white umbrella
...white umbrella
.
she watched from the darkened street
the man who seldom brought flowers,
though she knew he would, if he could.
.
they wanted precious little
—some called their ...
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Categories:
infrequent, love,
Form: Free verse
Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate
...Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate
October seventeenth
nineteen hundred sixty one
and October seventeenth
two thousand twenty four
represents, signals,
and traces ...
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Categories:
infrequent, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Black Veiled Wolf
...Old means sudden pain of unknown origin
fluency of mind becomes like a foreigner.
Old means the circle has shrunk to a point
Old is ignored, like a newly minted orphan.
Old is when the glitter ...
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Categories:
infrequent, age,
Form: Free verse
Who am I without You, witnessing Me
...Does every child break their mothers heart? Or is it just for us?
The infrequent visits leaves gaps and years apart
Newly bought towels and sheet sets. Neatly folded and folded again with love and...
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Categories:
infrequent, daughter, loss, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation
...Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation
Outward slovenly appearance bespeaks volumes
wordsworth their weight in gold
(exhumed from the pith
of these lovely bones -
beclothed wi...
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Categories:
infrequent, 12th grade, absence, age,
Form: Free verse
The Bonsai
...I was as a tree seedling
Trying to grow on a steep, stony mountainside
Very little soil or moisture
Sometimes the harsh wind blew in some dirt
Infrequent rain barely quenched my thirst
I grew no...
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Categories:
infrequent, appreciation, care, growth,
Form: Free verse
Inxs of Poison From Iron Maiden Scorpion Mamma and Ac Dc Charged Aries Papa
...Inxs of poison from iron maiden scorpion mamma and ac/dc charged aries papa
Although gainfully unemployed
(fate now finds me receiving
social security disability –
for approximately
the la...
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Categories:
infrequent, 12th grade, abuse, anger,
Form: Free verse
Beware the Ides of March 2023
...Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fift...
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Categories:
infrequent, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Acceptance
...She blossoms when she's rising
Her heart and soul coloured
Complexities many, yet distant
Embracing each moment, briefly
Infrequent and often entwined
Talking minds not hearts
How she yearn...
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Categories:
infrequent, change, courage, emotions, growth,
Form: Free verse
Backward Drawkcab
...My mind is infrequent
Not eloquent... I guess.
Your mind is a bottle
Amused at the thrill of what?
Smoke clouds unused..
Problems askewed.
Deep wrenching can't stand me's
And nothing to lose....
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Categories:
infrequent, art,
Form: Free verse
The Lure of the Sea
...The lure of the sea
is a mixed bag for sure;
when you’ve got the bug,
there’s simply no cure.
On a rough day, when it’s stormy,
like a magical spell,
but watch out on those warm days,
with the...
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Categories:
infrequent, father son, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Lighthearted
...I'm ashamed to say I was a grumpy pessimist, as some events soured me,
Just as some cherries stay sour, although lingering long on the cherry tree.
Although grumpy, I was rather happy, and I'd wo...
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Categories:
infrequent, cheer up, fantasy, friend,
Form: Couplet
Influent Infused Filled With Him -My Spokenword
...Once I was infrequent hard to pass ;
As God's righteous movement in my heart and my chest;
Caught up in mine spirit soul dysfunction;
Captured heart beating in my chest;
Why am I cons...
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Categories:
infrequent, analogy, appreciation, confidence, confusion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Innovator Captivates
...Improvements fuse to Inventor's efforts
Nous flowers to dissect design
Nurturing device surpasses old methods
Onerous abattoir livestock conclusion
Vexes an astute...
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Categories:
infrequent, celebration, courage, encouraging, eulogy,
Form: Acrostic
Decent Persons
...Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say...
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Categories:
infrequent, blessing, confidence, cute love,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
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