Why Do Ghost's Wear Clothes
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I passed the elm at eventide,
Its arms were bare, its breath was wide,
And there beneath the twilight sky
I thought I saw a woman roam.
Her gown was thin as woven mist,
A memory the dark ha...
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Categories:
hems, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
if it was your story
...[An anti -victim blaming project]
[“He was asking for it with those clothes,” the officer said, pointing at the black shorts he wore. It was torn at the bottom, with knotted hems ...
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Categories:
hems, abuse, angst, for him,
Form: Narrative
Precious Gems
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The moon invites romantic hearts
To ride moonbeams as kissing starts
The heavens sewn in gleaming hems
The stars they shine like precious gems
From galaxies light years away
The stars ...
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Categories:
hems, stars,
Form: Rhyme
Embodying the light
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Written: January 20, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Quote: “There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.” Aeschylus,
Line of inquir...
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Categories:
hems, analogy, light,
Form: Rhyme
And There were Three
...Three faceless Misses
amble amidst vagarious March rains
under parasols / veiled in the anonymity of death/burial
Three / shifting between tangible lives
breathless bellies barely acclimat...
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Categories:
hems, art, black african american,
Form: Free verse
immersed
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oh …
imagine the hues …
the shades and shapes and colors -
the breadth of light and exquisite beauty
that blind people …
SEE …
think of the music, untranscribed and emotive,
that those wit...
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Categories:
hems, analogy, life, senses,
Form: Free verse
In Marked Territory
...In Marked Territory 10-28-24 - Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
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In Marked Territory
Midnight tightly clasps the darkness,
Like a wounded heart,
In between to...
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Categories:
hems, night, sky, space,
Form: Free verse
The Heavens
...Carved arches of rainbows competed with the sunbeam clouds.
Stairs from the seen scenes to the unseen secrets sped in shrouds.
Galaxies and constellations like lightning bolts shined and shunned.
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Categories:
hems, heaven,
Form: Sonnet
crafty christine
...Crafty Christine has a magical way with a sewing machine
She is also great with crafts, she may be the queen
She puts things together in a fun, fine way.
Recipients of her gifts say “hip hip hoora...
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Categories:
hems, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Confession of Recipes
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If you're reading this, honey
it means the diner is burning,
It's not a typo or a misprint,
but a message:
Witches are wisdom-embedded
women who have seen worse things
than the business ...
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Categories:
hems, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Balsams- POTD
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In tastefully lined up pots in a row,
Multi colored balsams in clusters grow.
A visual treat to adoring eyes,
But never a haunt frequented by bees.
Balsams do not need much car...
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Categories:
hems, appreciation, beauty, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Hydrangea Hideaway
...Listen to the shifting winds
carrying musical meteors,
there soars floating
letters between
lyrical lines,
emanating runes
that reflect
revolving rhymes
of faith within
and beyond.
F...
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Categories:
hems, faith,
Form: Free verse
Simple Days of Summer
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Simple days of Summer
convey simple moments:
a humming hummingbird,
dancing dandelion,
a hazy morning, blurred.
Simple days of Summer
whisper of simple times:
sharing a root beer f...
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Categories:
hems, beach, bird, boat, day,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Garden Swing
...I love to sail on waves of sky
where breaths of clouds are rushing by,
where tall trees toss their leafy heads
way above the garden beds.
I love to swing with the birds at dawn
when sky cracks...
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Categories:
hems, child, garden, nature,
Form: Rhyme
A Lifetime
...A rotted old house deep in the South
Was where I learned to shut my mouth
And keep my stockings high and my hems low
And take care of babies and learn to sew
And the very first thing I stitched...
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Categories:
hems, body, faith, farm, pain,
Form: Rhyme
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