Snake
while moving today I saw a small snake
it was slithering away
didn’t know it was safe
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Categories:
nature,
Form: Kimo
Grass
before the rain comes the grass, I must mow
and edge along the sidewalk
finished, first raindrops fall
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Categories:
rain, work,
Form: Kimo
Summering
There’s thunder; and thunderous crickets-sound.
The boom-boom that’s not too loud.
The insects, incessant.
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Categories:
insect, sound,
Form: Kimo
Peace Within
when I close my eyes and enter silence
I’m drawn into a presence
the peace holds me tightly
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Categories:
introspection, peace, silence,
Form: Kimo
Songs of Dawn
Dawn spreads her wings upon valleys and hills
humming to the tranquil brook
songs of misty morrow
scarlet, crimson, pink flowers sway along
like dancing ballerinas
to a beautiful day
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Categories:
day, morning, nature,
Form: Kimo
Four Square-kimo and reverse
Four Square
electrostatic dimming of sunlight
mellisonant quickening
lightning playing four square
study quadrants on screen
kingdom come of a rainstorm
that merely whispers an awakening
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Categories:
rain, storm,
Form: Kimo
From Here To There
Praises to Thee, my soul soars and revels
Songs I sing where my heart dwells
Faith I live with and grow
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Categories:
devotion, prayer,
Form: Kimo
My Retirement is Great
i can entertain myself every day
painting cartooning writing
I like being alone
im unconcerned about other people
my retirement is great
i am free to just be
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Categories:
retirement,
Form: Kimo
demonic ideas
she runs from her demonic ideas
how is she channeling this
she is feeling crazy
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Categories:
feelings,
Form: Kimo
beginning of April
violets peeking up their gentle heads
delighting the spongy moss
april is beginning
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Categories:
april,
Form: Kimo
beautiful dancing girl
amazing beauty enthralls and excites
a curly haired dancing girl
shaking up libidos
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Categories:
dance,
Form: Kimo
the scars within
each of us have scars that we keep within
with courage we can let go ...
and with strength we can heal
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Categories:
courage,
Form: Kimo
Whispers of Dusk
The breeze tiptoes across the sleeping field,
whispering to the folded blooms,
dreams drift along the dusk.
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Categories:
dream, nature, sleep,
Form: Kimo
Ghosts of the Carousel
The carousel moans to the empty dusk,
rusted music haunts brittle air,
the laughter has decayed.
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Categories:
music,
Form: Kimo
Forgotten Garden
The garden grumbles with unruly weeds,
petals sigh into broken loam,
no footsteps find the gate.
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Categories:
garden,
Form: Kimo
Specific Types of Kimo Poems
Definition | What is Kimo in Poetry?