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What Will Man Think - For Contest

      The past blinks
      The future winks

      The present links
       ~ Historians ink




     Entry in > 7 Contest
     Sponsor: Rob Carmack
     

Interlude - not for contest -

         Three dozen or so revelers whoop it up.
       Prince''s signature smash-hit song, "1999"
        Is blasting top volume on loud speakers.
          A rollicking party reaches

Interlude - Not for Contest

"I give you life eternal. Everlasting love. The power of the storm, and the beasts of the earth. Walk with me to be my loving wife forever" Bram Stoker


Time has come for us to slow the pace.
    Just relax, enjoy each other's embrace.
       Let laughter fill

T'was the Night Before Christmas- Not for Contest

Everything was ready for Christmas Day.
New toys were wrapped for the children to play.
We had all decorated the Christmas Tree.
Gifts in pretty paper were placed carefully.
The stockings were hung.
We had rehearsed carols to be sung.
We were all snug in bed.
The children wishing it was morning instead.
When suddenly Father ran out in the snow.
For what, we

What Makes Me Smile - Not for Contest

       When someone can forego
         her id and ego

       publishing poems of her friends
         to heal those on the mend 

      Her

Electrolysis Magician - Not for Contest

  
	     All over the couch and floor 
                Hair, There and Everywhere             
         

Purple Dreams in Other Realms Continued For Contest

Once upon a magical evening an enchanted fairy I happened to see 
dressed in a fantastical dress with  two dappled wings of lace,     
she shone like the midnight sun; 
I must confess, she looked rather whimsical  
sitting there by a green wooden door, waiting for your lore ! 

Two-liners - Not for Contest

      It’s hard to get ahead in life
         ~ when your feet are on backward


      They say laughter is the best medicine
          ~ but ‘they’ never had broken

Two-Line Quote, for Contest

   'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'
       ~ so is a wooden nickel


     __________________________
     Entry in 'Two Line Quote' contest
           Sponsor: Rick Parise
 

The Story of My Life - for Contest

      You must not be a teacher my dad said
      A teacher can’t afford a loaf of bread
         So I just bounced all around
         From job to job, town

Streets of Solitude not for contest

Being alone is an amethyst art
Gift to the soul searching dark
Mahogany moments 
Shaping reality despite chaos or peace

Pearl perception of reality red from
blood of dead dreams 
that will rise like a purple phoenix 
inside blue breast
Walking in spirit with ancient ancestors 
yet alone in the Streets of solitude 

Fire in eyes 
forgiving the lies 
of

MY TRUTHS - not for contest

Truth be told I don’t have many
Truths…that is
My beliefs have changed
Over the years
Not always for the better
According to some
Who hold their “truths” paramount.
I tell those people
“I am what you made me”

It’s been said that
I have no filters
Will say whatever runs
Screaming through my mind
My parry and thrust
Usually involves subtle
Quixotically imbued ideas
As I bear scars from battling

A Faded Photo - for contest

    A faded photo of his father
       all that’s left of the man 
    A centerpiece in his son’s home
       on the mantle it stands

    The creases in the photo
    

Sunrise Symphony NOT FOR CONTEST

White Thunder Hawk is her native name
She rides her horse across the plains 
Her favorite spot is sacred ground 
She will pray with faith on holy mound

Just before the sun will rise
See the red fire in her eyes
A symphony of nature is moved
By her heart her soul her truth

There’s a bear bathing nearby
She isn’t worried

Carrot Top NOT FOR CONTEST

Carrot top played truth or dare
Soaked the pool with his hair
He was too ashamed
To lose the game
Instead he got chlorine in red hair

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