Jazz Fingers-Dedicated verse for Shasta Simms-
...Jazz Fingers-Dedicated verse for Delores Matthews-
Verse 1
Oh, when the night gets low and the shadows swing,
I feel a rhythm rise in everything.
Snap your fingers, let 'em dance like breeze,...
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Categories:
golden buttons, analogy, appreciation, celebration, dance,
Form: Lyric
Golden Rings
...The golden rings
It was his first work as a leader of a job, which made him anxious
onboard the ship, the captain told him to wear a uniform
but one with three silver rings since he was in cater...
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Categories:
golden buttons, anti bullying, crush, journey,
Form: Blank verse
Part 2: As English As Sausage, Egg, Chips and Peas
...Then the guns roared!! and it was hard to distinguish the
Hush from the roaring; the two seemed almost
Indistinguishable.
Was it the roaring, I wondered, or was it the hush that was
The more ...
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Categories:
golden buttons, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Ancient Battle
...Ancient battle
Beautiful field blood-red poppies
ringed with delicate dandelions.
Once a battlefield
the righteous, in blue uniforms
shiny golden buttons.
The terrorists of the time
were ...
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Categories:
golden buttons, cinderella, dream, gothic,
Form: Sonnet
Undressing
...At pasture's edge
the last Tansy*
sheds it's blossoms
Common tansy is also known as golden buttons and garden tansy. Common tansy was introduced from Europe into colonial North America in th...
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Categories:
golden buttons, nature,
Form: Haiku
Summer Island
...The summer Island
On the island in the fjord where we use to go bathing
there is now a bridge over, a parking lot and you have to pay.
There are toilets- no peeing behind a bush- and kiosk selling...
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Categories:
golden buttons, age, april,
Form: Sonnet
Summer Island
...The summer Island
On the island in the fjord where we use to go bathing
there is now a bridge over, a parking lot and you have to pay.
There are toilets- no peeing behind a bush- and kiosk selling...
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Categories:
golden buttons, age, april,
Form: Sonnet
In Parchment
...I read in a parchment
A name!
Not sure
Pansy or
Golden buttons tansy.
The sound of the guitar,
The probe of the singer,
And the joy of a listener,
The dance of souls are simpatico abstract...
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Categories:
golden buttons, adventure, art, flower, guitar,
Form: Free verse
The Uniform
...The Uniform
When I grew up if you came from a poor or austere home,
the joining of the merchant navy could be a rescue,
if you kept your nose clean and went to a navy academy
you could become an o...
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Categories:
golden buttons, humor,
Form: Blank verse