Imagine
...Imagine
Imagine…
A mansion among many promised mansions
On the banks of a river from blessing,
Sparkling in the eternal sun,
A shoreline lined with trees
In the harmonic hush of glory
Thei...
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Categories:
genuflects, home, imagination, joy,
Form: Free verse
Moonspinner Seer
...
"Moonspinner Seer"
Moments we dance
you and I
alone
sensing
all the words
gone
soul naked
we spin
sad worlds away
bad spells
in a small ocean
buried...
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Categories:
genuflects, muse,
Form: Free verse
Heading For the Hospice For Crystal
...She’ll be leaving soon I see
The ambulance has arrived,
Waiting for another guest
To take a long, hard ride.
A malicious, microscopic serpent
Invaded blood and bones
Leaving this sweet ...
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Categories:
genuflects, death, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Stone Earth Angel Overlooks Park
...genuine earth angel
she genuflects to the park
acknowledging Mother Nature’s Godliness
the flora and fauna admire her
wondering how she turned to stone...
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Categories:
genuflects, garden,
Form: Free verse
What Happens To Most Demons, Part Ii
.....Dez sighed at a soft feeling when
a gentle breeze brushed past his skin,
it was the first soft thing he’d felt,
the first wind that didn’t burn him.
Far above came a subtle warmth,
comfortin...
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Categories:
genuflects, change, confusion, earth, evil,
Form: Narrative
Love Toward the Magic of Christmas
...accompanied by subtle dove of peace
her holy presence was silent
she genuflects into the winter wind
holy feelings toward winter
mystical December
exotic loveliness
feelings of warmth
idea...
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Categories:
genuflects, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Neglecting Nefarious Nanny
...feisty flamboyant frenzied fanny
genuine genuflects to her granny
many of us yell whoa
for this means she is also
now neglecting nefarious nanny...
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Categories:
genuflects, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Limerick
In the Jungle
...There’s a forest bizarre neither nearby nor far,
full of sights somewhat scary to spook a soul wary.
The deep, darkened jungle, I think you’ll agree
is never a safe place for you or for me...
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Categories:
genuflects, silly,
Form: Rhyme
To Kneel Or Not To Kneel
...You watched it on TV
And you might have wondered why
Colin knelt on that football field
What was he attempting to try?
The narrative of his actions
Were about America's attitude
Towards Bl...
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Categories:
genuflects, black african american, courage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Soldier's Request
...The soldier, he looked down at me
While I protested vociferously.
He seemed to be but twenty-five
An age that weathered eyes belied.
And as I turned to walk away,
I heard the soldier up and say:...
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Categories:
genuflects, courage, freedom, military, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
The Inner Workings of a Clock
...The Inner Workings of a Clock
My Catholic schoolgirl
Denies my shadowy persona.
Costumed in
A navy blue uniform
A snow-white blouse,
A chest pocket embroidered
By Saint John Fisher,
Her yo...
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Categories:
genuflects, anxiety, confusion, courage, dark,
Form: Free verse
Armegeddon Prayer
...Have you ever found yourself stranded in the tract
between what you think is fiction and what you think is fact?
And whipped so hard with the bible belt, your minds a welt of doubt
throbbing in co...
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Categories:
genuflects, religious,
Form: Couplet
Autumn's Fire
...She dons her scarlet gown again
Still radiant from last year’s ball
She knows it will attract the men
As it glitters in hues of fall
A golden scarf ignites the flame
Of campfires in the painte...
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Categories:
genuflects, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Collegiate Mantis
...COLLEGIATE MANTIS
solo stick figure genuflects at the knees
leafy green, prophet-like.
petitions God with a tenacious grip -
of the windshield wipers,
assiduous ...
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Categories:
genuflects, child, insect, prayer,
Form: Free verse
For Children of War and Other Deceptions
...For Children of War and Other Deceptions
The load of time
weigh heavy
on the yokes of life;
the unshelled shelled.
Gone.
Innocence of children
preyed upon;
life failed to root itself.
J...
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Categories:
genuflects, analogy, children, death, imagery,
Form: Prose Poetry
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