Little Flames
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Little flames
surrounded by brick
Christ on the cross
Silent Angels
waiting for the service
to begin
Wood, incense, dusty books,
fill...
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Categories:
kneeler, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Convene from Keepers Rebellious Gallery
...Brother. O Brother.
O when when we were callow
In days young Shakers of the movement before
gray & silver turned our locks we held in idol
Spree even damned were we
Lessen a very...
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Categories:
kneeler, 11th grade, conflict, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Without Knowing Your Gender
...Without knowing your gender...,
(nevertheless ex post facto still flattered
genuine heartfelt kinship mattered,
hence the reasonable rhyme
across the webbed wide world
I subsequently scatter...
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Categories:
kneeler, adventure, age, boy, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
The Pale Silhouette of Death
...I dwell in desolation, damned in a fathomless abyss.
What sin have I committed to live a life such as this?
Without a window I cannot gaze upon stars above.
What hope is there for me to ever find ...
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Categories:
kneeler, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Without Knowing Your Gender
...Without Knowing Your Gender...,
(nonetheless ex post facto still flattered)
Bhutan names defy affiliating,
determining, identifying... gender,
and what a faux pas this dada admits,
when a bles...
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Categories:
kneeler, angst, appreciation, body, care,
Form: Free verse
Summer Has Arrived
...Summer is here - how I love this time of year! My garden’s filled with sweet scented wallflowers and pretty pansies. Vibrant butterflies are flitting from flower to flower and bees are busy buzz...
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Categories:
kneeler, bird, butterfly, flower, garden,
Form: Haibun
Is It Real
...Is it real or are you faking
it? ;
Can you testify truly
without a hit?
That it is as strong as it
seems? ;
Even in the absence of
every being;
You are poised to create a
scene;
That...
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Categories:
kneeler, faith
Form: Pastoral
Strangely Dignifying
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Footsteps echo in the hollow hallway
around the old cavernous cathedral
making the silence much too deafening.
The tall candle's faintly flickering flame
proves too...
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Categories:
kneeler, uplifting
Form: Free verse
Bless Me, Father
...Bless Me, Father
Two minutes more, Father Paul,
and you will hear another of my strange confessions.
Right now, I'm outside
watching the rain on my glasses
running in rills.
When I make it ...
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Categories:
kneeler, confusion
Form: Free verse
High Noon In Downtown Chicago
...High Noon in Downtown Chicago
St. Peter's in the Loop
Two minutes more, Father Cal,
and you will hear another
of my strange confessions.
Right now, I'm outside
watching the rain on my g...
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Categories:
kneeler, confusion
Form: Free verse
Reassuring Even More
...The candle's faintly flickering flame
is somehow dim enough to darken
the indigo darkness around it ... even more.
Echoes of footsteps quiver in the hollow
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Categories:
kneeler, faith, forgiveness, happiness,
Form: Alliteration