Echoes of a Victorian Christmas
...Men in tailored suits
and satin waistcoats,
gold watches peeking
out of their pockets,
walked arm in arm
with women in wide skirts ~
hooped,
crinolined,
elegantly sculpted.
Their tigh...
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Categories:
frisk, christmas, happiness, history, joy,
Form: Narrative
Gold, Golem?
...Soon, O toil? Take, tamarisk?
Athlete, hurl disc!
Flickering fog in fine-kept frisk!
Blessings in the brisk!
Amiable heaven, hell:
What to do about?
Blood congeal and ichor gel!
Set fire to ...
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Categories:
frisk, beach,
Form: Rhyme
HELLMAGEDDON
...Written By: D. Collins 11/6/24
Gather up your family and prepare to hunker down.
The gloves will certainly come off this time around.
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Categories:
frisk, horror,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Dandelion Woman
...Oh look here— behold a dandelion woman
the original wild flower!
I go where I want to go
I grow where I want to grow —
don't matter if y o u say no
dandelion wine summertime
relax and rec...
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Categories:
frisk, beauty, conflict, courage, endurance,
Form: Free verse
another accidental nap
...I take a little nap
it was accidental
but still wonderful
the dogs are lying on me
so I cannot get up right away
they are delightful
neither has any idea how big they are
my feet are both ...
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Categories:
frisk, age,
Form: Free verse
Am I Light
...Am I light or dispersed star
Scatter or straight to all earthly uneven
Whether the stray comet to unfollow
Chaos or chord to sundry upheavals
Mortal cry pebbles the enshrined path
Luminious moon...
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Categories:
frisk, for teens, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
A Sealed Soul
...Written: October 12, 2023
Cinquain Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress
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Guile gust
I grasp your gas...
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Categories:
frisk, analogy, appreciation, character,
Form: Cinquain
Booby Trapped Within Apartment Unit B44
...Booby trapped within apartment unit b44
Circa August 18th, 2021
three bajillion years ago to date,
nevertheless I count blessings,
so please do not hashtag me
as worse than an ingrate
or o...
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Categories:
frisk, adventure, anxiety, confusion, divorce,
Form: Rhyme
Hard Pressed
...You sometimes remember but then forget,
that high fever causes your cheeks to flush;
The softest parts inside remain at risk,
pure happiness is a dangerous bet;
In the midst of that adrenaline ru...
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Categories:
frisk, emotions, feelings, happiness,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
Games Not To End In Death
...Don’t start a game ending in death,
Something there: forfeiture of breath!
Don’t mind Superstar Bruce Lee,
His Game of Death Kung Fu we see.
Next, the player lodged in some heath,
To The Living ...
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Categories:
frisk, cry, death, violence, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Recording a Rape
...It is one hell of a risk
Away The Cops could Stan whisk,
By Jeff's window with a disc
They'll think he's there to things frisk,
Although, slow Stan's moves not brisk...
Stan means recording a ...
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Categories:
frisk, character, corruption, evil, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Unknown Caller
...Amber alerts light up my phone;
tornado warnings jar the mind.
But lately from a source unknown:
a notice of another kind.
There's grave concern for potted meat;
I wonder if they'll stop and f...
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Categories:
frisk, silly,
Form: Quatrain
Diplomacy 101
...The wave, a distant statement
“trust me, I come in peace”
The handshake, firm and strong
held just a bit too long
the hug, a gentle frisk
to minimize the risk
to those who must decide
to...
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Categories:
frisk, peace, political, war,
Form: Couplet
Seasons Impression
...A few yellow leaves, diminutive bless.
The subtle birth of Fall— my eyes impress.
Verdant green—deep visual for my dreams.
The season’s frisk—Jack Frost snips at the seams....
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Categories:
frisk, autumn,
Form: Couplet
One Breath, Two Breaths
...They fling, frisk and frolic across my mind
one breath two breaths so on so forth
They romp, revel and rollick enshrined
one thought two thoughts so on so forth
They jink, jovial an...
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Categories:
frisk, appreciation, word play,
Form: Rhyme
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