Fire and FireTug-of-War
Alpha Dog
Carnivore
Locked our horns
Power struggle
Crown of thorns
Neither bows nor bends nor folds
Instead digs their heels
Leans in and holds
Under weights of worlds shouldered
Beneath catching fires smoldered
They juxtapose
Until the end
And so it goes
Protect; defend
Both yearning to submit, surrender
Though, coward, that would them then render
So instead they hold strong their positions
Each declaring their conditions
Never has...
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Categories:
fire, conflict, hate, violence, war,
Form: Rhyme
I Bring the Lightning a Song[pre-chorus]
That flash that stuns your eyes
makes you hold your breath
shiver to your toes
ruins your rest
[chorus]
Thats me, I bring the lightning,
I can start the fire
burning brightly
things can go on for hours
[verse 1]
I learned a long time ago
how to set match
to the tinder
and make things all aglow
dancing crackling cinder
It takes intention and focus
and knowing where to...
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Categories:
feelings, fire,
Form: Lyric
Fire
Categories:
fire, art,
Form: Other
hiku
Categories:
angst, fire, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
MirroringThe human race, the most successful dynasty on earth.
Five-foot titans, jaws gaping,
eyes too wide to see their own reflections. Apex predators.
The first to fall were the animals
shadows with breath, their bones paved into myths.
Then the land,
bled dry to raise glass towers,
trees fell disgusted by the massacre.
The human race, the most...
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Categories:
fire, philosophy, society,
Form: Free verse
pretenseThe
pretense of knowing
more than
the immediacy
the appearance
the story
seems as futility aglow
though we all pretend
and the pretense is
it too
pointing
to that which
is not there
seems a futility
yet that
which is not there
may appear as
pointing...
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Categories:
fire, words,
Form: Light Verse
Gold Tried In The FireEvery work we have
Is measured in gold in heaven.
Everything we do here,
Is tried by fire to know what material we are made of
Is your material built by gold, hay or stubble.
Everything that is gold will be saved.
Everything that eaten by fire is justice from God discretion if save.
The soul is the business of God...
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Categories:
fire, faith, gospel, spiritual, work,
Form: Prose
spiritus ignis - for California
while torrid sparks lick heaven’s cheek
those Santa Anas sweep the peaks
and stoke the charring blaze that kills
each breathing creature ‘tween the hills
sweet Cali’s grandest homes and folk
...
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Categories:
analogy, fire, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Nessie
O yon Loch Ness Monster
is come out of the lake
through all the wide border
his tail left a wake
and save his fire-breathing
he weapons had none
he swam all unharmed
and fair maidens he won
so faithful in love
yet so very messy
there never was wee beastie
like the young dragon Nessie
(With apologies to Sir Walter Scott)
...
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Categories:
fire, animal, humorous, poetry, water,
Form: Rhyme
Accepting My Fate-BreathlessQuote "Dont play with fire - It doesn't play fair"
This has been attributed to a song by the Rolling Stones.
It started with burning embers, Prometheus, the fire god casts an evil spell.
Then starts spot fires turning shrubs and plants into a smoldering dell .
Conditions are unbearable and the growing flames are fanned by...
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Categories:
fire,
Form: Rhyme
friendly fire
there had been many battles raging
mostly within and with himself
alter Egos diffusing who was friend or foe
to the point of dissolution of Self
like a soul grinder on an impossible mission
mindful and yet full of fear he had discounted
his nuclear warfare as mere skirmishes
fully aware that his default setting was resentment
in which everyone else was...
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Categories:
fire, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Ember Girl
Born orphan, the torture of her stepmother and stepsisters
shaped the fairy tale Cinderella with fire, the ember girl,
who didn’t dream seeing the dormant love bloom,
but seethed within to take the retaliatory revenge.
On the night of the grand royal ball the cruel family
left bedecked with jewels and satin for the palace,
locking her in the attic in...
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Categories:
fire, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
fire,
Form: Other
Play with Fire Till Your Fingers Burn
~Play With Fire Till your Fingers Burn~
5/20/2025
Experience life to its full brink,so sad, to witness any human, being had!
Just try to be...
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Categories:
fire, courage, environment, fate, poets,
Form: Free verse
When Ash Remembers Flame
Written: May 20, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Karen Jones
Inspired from Prince Song: When Doves Fly
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I slipped the mirror mournful cry,
Where silhouettes lick the silvery sky.
There is no name or voice left to claim—
There was just airless...
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Categories:
fire,
Form: Rhyme
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