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...At first his anger was hotter than July
Or, rather, he was plundered by the weight of
Sorrow —heavier than the ice of January;
The kind of stolid ice that thickened Niagara Falls
Like frozen soup...
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Categories: glanced, business, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse

I saw the world through blood

...I was looking at the world through my eyes,
curious to see its parallel side.

I had grief because I was seeing it through blood,
but as I heard my praises and insults,
glanced over the beautifu...
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Categories: glanced, allegory, allusion, conflict, deep,
Form: Free verse



Night of the James Taylor Concert during Freshman Year at College

...My friend most beautiful
sat shoulder to shoulder with me
after the lights went low
and the show began.

We took in ballad after ballad
the tender voice hour after hour
and a spell was cast.
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Categories: glanced, kiss, lost love, music,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberFilthy Shakespear’

...Indeed dear readers, there is such a book.. Yet
In my deepest boredom, I have never looked.’
Foresooth and in truth; it’s been fifty years.?since
I glanced in his direction..I’ve no desire now to
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Categories: glanced, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Membera match in the dark

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a ghastly …

prospect ...
the ground torn open before him
a wound in the earth that called to his dark heart
pulled on his better judgement like lead ...
warm, the darkness -
warm and peacef...
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Categories: glanced, analogy, dark, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member1OOO Words?

...“If a picture paints a thousand words
Then why can't I paint you?”
Bread 1971

Married 41 years. Hmm let me see 
If I can make 1000 words can come to be 

 It was a Monday in November 1983
Fr...
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Categories: glanced, anniversary, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberThe Weather Forecast

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He breezed in after a whirlwind tour of the local pubs.
Feeling muggy, he drifted up the stairs like a silent mist, 
but was greeted with an isobar across the back of the head.

An icy stare ...
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Categories: glanced, weather,
Form: Free verse

Eagle’s Challenge

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meet me on high in limpid luminescent sky
from whence you’ll catch my twigs perhaps
there I cloudless am guided to harlequin horizons
precision ...
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Categories: glanced, allegory, bird, change, character,
Form: Ballad

Premium MemberGH6615

...He captured her charm, serenity, and intelligence in his work. He frequently glanced from the canvas to her face. Asking her not to smile was like asking her not to breathe; patience wasn’t her stron...
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Categories: glanced, analogy, anger,
Form: I do not know?

Carbon dating

...I'd been sleeping poorly what with my agonies
needed an early morning nap but
at a ratatatat on the front door I jerked awake and
obediently open up, a respectable couple not
this time trying to ...
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Categories: glanced, home, house, light, sleep,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberI Wore The Streets

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In the alleys of despair where shadows fell
I walked with pockets empty a silent yell
Each step a plea, each gaze a search
For a crumb of mercy on life's wide perch

Beneath the bridges, again...
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Categories: glanced, hope, music,
Form: Lyric

A Journey To Far America

...The sleepy begonias undulating slightly so undisturbed
leaned forward to encourage and wish me good fortune,
while the apricot trees spread around their strong aroma,
a dazzling daylight was risin...
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Categories: glanced, america, courage, goodbye, morning,
Form: Rhyme

A Friend

...Amidst the clouds in my head
I stood on the edge of the cliff
I shouted one last time
Yet no one arrived

My heart filled with grief
I was about to take a step back
When a voice ringed in my e...
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Categories: glanced, destiny, friendship,
Form: Free verse

The Decrepit Mirror's Reflection

...I glanced into the broken mirror, 
The fragments, now separated by cracks, 
Like islands by a river, each holding a piece of myself, 
And I, a lamenting boatman, lost in the very waters in between...
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Categories: glanced, longing, loss, metaphor, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

Premium Membergrocery

...glanced at grocery list
bananas.....
nature's recipe     ...
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Categories: glanced, food, pets,
Form: Senryu

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