July's Daughter
...I was born into the weeping skies of July in this part of the world
where the monsoon speaks in a language only the soul understands.
Rain, like liquid glass,
trickles down the banyan and banana ...
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Categories:
laurette, imagery, joy, Lullaby, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Storm Brings Disaster
...This form is called, Laurette.
Love rest on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end. Rumi
A raging surf
Pounds the white shore
And the pilings o...
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Categories:
laurette, nature,
Form: Other
Matisse Analysed Part One
...MATISSE MAIDENS
Maidens..so many.
Marguerite
dressed so neat
Laurette and
Lorette so sad, so sweet.
The upstairs maid with Greta Moll
his still life doll.
Odalisques
curves and shapes,
i...
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Categories:
laurette, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Prose Poem Matisse
...See my cartoons @matissemaidens.blogspot.com
green with envy a master's wife-portrait-not still life oh marguerite oh so sweet
in pretty dress,so neat la chevelure- locks in shock matisse,ma cher...
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Categories:
laurette, art, word play,
Form: Prose Poetry
Alegrarse
...My ears have been whipped of the truth,
And now i feast on it's fruit:
American have bred and developed in technology,
Indian in versatility have cure to variant ailments,
Ghana though like an hi...
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Categories:
laurette, africa,
Form: Blank verse
Matisse Maidens Recited
...MATISSE MAIDENS
Maidens..so many.Marguerite
dressed so neat, Laurette and
Lorette so sad, so sweet.The
upstairs maid with Greta Moll
his still life doll.Odalisques
curves and shapes, in colour
and d...
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Categories:
laurette, art, writing,
Form: Verse
My Dear Poets, My Dear Friends
...A Poet may think, he or she is good
A Poet may write of daffodils of white,
or a roaring stream, capped, enraged
running for a quiet place, a solemn place
A Poet may dream of higher aspirations
of f...
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Categories:
laurette, inspirational, god, heart, write,
Form: Narrative
Matisse Maidens-Ekphrasis Series
...MADAME MATISSE 1
green with envy
a master's wife-
portrait-not still life
MARGUERITE 2
oh marguerite
oh so sweet
in pretty dress,so neat
HAIR 3
la chevelure-
locks in shocks
matisse,ma ch...
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Categories:
laurette, art, on writing and
Form: Ekphrasis
Love's Strong Bond and Guiding Hand
...There once was a young, freckled faced girl, who had the world
wrapped around her finger.
The world was glad to be touched by such a precious hand as hers.
Talent did flow from
these precious ...
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Categories:
laurette, faith, lovegod, christian, home,
Form: Narrative
Poesy- Brian Strand
...For the Poet Laurette contest by Brian Strand(this one was a real challenge)
Poetaster am I, award unworthy,
Gratitude given to the great state
Whose honor did bestow me
Acceptance gladly and...
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Categories:
laurette, fantasy
Form: Narrative