Autumn's Muse
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Glints flashing, gloss on dew washed dawns
as sun dances in glowing flames
soft flow of light like graceful swans
autumn mist swells, playing her games
as sun dances in glowing ...
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Categories:
greaves, autumn, muse,
Form: Pantoum
Chosen
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John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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Categories:
greaves, blessing, christian, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Love Like This
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Love like this… such beautiful bliss,
Lover of my soul – it is He who makes me whole.
Love so amazing… my heart is always praising.
Lover of my heart – His love set me apart.
Love so forgiving…...
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Categories:
greaves, blessing, christian, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
With Each Morning
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Gentle as the wings of a soaring dove,
silently climbing, through the skies above,
gliding, graceful, among stars – precious love,
stirring wonders, earthshaking.
Laughing and dancing...
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Categories:
greaves, appreciation, inspiration, jesus, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Luminous
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Psalms 63:1 - (KJV) (A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.) O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for th...
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Categories:
greaves, appreciation, encouraging, god, hope,
Form: Terza Rima
The Villain I Become
...Shuffling my life around like a gambling cards
Even when I know I may win or lose
But what do I have to lose?
I bet nothing
I’ve been evolving around my kindred circles where I place my priori...
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Categories:
greaves, body, community, conflict, horror,
Form: Epic
Clerihew Greaves
...Derrick Greaves once visited Tel Aviv
in the desert found a vivid motif
Creating inspiration so fine
into unique silhouette,colour & line...
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Categories:
greaves, art, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
Winter's Poise Known
...Winter, you made your poise known
swayed drooping of upper leaves
now gray, lay on underside
unbowed by love heartfelt greaves
coy whistling noise breath cold tide
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Categories:
greaves, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Roses
...Wonderful flowers growing in clusters
Dewdrop dreams flow serenely
Warming the heart with gentle lusters
Laughing at the roses so queenly
Buds so joyful, who dance with ...
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Categories:
greaves, flower, inspiration, nature, rose,
Form: Rhyme
Jaun Elia Translations
...I am strange—so strange
that I self-destructed and don't regret it.
—Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch
The wound is deep—companions, friends—embrace me!
What, did you not even bother t...
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Categories:
greaves, city, hindi, love, memory,
Form: Couplet
A Second Fireless Room
...Synthemesc candelabras ache hyacinth desire till woven floors
macabre phoenix grown on veiled crucible vines, dragonflies now
inhabit counter-clocks I've forgotten seer dust ponders hewn salama...
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Categories:
greaves, longing, mirror, surreal, time,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
What You Left Me With 'Why'
...Oh how I feel you have got me and feel like giving up
You have ripped me apart crushed my pure heart
Somehow I never won you always managed a cover-up
You both destroyed me in a cruel horrible way...
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Categories:
greaves, abuse, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Kieran Tscherniawsky
...Kieran has a lot to do with Stoke Mandeville,
As he has Cerebral Palsy, born in Boston town,
He wants to be a fitness instructor for his till,
And is hooked on throwing discus, his crown.
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Categories:
greaves, body, health, joy, motivation,
Form: Quatrain
Dan Greaves
...Discus Dan originally competed in able-bodied events,
In the discus which meant him throwing a 2kg discus,
Rather than the Paralympian 1.5kg metal disc, contents,
And is proud of his able-bodied ...
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Categories:
greaves, body, health, motivation, sports,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Wind
...Elements Part II-Wind
Sponsor: Brian Davey
Brisk breeze beyond the bluster of the buzzes from bumblebees,
great gusts gifted and granted toward the garden full of greaves.
Coil...
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Categories:
greaves, nature, wind,
Form: Couplet
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