The Night New York Slept
...It was one solemn, long night,
Tenebrous with the astuteness of perfidy,
And multiple hours before the break of an
Impatient dawn.
Lampposts froze through the pergola of winter.
Limp from exposu...
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Categories:
lampposts, city, new york,
Form: Free verse
reflection
...Reflection
It is autumnal, and the wind blows
Light from lampposts sways
The day smells of oncoming winter
Sadness and a longing for the past
It will always be like this
The hankering fo...
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Categories:
lampposts, adventure, age, anger,
Form: ABC
FLORIDA
...There are vultures perched on the
lampposts of Florida
You can hear their young calling
in the morning breeze
They search for the desert that
was once their home
It's forgotten for now, a re...
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Categories:
lampposts, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The House on Lake Maggiore
...The House on Lake Maggiore
The house on Lake Maggiore was reality, a physical truth,
my imagination became the artist.
The day has become a deckchair, gently folding itself up
as my walk le...
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Categories:
lampposts, home, house, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Winter’s warning
...The lampposts stand,
stoic and lonely,
spirits overlooking the barren land.
Their light’s turned cold,
same as the air’s developing bite.
It’s only natural;
winter drags in a reality both harsh...
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Categories:
lampposts, anxiety, change, friendship, leaving,
Form: Free verse
More is Less
...How you feel is not enough,
You as this is less than function,
Avert the feel, replace with stuff,
Or suffer states, disjunction.
Comparing scrambled eggs to buzzing locust,
To the mumbled min...
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Categories:
lampposts, abuse, anxiety, depression, drug,
Form: Rhyme
I Can't Believe
...I can’t believe I thought that,
I can’t believe I went that way,
My mind journeys and wanders,
Mountain highs and valley lows,
It travels.
I can’t believe I strung together those words,
I can...
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Categories:
lampposts, inspirational, me,
Form: Free verse
Dead Dog Walking
...Took my dead dog for a long walk today.
I like to think that some that passed by
glimpsed the whisk of her bushy tail
or heard her cheerful panting,
as she strained at the leash.
I was reading...
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Categories:
lampposts, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Grandeur of Fall
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Poet's ink portrays wonders so profound,
as the last crimson rose of summer fades,
verdant leaves gently float to soggy ground,
weaving a pattern of saffron, beige shades.
Autumn's th...
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Categories:
lampposts, appreciation, autumn, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Cams
...If I had alternative choices with a D
I would take my druthers all over the world,
making a difference
choosing other ways of seeing.
I will need a million trail-cams,
and a million gateposts,...
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Categories:
lampposts, poetry,
Form: Free verse
haiku 196 Dogs Howl
...emerging twilight
lampposts light up shadow path ~
sirens blaring ... howls
12/3/2023
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Categories:
lampposts, dog,
Form: Haiku
It Happened On a Rainy Night- Multi-Collaboration
...Foggy mists engulfed the bright
When raindrops fell throughout the night
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark,
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park
Soaked wet through with glistening s...
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Categories:
lampposts, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Sweethearts
...Foggy mists engulfed the bright
When raindrops fell throughout the night
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park
Moonbeams drenched their wet cheeks
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Categories:
lampposts, love,
Form: Verse
It Happened On a Rainy Night - Collaboration
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Foggy mists engulfed the bright
When raindrops fell throughout the night
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park
Together they braved th...
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Categories:
lampposts, lost, love, rain, storm,
Form: Verse
It Happened On a Rainy Night
...Foggy mists engulfed the bright
When raindrops fell throughout the night
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park
Seductively waltzed as raindrops dance...
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Categories:
lampposts, beautiful, mystery, romance, romantic,
Form: Verse
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