Hedged In
...They are under the hedge, the elderly,
the silver whiskered. Threadbare possums,
frail chipmunks. The feeble,
squeezed into narrow parts of the day.
Her apartment is hedged in.
Her telephone i...
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Categories:
forages, poetry,
Form: Free verse
thorns on freesia
...thorns on freesia
she questions with cinderella's origin,
she sweeps and seeks love in forages.
the rising charity lasts until the tenth floor,
when you are to occupy the first, you'll be plead...
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Categories:
forages, 10th grade, angst, best
Form: Rhyme
December, and the Light is Low and Cutting
...Sky filters through scant woods
printing a cold sunlight on shadowed tree trunks.
Only December has this light,
it both scours and forages,
it scythes away all heaped-up flotsam.
A December wi...
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Categories:
forages, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Insatiable Hunger
...Written: August 14, 2023
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Today's man, a vessel of desire,
Feeds his body with mutant foods,
Yet hunger deeper, his soul ...
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Categories:
forages, analogy, drink, garden, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Planting
...planting
the staple of life
new beginnings
seedlings
nurtured by natures flow
future hopes
nestling
in the loam and water
sustenance
farmers
weeding the paddies
a crane ...
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Categories:
forages, environment, flower, garden, nature,
Form: Haiku
Cattle Egret of Africa, and Now America
...I
Cattle Egrets have lifted my Spirits
Here in Ft. Beaufort, dirty, not dirt
BY choice, folk in small spaces
Hide from Civilization, national mandates
On Environmental Courtesies and Policies
B...
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Categories:
forages, abuse, africa, america, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Forest Storm
...bitter snow blizzard
winter winds whisper warnings ~
snowshoe hare forages
( this poem on PS syllable counter is 17 syllables and 18 on howmanysyllables.com. I posted it as is due to the imagery...
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Categories:
forages, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
Immigration
...I once scout for fresh forages
out of my mother’s shoes
over the coast, on the other side
I wish, hoped, and heard of praises
Only in my heads, not in my eyes
They are special specs, taller th...
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Categories:
forages, 12th grade, africa, black
Form: Free verse
Candy Cotton Sky
...Candy Cotton Sky.
.
Snow white wisps of cotton candy
Patches of vivid blue peeking through
The yarning sun awoken by joyful pleasant bird song
As a gentle warming breeze Stirs the pretty flowe...
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Categories:
forages, appreciation, creation, nature,
Form: Free verse
January
...Just
beneath
winter's coat,
ivy makes a
home...
the
blackbird
forages
yet no song we
hear...
day
inches
evening
towards teatime
light...
and
sunshine
melts away
the hibernal
nigh...
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Categories:
forages, january,
Form: Verse
An Old Lady and Her Milk Can
...An old lady and her milk can breaks the dawn
Traversing the Topsy Turfy curves with muscles and brawn
Tired and hopeful she rests for a while at the crossroad
Moves to the town by carrying her loa...
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Categories:
forages, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Hedged In
...They are under the hedge, the elderly,
the silver whiskered. Threadbare possums,
frail chipmunks. The feeble,
squeezed into narrow parts of the day.
Her apartment is hedged in.
Her telephone i...
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Categories:
forages, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Love Letter From the Soul Lv
...Warmth,
The other side has called
her winter's finally born
the geese are flying east
the pain has left her mark
X's no longer stay
they just go
as the hurt
forages on
and e...
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Categories:
forages, bullying, love,
Form: Free verse
Prize Roses
...In bed looking out my window... (sighs)
up at the moon with leaden eyes
approaching bleak scarlet skies
dawns spell prompt to arise.
Fawn forages prize
roses, surprise
at moms cries,
i...
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Categories:
forages, rose,
Form: Nonet
Green Deer
...The green deer poses, as the other forages in front of the effervescent waterfall, as foaming white mountains heighten the experience, and the forest unfolds with its hunter-green pines and the bo...
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Categories:
forages, imagery,
Form: Haibun
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