I Knew That I Would
We've all been waiting for the dawn
Like its all we ever could
Think of it now
Its all written down
Left to night served them right
Till the end leaked out again
You stood there in an empty square
Looking for a friend
The solemn light came and out splintered the darkness
The darkness that never fled from the centre of his
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Categories:
interplay, absence, adventure, allah, angel,
Form: Free verse
Interplay of Flame and Ice
Amidst an orange moon which brightens
the chill of evening... when armada of snow
in a free-fall drapes the lanes as night recoils:
Yet, menfolk gather in a bonfire kindled with calm--
for just one flame in heaven's dome imbues
that a certain assurance can pierce a bitter gust
when darkness falls.
Tender
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Categories:
interplay, fire, mystery, snow,
Form: Free verse
Black and Grey Interplay
Rigid wings settle
jackdaws fibrous feathers fold
Sky smoldering grey
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Categories:
interplay, bird, color,
Form: Haiku
Interplay
I am interplay; Scottish-Irish
Interchange of loved-up time
With kilt and shamrock soft
And folds of flowing name:
I am he who drew his name in
Unknown place, where O’ and
Fitz, Campbell and McDonald
Loved and played their deadly
Game. I am interplay….
Where for me the distant pipes
And fiddler’s lilt, whisper
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Categories:
interplay, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Interplay
The rain-soaked road is deeply black
and shiny, like it's been shellacked,
the stoplights yellow, green and red
reflected, streaks of color bled.
Blindly, cars go flying by,
the beauty lost on jaded eyes,
this scene, it takes my breath away,
the light and water's interplay.
Each edge is sharp, each hue intense,
my heightened senses seem immense,
I wonder if my sight's so clear
because
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Categories:
interplay, death, introspection, urban, visionary
Form: Rhyme