Packing for Camp
...The grandkids are heading to sleepaway camp,
Their clothing all labeled and packed,
Plus all of the extras they may or not need -
Way too much, as a matter of fact.
They bring pillows and blank...
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Categories:
flashlights, granddaughter, grandson,
Form: Rhyme
Tears of Time
...T i m e stops for no one,
as searing seconds swerve
through seasonal squalls,
thawing frost that sleeps upon
the necks of onyx roses,
where pain is etched in skeletal sins~
across pruned plumes...
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Categories:
flashlights, destiny, fate, strength,
Form: Free verse
Rudolph's Leg is Broke
...santa’s in a fix rudolph’s leg is snapped
tripped on a candy cane now the poor guy’s trapped
mrs claus is fuming elves are losing their cool
one slipped on tinsel and fell in the gift pool
how ...
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Categories:
flashlights, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
fear of mirrors hair balloons and paperclips
...There are more phobias than you would believe
Some have names, others are a one-of-a-kind nameless fear
People have fear of werewolves, rats, snakes, and ghosts
Fear of long words, mirrors, hair, ...
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Categories:
flashlights, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Kelley
...
there were his baseball cards
collected in a shoebox,
his model submarines, and planes.
he paced in a restless waddle
from corner to corner in our bedroom.
he could beat me at any game
and al...
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Categories:
flashlights, allegory, brother, for him,
Form: Narrative
To Our Friends in Malibu Ca From Pangie in Northern Ca
...
Oddly, I had no news on, at all today,
I just heard about your city’s early morning’s sway!
Having lived through earthquakes, I know that fear…
You wait for those afterschocks, that’s so...
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Categories:
flashlights, how i feel, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Stadium Lights
...I was at a concert.
A song played.
We turned our phone flashlights and waved them,
And as I looked across the stadium,
I saw three lights bouncing a certain way.
I started bouncing along with ...
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Categories:
flashlights, community, light, together,
Form: Free verse
Falling Away
...A rusted breeze ripens with early frosts
Ill-fated trees wilt begetting their loss
Rich fermented decay's putrified bloom
Bidding farewell to the song of the loon
The belching pond spurts summe...
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Categories:
flashlights, autumn, celebration, environment, flower,
Form: Sonnet
The Specious Criminal Trial
...Which fish
The scuba diver
Is going after?
The big one
Or the small one?
Which sheriff
Is on trial today?
The petty one
Or the pretty one?
Everyone must have its day
In the Kangaroo Court.
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Categories:
flashlights, abortion, adventure, america, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
Let's go back
...Let’s go back to that.
Telling stories,
teaching each other
how to play a guitar,
showing tricks
and playing games.
Sleepovers,
makeovers,
dancing and baking.
Building forts,
picking fl...
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Categories:
flashlights, memory,
Form: Free verse
An Interior Mechanism
...
Since childhood,
as alexithymia struck my soul.
I kept all my hopes a secret,
hidden in a bucket of unshared dreams.
I kept my soul sweet like marshmallows,
but life has finally caught up ...
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Categories:
flashlights, analogy, emotions, life, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Fireflies
...Flying in twilight like
fairies bearing tiny
flashlights which constantly
flicker on and off, this
family of bugs are
factually beetles -
fascinating to me!...
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Categories:
flashlights, insect,
Form: Pleiades
Job, There Is Forever
...Sturgeon Moon
So soon
Summer slips through our fingers
Our own version of Michigan underwater beasts
Ogling the luminous bellies of boats swimming down Clam River
Dockside a roar with Ahab rev...
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Categories:
flashlights, appreciation, children, family, fate,
Form: Free verse
Our Electricity Is Out
...out electricity went off
no TV
no internet
no lights
no computer
no TV
We live in an underground house
it is blood black here
I flip flashlights on along the way
use my fingers to make pup...
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Categories:
flashlights, storm,
Form: Free verse
Chance Encounters Bringing Back My Lost Smile
...#DreamscapeFusion
In the midst of my solitude,
as I sat at my table,
with a cup of warmth in my hand,
and the little world out of my window,
My mind being empty, travelled far and wide,
I fou...
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Categories:
flashlights, happiness, poems, poetry, smile,
Form: Free verse
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