Awakening to the Red Road: An Ecopoetic Odyssey 'Part 5 of 6'
...V. "The Great Collective Awakening"
Aren't we the true definitive problem,
not just astray-
malignant corporations…
Or unresponsive governments ?
We are fault...
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Categories:
hydro, earth, environment, nature, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Undone
...sneakers twisted over hydro wires
co-joined
dangling from tied laces
tracks to an unhappy ending
a runner's castoff
erasing the scourge of a race lost?
an overhead tale of something snapped
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Categories:
hydro, environment, imagery, loss, places,
Form: Free verse
a day of sunlight
...A day of sunlight
Cascais has had a few good days with sunlight and no rain
already, the meteorologists are worried, interviewed on TV
They display concerned faces, more rain is needed.
I use...
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Categories:
hydro, absence, beauty, cheer up,
Form: Blank verse
The Opposite of Anadromous - An Eelogy
...The word is Catadromous
just in case you need it for
your Final Jeopardy and if
I was writing rhyme, this is
where I’d throw in cantankerous
for Eels are a contrary lot, and
unlike salmon who ...
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Categories:
hydro, environment, fish,
Form: Free verse
The Water
...I used to hate the rain.
Younger it brought nothing but being
Uncomfortable in my skin
So self conscious and small
Every time it rained I opted to stay in.
A heavy storm planted land mines
I t...
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Categories:
hydro, fear, poetry, water, write,
Form: Free verse
The Bolts of Balthakk
...Like many heroes of mysterious Marvel Comics,
Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange is a bolt of magic mix;
Spells of supernatural kinds he works, abundantly,
Crimsons, crystals, ice, rings, chains - in...
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Categories:
hydro, allegory, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
Pansy Dandelion Ill Behavior
...pansy, dandelion, ill`behavior,
nopoe,^shrub_,thistle?
I have no idea
who you think i am or was,
Serotonin, Dopamine, Endorphin?
Could be i'm a Syntax error in line 150.
A Happiness Freque...
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Categories:
hydro, 12th grade, change,
Form: Free verse
My Scottish Borders Experience
...Spending a late autumn break
in the Scottish Borders countryside
though the climate then so cloudy
didn't deter as I got on my stride
Galashiels was our first base
staying at aq lovely accommo...
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Categories:
hydro, holiday, memory, perspective, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Fire and Water
...Fire
blazing, glowing
flaming, igniting, burning
combustion, heat, hydro, aqua
sprinkling, soaking, splashing
soggy, watery
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Categories:
hydro, allegory, allusion, appreciation, creation,
Form: Diamante
It's Not Personal
...It's not personal, it's business,
says the guy overcharging you.
Knowing you'll begrudgingly pay:
they keep squeezing until you're broke.
You cringe inside each time you hear:
it's not...
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Categories:
hydro, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quatern
My 2019
...It's good to look back at the year's end
to ponder on all that's now gone past
1 year ago you didn't know what's to come
but recognising it's all gone all too fast
Healthy has been so very exce...
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Categories:
hydro, health, holiday, life, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Along the Hydro Lines
...(read like bob dylan talk-sings)
back of the property there's a rattle of crows...
could be that wolf that was walking down the road...
this morning...look'n quite pleased with itself...
like i...
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Categories:
hydro, allusion, animal, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Hydro Plane Sailing
...Hydroplaning in a Squall
East Horizon Looming Black,
Boiling Roiling All A'Full,
Threatens to Upset & Impact,
Boring Calm Hours Dull,
Most Seek Safe Compact,
But We Launch Our Hull,
Reefing Bo...
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Categories:
hydro, adventure, sea, storm, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Raging Water
...We
are
losing
the battle
with raging water.
Millions of sandbags have failed us,
and many have had to sadly walk away from their homes, now
the bridge is closed, hydro is down, hope is gone, a...
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Categories:
hydro, natural disasters,
Form: Verse
Past Nightfall
...On Halloween, I heard of a guesthouse
advertising stays in a haunted house.
Spend one night, get a year's lodgings for free,
I was sure it was mere hyperbole.
Its decrepit looks failed ...
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Categories:
hydro, 10th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
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