like a breath of fresh air
...like a breath of fresh air...
and all things considered,
broadcast on national public radio
Frequency: 90.9WHYY-FM,
I (a liberal democrat)
counted myself as an avid fan
particularly listening...
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Categories:
inauspicious, absence, adventure, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
To Love When
...Love is alike a whisper among the deaf and a light among the blind. Many have claimed to understand it and many have claim to be apart of it but alike religion, they all seem to fall short of scriptu...
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Categories:
inauspicious, beautiful, bereavement, caregiving, feelings,
Form: Free verse
The Hungry Stones - I
...I
As things do return home like a refrain,
On way back from a country tour were we,
A leisurely long trip—my kin and me,
And met a quaint character on the train,
As I recall, in his late li...
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Categories:
inauspicious, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Narrative
ONE MAILBOX AT A TIME- THE SEQUEL
...
Yesterday I posted a poem about our Volkswagen mailbox-
on which Deborah painted symbols of flowers, butterflies and a dove
It’s our subtle way of stating we hope for a world filled with peace a...
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Categories:
inauspicious, love, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Forgiveness
...It's a divine quality. It demands inner stasis
Iron-hard mind, petrified with pessimism, is altered
Ego gives way; generous grace cells form a fine basis.
Inauspicious elements of selfishness get ...
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Categories:
inauspicious, forgiveness,
Form: Sonnet
Elixir of Silence
...Written: October 1st 2023
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In the ocean of silence, I’m stunned
Astonish by its grandeur as I descend.
A comely curtain of conciliatory...
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Categories:
inauspicious, analogy, appreciation, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Euclids System : An Easter Story
...In this beautiful place of worship, the pews are padded but uncomfortable, the sanctuary large, candle lit and cold.
There's a huge glass dome and I can see the stars. Are the stars our fiery heav...
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Categories:
inauspicious, christian, conflict, confusion, easter,
Form: Free verse
Depictions An Open Form
...DIPICTIONS
an
inauspicious
distorting
suspicion
with
a
frightening
determination
but
with
a
profound
belonging
stricken
shielding
a
remembered
entitlement
an
aptitude
...
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Categories:
inauspicious, poetry,
Form: Free verse
An Inauspicious Path
...As I look back on the torrent winds of the fate that mars my mind.
Back at the measured erosion of my convictions.
Back at the losing elements of my loving drive to conquer.
Back on the rela...
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Categories:
inauspicious, depression,
Form: Free verse
When Love Let Me Down
...Was it Mercury in retrograde,
Or the moon in Capricorn?
Did my horoscope predict this fate?
Was it destined the day I was born?
When love let me down
I was walking the track
With a train comi...
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Categories:
inauspicious, allegory, divorce,
Form: Lyric
My Kryptonite
...Shyness, more than usual, had been my core kryptonite!
Innocent me! Like a panda bear, in my boyhood! Bright!
Girlish, the grown-ups crowned me! An inauspicious floret!
Praying: May boldness breat...
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Categories:
inauspicious, addiction, childhood, family, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Tuberculoid South Africa Miner
...A tuberculoid South African miner
Was lately turned down by fiancée Dinah;
What shall her decision change to also move Mount Sinai,
Her lover part time book binder
To better forget his trusted Pr...
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Categories:
inauspicious, anxiety, emotions, environment, health,
Form: Rhyme
Crimsons Are Not For Me
...A poem - Crimsons are not for me
Crimsons are not for me
Celluloid screen flashed for reference
Pinks would be fine’-
bargained my voice so meek
Crimsons are not for me
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Categories:
inauspicious, bereavement, change, grief, husband,
Form: Free verse
Bounty
...He’s a hunter
Says he’s in it for the money
Look at how he holds his rifle
A perfect picture ain’t it lovely
He’s a killer
But only if he needs to
Don’t resist your apprehension
It’s ea...
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Categories:
inauspicious, father son, fear, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Yin Yang Boomerang
...Primordial ooze, bathtub booze, and unaligned chi
I've got nothing to lose, I see through the ruse, because I am free
I see the faintest glimmer begin to grow dimmer but I've got nowhere to be
Whi...
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Categories:
inauspicious, analogy, bible, death, earth,
Form: Rhyme
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