Irregular Margins
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We brought a puzzle to the cabin,
rented on a Friday-front holiday.
Our tween was bored before we passed the first exit.
We needed the escape—
a break from where we'd been and where we were
(o...
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Categories:
fibrous, beautiful, betrayal, confidence, joy,
Form: Free verse
Fire
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Flames swallow oxygen,
duplicitous in their deeds,
circumventing steel barriers—
steel barriers doubling over.
Ashen soot cakes the walls;
walls crumble, interlacing with soot.
Pyres of...
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Categories:
fibrous, allusion, dark, fire, imagery,
Form: Other
My Incubus
...Pounding at the resonant head
of my chest—he of hunger
latches his fangs just beneath my jaw—
not to sever silence, but to pummel poison.
Tissue parts with wet reluctance,
he with need more th...
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Categories:
fibrous, anxiety, change, character, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Hill-top Tree
...I plant a tree on top of the hill
and there it stood still
I water it with my tears
and it kept blooming throughout the year
and now it is spreading it’s branches everywhere
and its trunks is p...
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Categories:
fibrous, anger, betrayal, business, change,
Form: Free verse
Fibrous Cord
...Fibrous Cord
My fibrous cord who
attach the muscles of
the calf to the
heel bone are
sometimes as sharp as
a sharp knife.
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Categories:
fibrous, humor,
Form: Free verse
His Right Leg
...A ticket pinned to the thigh reserves it,
the whole cadaver is parceled off - of course.
Legs are a late harvest, these often-indigent parts
carry a visual poverty long after the body is plucked.
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Categories:
fibrous, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Doubting Thomas luxuriates under Dylanesque milkweed
...Doubting Thomas luxuriates under Dylanesque milkweed
made fibrous threads...constituting heavy blanket
(crocheted by the missus)
on a cool Autumn like morning...
to stave off experiencing get...
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Categories:
fibrous, analogy, animal, august, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Seijaku
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Lighting the candle she then raises the veil and reveals
to her inner self, the most candid reflection of she ;
Her innate behavior
turns her into an experienced Mantra Queen...
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Categories:
fibrous, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Sebaceous glands connected to follicles secrete an oily substance called sebum
...Sebaceous glands connected to follicles secrete an oily substance called sebum
With a title deeply rooted
in subject matter iterated above
invariably makes for hair raising poem,
though I immed...
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Categories:
fibrous, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Coagulation
..."Finally my blood began to coagulate,"
the second stage of hemostasis -- how great!
First I applied pressure to the bleeding spot,
the platelets circulate to stop it (a "clot.")
Coagulation for...
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Categories:
fibrous, body, caregiving, health, humanity,
Form: Quatrain
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Much Ado About Poi
...Welcome to a typical 'Luau' spread. The first thing that is best to learn is the Hawaiian word, 'ono', which means, delicious. It's a word bandied about before and after food goes in your mou...
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Categories:
fibrous, allusion, analogy, appreciation, culture,
Form: Narrative
Featherless Angels
...Quote by author: Angel feather colors hold no meaning,
if the messenger of God is not a paragon of virtue.
Every year she wore the plumage with such grace
and her beauty raptur...
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Categories:
fibrous, analogy, life,
Form: Haibun
Your Hearten Heart Love Solid Coconut My Fruit
...What is a coconut heart made of?
O’ the distal taste of love for me
Hardening of my left side no longer bleeds
The heart of coconut the coconut palm
So sticks in my breathe
Close to the...
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Categories:
fibrous, analogy, appreciation, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Coconut's Fall
...In lands where sun and sea entwine,
Where palm trees dance and waves align,
There thrives a fruit, both rough and brown,
The coconut, a tropical crown.
Amidst the breeze, it hangs with pride,
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Categories:
fibrous, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Uterus Fruits
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First picked Summertime cherry
Dew glimmer marble blood clot
Taut fruit platter embitters sweating cheese
Liver pate shivers jiggle jelly
Nep...
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Categories:
fibrous, cute, loss,
Form: Verse
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