Rhyme Free Verse Poems

I’m here but I’m gone 
Mouth open but no words drawn 
A smile with no truth 
People lie yet have no proof
I post on Snapchat...

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Time Like Crashing Waves 

Time, like waves crashing on a smooth-faced sand,
Leaves imbedded ripples on shores of memory
And drop-offs marked with steep undertow warnings
In foamy...

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I relish sparring repartee of clever quips...

Particularly, when voicing and/or
writing bon mots doth betake
chuckling clownlike me 
rumbled stilled skin,
and e'en rouses 
this mummified corpse
(asleep for...

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Would you love to read the joy in poetry?
Would you pass poetry to the pit?
Or would you grant me the grace to write in defense...

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Barry Dell
 
 
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Our neighbor Edna is an incessant talker for sure
My husband says squawker, and I think so too
Weird words come out in a blather, somehow threatening
More...

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since writing is being,
who the hell am I, 
measuring meter,
caring about perfect rhyme,
an attention seeker
trying to impress

writing is being
breathing
unreeling 
unraveling
unearthing
seeing 
hearing 
smelling
touching
feeling
e.e. 
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Breathless as a summer sun, glowing
Intimate, like the kiss or touch
Light, whispering joy over the spirit, flowing
With tenderness – gentling even 
The darkness, the doubt,...

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I find it fascinating how the human mind ponders
the origin and shape of ideas 
and how everyone 
wanders. 

I wonder why I 
can’t help but...

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"The Beautiful Drowning" 

Barefeet 
dancing in the sand
the warm ocean licks
insolent toes 
to its command
whispers its secrets
calling us in deeper 
indolently caressing 
our naked futures...

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The Write

I yawn and stretch. 
I dare to pray... realizing 
it would always be
the best course. 
The smell of coffee 
is pungent on the air....

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Interpreting mine Poetry

Similar to scrutinizing
an abstract painting,
this author begetting, canvassing
entreating... obscure words dumbfounding
readers (himself included), he eludes
(shading tree fore rest)
clear cut discerning,
yet oft times his...

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Amulet graced by gems
clad for stratum prow

tawny glyphs
margin of witticism

& quagmire

extravagant dictum
trivialize shores trails

summer ousted
& waves of wrangles

sundered the ocean 
& swapped my spirit

in crimson burst
swirl...

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A children's rhyme called Little Ponzi
all our emotions are a two edged sword
they can soar or mess things to high treason
apparently playing evil A against...

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* This is a special, rather intricate rhyme scheme I created called “Carallon” - I hope you enjoy it. *

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