Give me such grief, O God
...Ere I die, such a life give me, O God,
That I get unaware of me, O God,
So that my heart’s pain hover not on tongue,
Lifeless helplessness so heavy, O God,
That, on gulping oceans I go quench...
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Categories:
gulping, irony, life, prayer,
Form: Ghazal
A Bad Day All Around
...I determined to take seize
of a lightning bolt! Paused
at every tree. Flashed and
thundered all about – stood
by every metal post, just
to see if God wanted me.
Went to the nearest church…
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Categories:
gulping, baptism, dark, depression, humorous,
Form: Free verse
A Cat Gulping a Bat
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A Cat Gulping a Bat
Amazed I was to see my cat
Embracing in her mouth a bat...
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Categories:
gulping, fantasy, humor,
Form: Limerick
Again
...It comes in waves
Before you know it
Was it always there
It comes in waves
You didn’t think about it today
Did I make it up
Is pain a feeling I’ve ever known
It comes in waves
This time was...
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Categories:
gulping, abuse, dark, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Gobbling for Gobbledygook
...Swallowing songs
Help the hungry bluebirds sing
Gulping gasps of air
With nothing there but Spring
Time faeries with magic wands
Go backwards to bury treasure
Into the grey matter of my b...
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Categories:
gulping, imagination,
Form: Free verse
I Managed Well
...Seventeen was a time of nonchalant moments,
taking strolls on breezy lanes, smelling jasmines,
waving at the farmer tending to the rich harvest:
mystery unrevealed itself, making adventure last!
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Categories:
gulping, adventure, age, anxiety, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Ave A Drink O Water Earle
...when holded Earle a too large cup
of water heapied one inch up
drankied drankied Earle guzzler
and wetted chin and all his beard
slurping gulping could be heard
‘til emptied was the too full cup...
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Categories:
gulping, fun, funny, happy, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Exposed
...From this angle the bushes do not conceal them.
Are they hinged or unhinging?
Each body is a prison gate for the other,
both seem stuck together by a pungent lip spit.
Feathering fingers pulse-pl...
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Categories:
gulping, poetry,
Form: Free verse
city dogs used to city sounds
...Dancing singing windchimes
Motorcycle engine in the distance
Breezy day warmed by immensely hot sun
I sit barefooted on my porch, gulping vitamin D
One dog lies curled at my feet
A regal shepher...
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Categories:
gulping, dog,
Form: Free verse
No objection to cold weather, but
...No objection to cold weather, but...
ah jest wanna boomerang
back into the womb
versus being threatened
courtesy beastie boy gang
beating me to a pulp
after accurately discerning
being s...
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Categories:
gulping, adventure, appreciation, color, environment,
Form: Rhyme
A Sip of Oblivion
...Put a little cardamom in it.
Spice it up!
Cloves are great for health.
Add that in too!
A pinch of cinnamon.
Wow, what a robust flavor!
Don’t forget Ginger!
Peel and feel the texture.
Drop it...
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Categories:
gulping, celebration, drink, food, fun,
Form: Free verse
SPECIAL DAY WITH OUR SPECIAL CHILD
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Zooming around the room in wheel chair-moves
our child greets us by his beeping toy’s cheer
allowing pets to bark and meow freely.
Gesturing to hush ...
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Categories:
gulping, appreciation, blessing, child, christian,
Form: Light Verse
Eerie Calm Before the Storm
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An eerie calm has been encroaching
as dawn's pale light approaches the realm
of what is usually a normal morning
but no songbirds are softly trilling today
They've all taken shelter from the st...
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Categories:
gulping, storm,
Form: Free verse
For The Nonce
...Dripples When many drops SPLASH in a puddle and mottles the reflection Mappelled When geolocation plots or PINGS you in the wrong direction ...
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Categories:
gulping, celebration, encouraging, humor, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
SMALL FRY
...Seated beside a river, waiting for the sun to lay down.
Blonde hair rolling to all appearances
Gazing at the leviathan gulping the fish
A soul inside me experienced uneasiness
The moon pronounced...
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Categories:
gulping, anxiety, character, conflict, how
Form: Free verse
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