berries ripen moon
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mauve to indigo
sweetened by nature's largesse ~
mockingbird mayhem
(June Full Moon – Haida)...
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Categories:
largesse, bird, celebration, environment, moon,
Form: Haiku
Harried Harris heir still feels horrid courtesy heist he doth declare
...Harried Harris heir still feels horrid courtesy heist he doth declare...
Earlier this merry month of May
a goniff who possibly did gossip
about his/her surreptitious exploits
when he/she brazen...
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Categories:
largesse, absence, abuse, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Sun up; moon down'
...Are you searching for holiness? How is it viewed? Or
To be? Is on some scales its worth.' Is it to be found with
The beggars? Or a King? Or Emperor.' Is its essence in the
Wind? Is it the servant ...
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Categories:
largesse, appreciation, assonance,
Form: Free verse
HO HO WHOA Second Chance algorithm drawing for January 17, 2025
...HO HO WHOA Second Chance algorithm drawing for January 17, 2025
No matter I kept fingers and toes crossed,
and waited with bated breath since January 2, 2025
even converted from skeptic to ortho...
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Categories:
largesse, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Medieval Poetry Translations VI by Michael R Burch
...These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and Middle English.
Exeter Book Gnomic Verses or Maxims
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch...
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Categories:
largesse, fish, husband, love, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Victorious flirtatious foreplay
...Victorious flirtatious foreplay
I awoke early - now my body will sleep,
though thoughts rise like the Azores
of snuggling next to such an adorable atomic
bombshell of a beauty - boars
into my ...
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Categories:
largesse, 12th grade, absence, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
a heart for a soul
...a heart for a soul and a soul for a heart
i am the living ocean and you will drown
i am the sun and i will storm
your attention seeking with infantile trolling
is a bigger concern than your i...
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Categories:
largesse, 12th grade, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Tomorrow's just another day
...Why worry about what the future brings?
Tomorrow's just another day, they say,
No need to pout, and pule, and pine away.
Instead, I'll relish this day's offerings,
Anticipate tomorrow's profferin...
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Categories:
largesse, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod
...Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod
Any idea regarding who unnamed individual earned such lofty title? I offer a clue, that averred person unknown to many other...
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Categories:
largesse, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Upon Waking
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“Upon Waking”
Slumber has its upsides
while the outside runs around
like a split fowlyard,
cacophonous
pecking at each other
and at the ground…
Elsewhere,
like d...
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Categories:
largesse, gothic, muse, poets,
Form: Narrative
FROM SANTA CLAUS XMAS 2011
...
written twelve years ago
when yours truly about two score
and twelve years old,
and fishy financial fiasco
about twenty six weeks
before being scalloped
courtesy villainous fraudster
otherw...
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Categories:
largesse, 7th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Song of Praise
...Said Earth shyly to Sky, “Your grandeur is utter perfection.”
Whispered Sky softly to Earth, “I am but your reflection.”
Called Ocean to Shore, “I yearn for your soft embrace.”
Replied Shore to Oc...
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Categories:
largesse, appreciation, beauty, blessing, god,
Form: Rhyme
Pumpkin Spice Pandemonium
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Its sun is brilliant bright and bonny bold,
a lustrous light, largesse in satin sheen.
Intake of breath sensory manifold,
for a warm, welcoming autumnal scene.
Aurora-colored leaves paint the...
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Categories:
largesse, appreciation, autumn, color, god,
Form: Sonnet
My Ode To Autumn
...Each year the ghost of past Falls’ returns
bringing its simple—but wondrous—treasures.
Turning the world to harmonious earthy hues.
Ardent amber, golden orange, warm browns of
walnut, spicy toff...
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Categories:
largesse, autumn, beauty, color, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Broken Piggy Bank
...The broken piggy bank
strewn into a bajillion little pieces
Unexpected largesse
yours truly patiently waits,
a metaphor of my dire financial straits
courtesy papa's unsuspecting muse
the miss...
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Categories:
largesse, america, analogy, anger, animal,
Form: Rhyme
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