighted
...would become excited
by queen he had been invited
when he was knighted
to win gave up soul
gain power was his goal
position he stole
seem so suspicious
found things to be fictitious
also ...
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Categories:
felicitous, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Red Winter Roses
...My arbored vines were frozen since mid-December.
The seasonal chill, no one is able to tame,
but my red winter roses, planted in September,
have profusely budded and their blooms are aflame.
Radi...
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Categories:
felicitous, rose, winter,
Form: Quintain (English)
Life Is An Adventure
...Down long lonesome roads of life, I traveled
only resting when I've grown weak and weary
or stumbling on memory lanes, pea graveled
that cause my mournful eyes to become teary.
My l...
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Categories:
felicitous, adventure, life,
Form: Rhyme
Life Is An Adventure
...Down long lonesome roads of life, I traveled
only resting when I've grown weak and weary
or stumbling on memory lanes, pea graveled
that cause my mournful eyes to become teary.
My l...
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Categories:
felicitous, adventure, life, uplifting,
Form: Quatrain
My Thoughts On Blackberries
...Jamun or Kala Jamun - we call it in India,
Black plum, Jambu, Jambool - for many, it's a mania;
In months of June end July; one could find young and old climb,
Sit over their branches; relish the ...
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Categories:
felicitous, fruit, fun, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Angel Over Quiet Waters
...Max painted the blush-blue sky
the nest of grass and teal-still waters.
Bursting from his vibrant paintbrush,
a vision that appropriates the canvas.
His hubris angel halo-crowned,
th...
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Categories:
felicitous, angel, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
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