BUILD UP
...Dumb bell to Barbell
Where to start
Creating the shapely body institution
Full length mirror observation
Turning weak muscle into a sensation
Planning in goal, focus, conditioning and transforma...
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Categories:
full length, appreciation, body, care, change,
Form: Rhyme
Identity Crisis
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Long after midnight
in late December
woke one night in total fright
as where I was did not remember
but more importantly
couldn't see
the forest for the trees
and did not recall myse...
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Categories:
full length, anxiety, fun, humorous, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
My Existence Itself Is My Threat - Part 1
...I dream of far shores where my name was meant to be carved.
I aspire to climb mountains where my flag was to be raised.
I imagine a distant land where a song calls me home.
So many ambitions—yet m...
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Categories:
full length, anger, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Cinderella Memories Dedication to My Father
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~Cinderella Memories~
Young, self-confident, all debutantes
At the top of the golden,spiral,staircase.
And, oh my, she, was in a Cinderella mood!
The white f...
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Categories:
full length, chicago, father daughter, happiness,
Form: Bio
Women's Voices
...Certain U.S. politicians,
In particular, one man,
Make me angry, but at least
I don’t live in Afghanistan.
Women there are banned from schooling
And whenever they’re outside,
They must wear a...
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Categories:
full length, women,
Form: Rhyme
Hawaii's Night Sky 1973
...I was driving to my grannies country home after the end of a dinner invite with friends in town, about 40 miles away.
There was news of the oddity prior to my first visual contact, that entertaine...
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Categories:
full length, analogy,
Form: Free verse
ANOTHER TIME FROM THE CRUST
...ANOTHER TIME. FROM THE CRUST
At a time when it crows
I set up to a lain me at thine bowl
Full weight! Full length a naked yoke
There you set my piece at thine brow
There I grew to thankfull...
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Categories:
full length, age, analogy, birthday, deep,
Form: Rhyme
The Clearing: Part II
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Curiosity engages the vacancies of the untried
as witness to th...
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Categories:
full length, inspirational, nature,
Form: Metrical Tale
Bird on a Wire
...A bird on a wire
Taking in the world
Looking around about to fly
Into the beauty of the sky
Ruffling of feathers
Body tensing for take-off
Jumping from the limb
Flapping of the wings
As i...
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Categories:
full length, animal, bird, strength,
Form: Free verse
Legend
...Look up in the sky ! It’s a bird ! It’s a plane.
It’s Superman !
More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This fearless man of ...
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Categories:
full length, courage,
Form: Narrative
The Ingenious Thinker Walt Disney
...Walt Disney was a cartoonist with dreams, visions, ideas.
interested in animation, he started Laugh-o-Gram studios.
he had a pet mouse there, inspiring Mickey Mouse
steamboat willie was the first ...
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Categories:
full length, tribute,
Form: Narrative
Ain't Retirement Grand
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I wake up at 5:30 most mornings
Before the sun has a chance to rise
Head for the bathroom as fast as I can
To get rid of yesterday's Mai Tai
I let out a great big sigh of relief
As...
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Categories:
full length, old,
Form: Rhyme
superbowl
...It’s a chill and rainy Saturday night in New Haven - it’s Superbowl eve! My roommates Leong, Anna and Lisa and I were playing a game of Upwards - it’s a scrabble-like word game and we’re all strangel...
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Categories:
full length, fun, humor, night, school,
Form: Free verse
BODYBUILDING EMBLEM
...Flex
Body Perfection
Define
Pain into gain
Train
Workout Principles
Strategies
Posing mobility
Nutrition
Genuine results
Full length mirrors
No distractions
No short cuts
Intensity bound...
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Categories:
full length, appreciation, body, care, character,
Form: Free verse
Full-Length Daydream
...I smoke a blunt
barricaded from the harsh sunlight
by a striped canopy.
You're taking a shower,
I daydream of full-length mirrors,
and soapy brown skin.
The post card in my hand
depicts th...
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Categories:
full length, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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