Desperate Hope
...Written: December 19, 2023
"His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. Edmund Wilson"
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Categories:
jauntiness, analogy, angst, character, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Late October
...fallen leaves
whose veins etch the ground
in shapes
silent
stirred only by the wind
the gentle nudge of autumn
cool air slides into my ...
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Categories:
jauntiness, autumn, child, childhood, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Boyhood
...Boys carry their snow sleds
up, up
to the highest peak
scaling risk
their voices pitched
chattering noise of expectation
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Categories:
jauntiness, addiction, boy, children, confidence,
Form: Free verse
We Have Destroyed the Drowsy Silence!
...I’ve found real consolation
And you can see my jauntiness
I’m not afraid of deviation,
I don’t have a fear for disgrace.
I’ll buy 2 tickets to nowhere,
I’ll try somehow to progress.
You can d...
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Categories:
jauntiness, passion, people, philosophy,
Form: Verse