Until the Drought of '88
...Until the drought of '88
Euphonic sounds adorned his walls,
as he, his wife, and daughter ate
and laughter tripped through carefree halls.
His wife caressed the ivoried keys
until the drought...
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Categories:
ivoried, death, music, sorrow,
Form: Quatern
Caregiving Stories
...The Tyrant
Was born ginger
and learned WhiteRacist
from Dad
dead now about a year.
Possibly opioid addiction
but certainly something
in growing families
of yin-suppressed
self-medicating...
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Categories:
ivoried, bullying, caregiving, education, health,
Form: Political Verse
Finale
...
in our youth
you, my virtuoso, played me
like a piano
now we are older
fingers are bent and weary;
ivoried keys broken
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Categories:
ivoried, age, memory, music, remember,
Form: Verse
The Trials of Meretrix Canto Vii
...My Lords an adjournment is
Called for...
All my retire;
But holding foremost in your
Thoughts,
I beseech ye,
Thee impudent countenance of
This most ardent denier.
Therefore heed me,
I cauti...
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Categories:
ivoried, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
What Once We Were
...Stiff in time’s tinted arms,
we are encapsulated
in ivoried amber, snagged
in pastel photographs
or conjured by words
like treasured cuttings
we have tossed asunder
into wind.
Years take fa...
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Categories:
ivoried, introspection
Form: Free verse