The Shadow of the Crown
...Within the marble halls where shadows dance,
A silent wisdom shapes each chance.
"Outshine not the master," old voices warn—
A subtle art, where gifts are worn.
On gilded thrones, egos softly g...
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Categories:
fresher, dream, power,
Form: Quatrain
Hunger
...I saw the rattle snakes, cobras and anacondas
slithering in-between my toes but not of them bit but off of my flesh or bite me at all
the field of Green was greener then I thought It would be mo...
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Categories:
fresher, 9th grade, absence, africa,
Form: Epic
Not that Jack and Jill
...Not that Jack and Jill
Jack took Jill up the hill
On the pretext of fetching water
But the need for some weed
Was a far more pressing order.
The hill was all green with flowers asunder
When...
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Categories:
fresher, adventure, africa, allegory, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Melt Pool
...I find my hands are dripping -
With the wax of my emotion.
And yet I lie here waiting -
In the pool of my devotion.
How could i know this fervor -
From flame who melts my candle -
If I wait t...
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Categories:
fresher, conflict, devotion, fire, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
In the Shade
...There’s nothing new under the sun
Under the moon as well
The shady side makes better fun
Has something new to tell
I’m in the cool of shade again
My every breath is new
The air gets fresher wit...
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Categories:
fresher, feelings, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Hermann Hesse Translation of 'Stages' from 'The Glass Bead Game'
...This is my modern English translation of the poem "Stages" by the great German poet Hermann Hesse from his novel "The Glass Bead Game."
"Stages" or "Steps"
by Hermann Hesse
from his novel The ...
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Categories:
fresher, courage, death, flower, life,
Form: Rhyme
Let's Laugh
...Anything you could do cannot be done
Drew from the tragedy some fun
You got to live despite there is no plan
To live the way you can
All you need is laugh
All you need is laugh
All you need is ...
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Categories:
fresher, humanity, humor, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Jazzy snow
...Lovely white is covering the day.
Brightness enters in the life.
Snow is here, like a crystal tray.
Pure joy as childish laugh,
Glossy silver trees
And fresher air spreads over the city.
Snow ...
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Categories:
fresher, christmas, love,
Form: Rhyme
Drink, Drink, And Think
...Drink, drink enough water
To flush or to cleanse the liver
Drink, drink, and drink
Something pink
Sometimes to unwind
The convoluted mind.
Drink from the full water pitcher
To make the voice...
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Categories:
fresher, adventure, birthday, desire, fun,
Form: Rhyme
WHEN SUMMER IS GONE-
...When summer gone temperatures hot cease
Autumn says hi!
When summer gone
Bluer, clearer fresher skies
3 month span, twix spring autumn
Alpha Omega spawn
When summer gone
Met...
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Categories:
fresher, analogy, appreciation, endurance, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Persecuted Petals
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In a province exploited
by prejudiced seasons,
a minority ebony rose
is taunted by prominent
i v o r y l i l i e s.
Biased blossoms ridiculing
tones of its charcoal petals,
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Categories:
fresher, analogy, community, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Coagulation Starter
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Finally my blood began to coagulate, the bleeding had stopped.
Not sure how far along the tunnel I had come. All the way I hopped.
Now to make my way out of this loathsome place.
Cobwebs drooped...
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Categories:
fresher, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry to me
...Is not an exhibition of erudition,
Nor a demonstration of tradition,
But a chance to play;
With words and phrases in a way,
That gives their sum a greater meaning,
Than they alone might be seemi...
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Categories:
fresher, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Drivin' To You
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(inspired by Joe Bonamassa's "Mountain Time")
Drivin’ to you, Babe,
I’m drivin’ to you.
Without you, my Sweet,
I just feel so blue.
Drivin’ to you, Babe,
I’m headin’ out west.
There’s no...
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Categories:
fresher, love, song,
Form: Lyric
Crucible of Legends II
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Possibilities, like children, navigate the classable realms,
settling upon the measurable.
Amorous piglets, their peachy snouts delve,
rooting through the trash heap of desire.
"In a time bey...
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Categories:
fresher, myth, writing,
Form: Free verse
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