The Book of Exodus
...Moses hungered mightily for Canaan,
That fabled milk and honey promised land.
He ‘scaped by wading hip deep through the water
To keep from leaving footprints in the sand.
This engine sent to fr...
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Categories:
guidon, history, slavery,
Form: Lyric
Gustavo's Rite
...Gustavo’s Rite
He walked onto the harbor beach at sunset,
planting a small net on a pole like a guidon,
and setting soiled cloth bags around it.
Alone on the beach he began his dance.
Mismatch...
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Categories:
guidon, allusion, beach, emotions, imagination,
Form: Free verse
When Guidons Fall
...T’is said the battle ended
as the tattered guidon fell
yet those who bear the scars
have a different tale to tell.
He stood among the bloodied
no one special - just a man
tears mingled with t...
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Categories:
guidon, freedom, military, soldier, war,
Form: Verse
Sweet Summer Road - Visual 3
...Sweet Summer Road – visual 3
Sweet summer, as emerald feelings rose,
trees, gnarled by duty, waving guidon flags
arched entry to the paths the lovers chose.
Sweet summer, as emerald feelings ...
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Categories:
guidon, love, metaphor, nature, summer,
Form: Triolet
Old Soldiers
...He sits in a wheelchair pushed to the curb. The people around him move aside to assure he is able to see. His shrunken body a shell of what it used to be. His breathing labored, aided by the tube...
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Categories:
guidon, inspirational, war, old, old,
Form: Narrative