Colonel Oliver North, US
..."I'm working on the Lento Form starts as a collage and not simplistically termed words, like my poem 'Ode to a Dove' that made Best Lento Form," ... by Poet.
*Actual Poem used below,
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Categories:
glenwood, allusion, analogy, appreciation, character,
Form: Lento
All I'Ve Got
...I took a walk on a summer day
Just wanting to get away
To where I spent my childhood years
Looked around and shed some tears
Dutch Hill Park was no longer there
There was no laughter in the air
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Categories:
glenwood, nostalgia,
Form: Couplet
Stone Cathedrals of Glenwood Canyon
...Stone Cathedrals of Glenwood Canyon
Stone cathedral spires rise sharply from freely flowing waters -
Birthing renewal through eternity’s eyes -
Lifting up to the eternal
A psalm, a canticle, ...
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Categories:
glenwood, life, mountains, music, nature,
Form: Free verse
Dixieland
...The first born spoke memories of my birth.
He remembered O’Toole [our father] spinning gravel
at the corner of Deerfield and Glenwood blaring
Dixieland Jazz from the AM radio of the red Rambler,
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Categories:
glenwood, absence, adventure, age, america,
Form: Free verse
The M Word
...THE M WORD
There was a young lady from Glenwood
Whom I wished to marry if I could
She called me a nerd
And she thought me absurd
But she was afraid of the M word
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Categories:
glenwood, humor,
Form: Limerick
Memories of Tamaqua
...Driving past our old home on Glenwood Avenue
Memories came to life from my childhood days
Going over the park, Mom. I'll be in before ten
Got a game of hide and seek. Everyone plays
We'd take a b...
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Categories:
glenwood, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Boulder To Aspen
...I left Friday midmorning for a weekend getaway
A four-hour jaunt to Aspen; just wanted to play
No purpose for the trip; just for the experience
New to Colorado, I desired to feel its sense.
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Categories:
glenwood, adventure, funny, nature, me,
Form: Couplet