Sonnet 76 'Your Beauty's Taught Me Lessons I'D Not Learn'
...Dolcezza III
Your Beauty’s taught me lessons I'd not learn,
If I had shallowed in a wetter place,
And sought the fires that warm but do not burn –
I never would have gazed upon your face.
But ...
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Categories:
hazelwood, depression, fate, feelings, love,
Form: Sonnet
The Nostalgic Vibe
...scents of the old pine and hazelwood sail through the damp air,
the old teak never ceases to astound a visitor.
Gargantuan its tall spread wings engulfing the whole structure.
the minute carvings ...
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Categories:
hazelwood, history, imagery, repetition,
Form: Narrative
Bee Gees--For Awesome Ann
...Beatles Tom Jones Stones Cuff Links
Tom Jones
Hendrix Strawberry Alarm Clock Tommy James and the Shondells
Bob Dylan
Merrilee Rush Vanilla Fudge Neil Diamond Lobo
Fifth Dimension
Monkees Iron B...
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Categories:
hazelwood, assonance,
Form: Didactic
Grinnell Remembered
...My memories of this dear old town will
always be with me, until day I die.
Small town life will do that to you.
This little town rests in the great State
of Iowa, where I spent the first ...
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Categories:
hazelwood, childhood, family, nostalgiafamily, old,
Form: Free verse