Zen mode
...we see, we sense, we imbibe
assimilation yet awaits
we need to become the vibe
to walk through heaven’s gates
when save essence of presence
there remains no one here
our aura is flecked with ...
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Categories:
flecked, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
mirror
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I bid love's mirror fond adieu
but saw it gazing back at you
my face framed in your iris'
flecked with gold ...
I dared to press your lips to mine
whi...
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Categories:
flecked, analogy, passion, sensual,
Form: Rhyme
Blue Fox
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The fox slopes warily into the garden,
a sapphire dawn overlay's and
sheens his form.
He trots across
a snow powdered clearing
head low, electric whiskers
seeking trace and track.
Crystall...
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Categories:
flecked, poetry,
Form: Free verse
summertime
...sun, ripe citrus fruit
sapphire sky flecked with white clouds~
tarmac road steaming.
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Categories:
flecked, analogy, summer, sun,
Form: Haiku
Didn't we all become poets ii
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/ "Like Open-Mic Explosions from the End of Language". ~ Chat-GPT /
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Madmen leaked a rash of sky-blue puddle;
fatally cloistered the hat-flu's hubble -
To wit:
- the h...
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Categories:
flecked, allusion, america, hip hop,
Form: Free verse
For The Rising Sun
...The rising sun sets day apart
Night walks with us but not afar
Along the bridge, our gilded heart
The rising sun
Lacustrine swans flecked by Earth's star
Sail on soft waves, awaking art
Pen s...
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Categories:
flecked, animal, appreciation, bird, nature,
Form: Roundel
The Tops
...up a steep and gritty track
reach the tops
wilderness reclaims a verge
of wintery snags
land juts and tilts
hauls out
lays treeless
clumps and hags
pitch up stricken soil
heap their marshy...
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Categories:
flecked, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Wand of Kismet
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Written: May 12, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
Quote: “Set yourself on fire and seek those who fan your flame.” By Rumi
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Categories:
flecked, analogy, divorce,
Form: Free verse
peace
...Peace
A glorious morning in the bay of Cascais
seven coastal ships on a mirror.
Stilleben
Sunday, the crew are asleep
except for a cook who is up preparing
breakfast
This could be a p...
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Categories:
flecked, age, birth, blessing, blue,
Form: ABC
dark night of the soul
...resting in quietude we wait
for wisdom that dispels all doubt
uncertain for now seems our fate
nobody hears our soundless shout
present here now in this domain
endowed with senses five and min...
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Categories:
flecked, introspection, prayer, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
Not Much of a Choice
...Cooper was a large and curious tiger, the bright star of a motley circus,
Always out of step with others; like erring moon, of dawn skies, citrus.
He was well fed and got lots of attentio...
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Categories:
flecked, beauty, color, fun, nature,
Form: Couplet
Your Expressive Eyes Speak to Me
...There's a language you speak to me with your eyes
I hear their quiet thoughts... oh, how they hypnotize
me when into their boundless realms I dare to stare.
With rapt attention, I listen to them w...
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Categories:
flecked, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Cessation
...With mind the seat of intellect,
looking at parts that make the whole,
it can match not wisdom of heart,
sparking stardust, by bliss flakes flecked,
seat of soul, directing life’s role,
breath b...
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Categories:
flecked, silence, spiritual,
Form: Hybronnet
Flakes of Faith in the Chill
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Written: January 06, 2025, for contest. Sponsored by: Regina Mcintosh
Quote: "During winter, cuddle up with a mug of hot cocoa and some fluffy white snowflakes—they're like a kiss fr...
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Categories:
flecked, night, winter,
Form: Ottava rima
Autumn Side Of September
...In the middle ages
these roughed and scuffed decades
between newborn crocus snow-melt-nursed and
dried hydrangea blooms sepia-skinned and papery thin
I earned the right to wear sapphires
and bur...
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Categories:
flecked, age, beauty, birth, introspection,
Form: Free verse
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