Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head
...Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head...
not just in time for Valentine's Day
but the remaining days of our lives
as the world turns
on all our children
the young and restle...
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Categories:
flavoring, absence, adventure, anger, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
What's Natural
...What’s natural is rarely kind.
It’s what grows in leaps and bounds
From chaotic paranoia in the abstract
To orderly mitosis in the particular
An avalanche of exponential divisions
Until all res...
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Categories:
flavoring, life, nature, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Degrees of Soul
...(Turkish DOBAG rug)
Degrees of Soul
Awhile ago I got a Turkish rug that opened my eyes
To what real joy looks like
Transferred to one’s work.
In this rug I could see the soul of a w...
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Categories:
flavoring, art, spiritual, visionary, work,
Form: Narrative
Unconscious bias
...Religion in the public square is becoming an endangered species. - Mathew Staver
the lavender moon, in silhouettes of blue
paint my thoughts in melodies,
hues of grace and gentle peace, silent f...
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Categories:
flavoring, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Cherries
...In Michigan, we have cherries.
Flavoring our whole state.
Tart juice that drips into everything.
So we add sugar.
Cherry trees nod as we drive by.
To the cherry festival.
I bring a tote bag to ...
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Categories:
flavoring, america,
Form: Free verse
Golden Faith
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Listen to the songs, falling from the skies,
In brilliant azure notes, soft
And hopeful, honest as the subtle hints
Indigo gentling tears and spirits,
Leaving a trail of lightly...
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Categories:
flavoring, blessing, christian, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
Tea Can Be the Spice of Life
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Because I like variety,
I’ve got many different boxes of tea upon my shelf.
Sometimes I might mix them up,
adding two different bags of tea to seep inside my glass.
Some flavors I enjoy consist...
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Categories:
flavoring, drink,
Form: Prose Poetry
Zenith
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Glistening through the window’s
Glass, shafts of gentling grace
Mellow and bleeding waves – breathless
Crying like rain, flavoring the moment with
Splendor, inspiring the soul to ...
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Categories:
flavoring, inspirational, light,
Form: Free verse
Whisper
...Soft and gentle, like southern rain
Still as the embers, breathless
In the fire’s dream – lasting beyond
Graceful wisdom who portrays the eventual
Healing, the flaming gestures in the blaze,
Sec...
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Categories:
flavoring, appreciation, color, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Sword of Damocles
...Grisly bared horror jawbones Kristallnacht
totalitarian brandishes, flaunts, launches
global threat half cocked.
Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttime...
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Categories:
flavoring, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Riding Sixties Shotgun
...I was in the shotgun seat
in 1960 Lansing Michigan
headed straight as a harddrive
through ghettoizing "Negra Section"
hunting down our commercial whitebread
heavenly ThriftyAcres
Wanna be a ...
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Categories:
flavoring, beauty, community, culture, extended
Form: Political Verse
Breathe, Breathe, B R E a T H E
...Breathe: inhale the sky, the song, the peace
Feel the rush of light, the sensations of grace
Breathe: exhale the smile, the chuckle, the laugh
Touch the brilliance echoing hope through the heart...
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Categories:
flavoring, blessing, imagery, inspiration, life,
Form: Free verse
The Waitress Nodded
...at way-stressed words that echoed...
"my (main-you!) plea-is tea...tasting...
'of-odd-cause' heavy flavoring...cofcof..."
stan sand...
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Categories:
flavoring, angst, sound, thanks,
Form: Free verse
The Good Life
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Mornings, light and smiling
Coffee brewing, black
Meat frying in a cast iron skillet
Grease, flour and milk, stirred together
Gravy poured over steaming biscuits
Granny’s breakfast...
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Categories:
flavoring, appreciation, blessing, celebration, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Camping With Jesus - 2
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Nursing dreams around a campfire
Bleeding inspiration through the smiles
Laughter like blessings raining down
On the hearts who share this sweetness
A whisper of dreamy wonder twinkli...
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Categories:
flavoring, blessing, inspirational, nature,
Form: Free verse
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