Music Free Verse Poems

Machete pecks
cycle through a staccato lied.
The music is Jurassic,
a tune rattled in the throat
of a feathered lizard –
the genetic code
of jackhammers.
Apart from the tock-tock
of beak...

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Stone Cathedrals of Glenwood Canyon

Stone cathedral spires rise sharply from freely flowing waters -
 Birthing renewal through eternity’s eyes -
Lifting up to the eternal
 A...

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“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” – Jean de La Fontaine
  
Trials amid tribulation
failures, gradual adaptations
life...

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It's the way she looks at midnight
not worrying about her hair
shines like stars above us
but she'll never disappear

she's wind and sun and water
a gift of...

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I collected the kinetic swirls
of differing shades
in the dizzying reflections
of how you made me feel

Whirling affects
blurred in calliope sonnets
and brass ring reachings
while riding a paisley...

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If God was a hideous orchid
The rainforest would be his shrine
A glittering mechanical green capsule
Of spirals, patterns, sets of organizing energies
A thousand focused sunlight lasers
That...

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"the anguish of grief leaves me with an appetency and yearning for peace . . . "

the allure of love was enchanting
the promise between us...

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Pounding heart, swiftly reminiscing in music of love,

Crave for touch, as of when well carved face lingered,

Glistening eyes, with thoughts of how they belonged,

Novelty of...

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Muddy Water's Gramma gave us licorice

I walked the old Kenwood neighborhood with my twin little brother and sister in tow,
'hold there hands and look both...

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My late father 
    played gorgeous music 
on his Steinway 
Debussy, Ravel, Beethoven 
    along with his own compositions
He...

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birds tweeting,
wind whistling,
mud trekking,

I've forgotten what,
it means to be free,

one lane roads,
windows rolled down,
music unbearably loud,

I've forgotten how,
i missed this....

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Vanilla froth of the sea milk shakes 
Rising and falling with my jumps, in motion with the rest of the crowd 
All shimmering with sunscreen...

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The seldom branch
Takes a glance
As it waves at me

The cottonwood trees
Through the breeze
Applaud me

And as the motions
Comes and goes
Something you should know

God has made the...

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Start at the start
ask your questions
Although I’m no priest 
I will hear your confession
Divulge your sins
no judgement or correction
Within my skeleton closet
I have my own...

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Next door to me there is an artist with parted hair and painted jeans that look like the feeling of forgetting you exist in the...

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Acquisitive anguish arising within my acceptant abyss

The creatures that lurk within the deep 

Are without hope and sustenance

I awake aimlessly with thoughts that have gone...

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Best Day Ever
Inspired by Robert Crawford
Written 10/8/2019



Four days and three nights
UTI had me in the hospital
But home now I realize
Today is the Best Day Ever!

Going...

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Wake up, time unknown. Let dogs out to their toilet.

My toilet. Light, so morning. Possibly.

Check time. Unpleasantly late, but earlier than yesterday. 

No energy. Wouldn't...

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My body is a liquid
that keeps your glass half full

I'm merely there to fill the gap
between episodes of a screenplayed life

the need for symmetry
is overdrawing...

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good night all as i have to go, 
going to where the good people go, 
my body was in so much pain
i hope i never...

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