Fulcrum of a Rose
...The rose is a common flower,
and sometimes goes unnoticed -
when our attention is remotest.
But, a rose has a special power.
Being a blossom that is clever,
she garners our attention
with af...
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Categories:
garners, mystery, rose,
Form: Rhyme
March Tranquility
...march garners silence
lean into tranquility
no words are needed...
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Categories:
garners, march,
Form: Haiku
A dirge in PRAISE of MGonagall's Forth Bridge
...A poetaster I will always be
Renowned throughout eternity
For wonky metres and dodgy rhymes
Amongst my other versifying crimes
Like dull images and dreary words
Not to the liking of animals and ...
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Categories:
garners, fun, humor, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Electorate on tenterhooks until
...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2024 presidential election announced
Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning
November fifth two thousand twenty four
heightene...
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Categories:
garners, america, anger, anxiety, autumn,
Form: Free verse
I feel in fuhrer rated and envious
...I feel in führer rated and envious...
entrapped within webbed wide world
weft as a rump pulled stilts skein
at warp speed exhibiting
my heroic trumpian wiles
cuz he (johnny come lately) a then...
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Categories:
garners, adventure, america, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Ambassadors Of Love
...The continuance
of our beliefs, culture, and dreams,
remain steadfastly anchored within our children;
no wonder we love them so.
We assure them the bogeyman doesn't exist
in the real wor...
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Categories:
garners, beautiful, children, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Move on over ole Joe
...Move on over ole Joe...
and let the youngbloods take the reins
infusing our promised land with hope.
You done good for America,
serving as laudatory President
from 2020 to the present
Vice ...
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Categories:
garners, america, anger, anxiety, care,
Form: Free verse
Maritime Metallic Mind
...
The cobalt mind of ancient mariner of the seven seas,
the surfing sailor tosses on the waves of youthful life,
rolls on the curled crests with the splintered moon,
drawn into dark agony trough...
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Categories:
garners, analogy, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Son, You Need A Haircut: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
..."A dressed day has disrobed into the depth of a drawer's nightstand."
(Oh, how positively awesome that what can be sorted out in such an explanatory pattern that a difference would maketh a day.)...
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Categories:
garners, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Prose
the way
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life …
lived parenthetically -
impulses placed like black boots
in soft sand,
stumbling …
betting a fool’s hope that it leads …
SOMEwhere …
or garners a courtly chuckle
(if perhaps by ac...
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Categories:
garners, analogy, imagery, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Moirai
..."I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfill our destiny,
but our fate is sealed." ~ Paulo Coelho
Clotho is the savvy spinner Goddess
Weaving the destiny of man flawles...
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Categories:
garners, destiny, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Zydeco House Party
...The bayou sky flies a catfish moon over swamp gators
And cottonmouth vipers. Accordions, fiddles, and rub board vests
Make their ramble through the undergrowth hot on the trail
Of a sultry midsu...
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Categories:
garners, allegory, america, celebration,
Form: Blank verse
Gold Fades
...
Flashy precious element garners praise
Sunshine nimble dancer cadence phase
Youthful choral voice lures voyeurs envious
Camber of limber hips aren't impervious
Dank of cr...
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Categories:
garners, beauty, bereavement, dance, growth,
Form: Couplet
Midas Touched Metallic Mind
...The mobile mind of the indomitable mariner,
the resolute sailor floating on the waves of life,
rolling on the curled crests with splintered moon,
drawn into dark agony troughs of drowned stars,
s...
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Categories:
garners, analogy, inspirational, life,
Form: Free verse
Surrealism Is Beautiful
...A surrealistic world garners followers in the hills of the high
Royal highnesses and gymbuggers flitting among the spry.
Make believe words creating a world of fluff amid the rye.
We love the ambi...
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Categories:
garners, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
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