Saddened Earth
...A SADDENED EARTH
How many plagues will the earth survive, taking innocent souls to their death beds.
As their families grieve, daughters crying over fathers, children mourning their mothers.
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Categories:
in a higher place, analogy, bereavement, community, extended
Form: Epic
Image Fades
...The picture's edge's begun to fray,
the colors fade away to grey
A tear appears, a wrinkle follows,
the cheeks begin to sink and hollow
The visage seems to glow no longer,
a sense of dre...
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Categories:
in a higher place, age, beauty, fear, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Getting the Right Foot Foward
...Getting The Right Foot Forward
Today I'm going to stop breathing the past
I'm going to hold my head up high
I'm going to live my life
Too many times I let the antagonists win
No more- I'm strengthe...
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Categories:
in a higher place, adventure, hope, life, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Conflict Blues
...The hurt of conflict
Lives held in a higher place
Like stars twinkling
Beyond the blue horizon
Leaving earthly pain behind!
© Harry J Horsman 2011...
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Categories:
in a higher place, war,
Form: Tanka