Inevitable Procession
...If you were to ask me
Be the one to catch me, before i take the fall
You'd be the only one waiting, afterall
For whence i open my mouth and
Spill a sea of pills tinged with reddened liquor
I th...
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Categories:
gurgles, dad, for him, sorry,
Form: Free verse
Return to Bourbon
..."Return to Bourbon" (The Gritty Underbelly of New Orleans)
I left my soul in a crawfish boil
And my transgressions in a taxicab, Where the driver was blind in one eye
And the meter was stab...
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Categories:
gurgles, angst, emotions, lost,
Form: Free verse
Transformation
...Just a little bit of that abracadabra
hangs in the atmosphere atomizing.
In some cases it even placates deluge.
Alchemy burns in the midst of deluge
blurring the reflection of abracadabra.?
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Categories:
gurgles, emotions, feelings, magic,
Form: Tritina
Untitled
...parent’s strong arms
cradle young life, infant
smiles and gurgles
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Categories:
gurgles, child,
Form: Senryu
Hermann Hesse translation of 'The Poet' and 'Without You'
...The Poet
by Hermann Hesse
translation by Michael R. Burch
Only upon me, the lonely one,
Do this endless night’s stars shine
As the fountain gurgles its faery song.
For me alone, the lonely ...
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Categories:
gurgles, hair, lonely, love, night,
Form: Free verse
Sour Milk Gospel
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A paper carton
bloats in the fridge,
its manufactured nutrients
stretched thin as a lie.
I pour it down the drain.
The disposal gurgles
back its curdled skin,
a sour hymn rising
thro...
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Categories:
gurgles, allusion, food,
Form: Free verse
To Shine
...
Across the road, wind blows snow in circles
A predictable winter view
Traveled by many in time
But some things seen by few
The stream speaks in comforting gurgles
behind the old stone wall...
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Categories:
gurgles, change, dark, light, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Water Imbibes All Truth Reveals
...What is this creature revealed,
when an object hits the surface field?
It emits a splash that springs up into the air,
like a fountain surging up skyward with flare,
to reveal everything you need...
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Categories:
gurgles, water,
Form: Rhyme
Don't Ask Me
...mindless Frankenstein,
single-minded,
and her voracious, faithful dog
with a seventy-foot tail,
lifting carpets, sliding sofas,
slurping everything in sight,
with a bottomless pit for an appe...
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Categories:
gurgles, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Duck Creek
...The small stream
gurgles and speaks
as it cuts through
the northside of town.
I stop and listen
as if this is my first time
but it’s always been here
when I passed it in haste.
Now we’re in c...
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Categories:
gurgles, appreciation, inspiration, me, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Laughter
...Laughter bubbles up from deep within
it foams, gurgles, exudes joy, and spreads
until it bursts forth
and erupts into a jubilant noise
that startles me as it takes on a life of it’s own
and spr...
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Categories:
gurgles, cheer up, emotions, funny,
Form: Free verse
Caressing Breeze
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A kiss of the breeze upon her face
With gentle sounds of cooling grace
The birdbath gurgles 'neath the trees
Upon her face a kiss of the breeze
Birds then sing from their lofty perch
H...
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Categories:
gurgles, bird, earth,
Form: Quatrain
Sarah’s Origin
...My eyes stare straight,
fixated on something in the distance,
humming a song that would send chills,
if you ever got the chance to listen.
A padded cell and a straitjacket,
the doctor giving ...
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Categories:
gurgles, dark, death, gothic,
Form: Epic
Family Reunion
...Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude
Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true
This must entrust you knot the thread bear
Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share
Needless ...
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Categories:
gurgles, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Resounding Spring
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Cool comforts from the moon shining in Spring
diverge from coming Summer's scorching sun.
Sweet honeysuckle lifts its trumpet string
to set swift tempo for the Springtime fun.
The peo...
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Categories:
gurgles, animal, bird, flower, moon,
Form: Sonnet
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