Goodbye, Odie
...Goodbye, Odie
My little old cat is dying.
His steps are awkward, eyes unfocussed
and he cries when he can’t see me.
I’m not sure I want to be in a world
that doesn’t have my tabby Familiar.
I...
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Categories:
imploringly, animal, bereavement, cat, death,
Form: Pantoum
Crow Just Flew By
...Crow just flew by
With a cow in its beak
I was afraid to say hi
Afraid of what would happen
It if tried to speak
The cow looked at me imploringly
But what could I do?
It happened so quickly
A...
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Categories:
imploringly, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Light Verse
A Thousand Whispers
...When you stand under a waterfall you can't hear anything except the pounding water against your well-tuned ears. A flourish of a thousand whispers imploringly narrate their story to you of a thousand...
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Categories:
imploringly, allegory, allusion, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Theater of Utter Charm - Part 29
...the footing on the flanks of the Hill of Beans
was worse than he had sussed
that drizzling pale morning
when the Sun was lowest
but beans be damned
and their counters with them
yes I know
a sm...
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Categories:
imploringly, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Love Burial
...The burial ground, groomed to greet
the gatherers of their love apocalypse
with garlands grown and sown
from the rose fire of Athena's throne,
on this day they come to mourn
the Poet who perish...
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Categories:
imploringly, cute love, endurance, love,
Form: Epic
Yacht Club Dreams- Part Iii
...She sat at her table
And had a sip of her lemonade
Wishing she could be out there dancing
How she loved to dance
Her brother and his wife
Were busy chatting with some friends
Who had stopped at the ...
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Categories:
imploringly, dream, romance,
Form: Free verse
Holy Weak
...The world has a choice,
Julius Caesar or Jesus Christ,
either the weakness of strength
or the strength of weakness - victorious.
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Categories:
imploringly, religion, god, god, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Fight - If Only For Love
...The gust that holds your chest, immovable pride
From zealous ancients, to this is say farewell.
To this ardence I despair, hone your hatchet
But not for death, for pride, for fickle lies.
Implor...
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Categories:
imploringly, love, war,
Form: Verse
Come To Me
...Eerily, I seem to wake
At the droning dusk
To feed my hate
To quench my lust
To salvage the young
And drink them clear of their sweet rum.
Hauntingly, I approach.
As quiet as a rodents burst
Danger ...
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Categories:
imploringly, angst, fantasy, forgiveness, death,
Form: Romanticism
The Tree of Life
...Beneath a bright,blue sky
Where green fields glow
Stands a skeletal tree
Raising its bare branches
Imploringly to the heavens
Like Death demanding life.
At its lifeless heart inlaid
A wooden...
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Categories:
imploringly, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Without Words
...Dark mocha pools welling with liveliness
pulsating pink skin beckons flesh, i crave the forms from which all words commense
heavy rain sluicing down beading upon the macadam sagaciously i dance uns...
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Categories:
imploringly, lovewords,
Form: Free verse
Thunderstorm's Silent Song
...darkness is darkest beyond the wan street lights,
and yet the rain still falls through it;
with every gust, the acacia trembles,
sways its branches imploringly,
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Categories:
imploringly, life, nature, people, old,
Form: Free verse
Adrift In Rain Puddles
...Darkness is darkest
beyond the wan street lights,
and yet the rain still falls through it.
With every gust the acacia trembles,
sways its branches imploringly,
its leaves pulled down, torn,
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Categories:
imploringly, introspection, life, love, music,
Form: Free verse