A Vision Soon Unseen
...A wonderland awaits,
For all who dare to enter,
To fall down through the ground,
And to the world surrender.
There anything can dare to pounce,
Or growl or prowl or prance,
Or break out in bla...
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Categories:
leaded, dance, dream, psychological, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
I AM POETRY
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I AM POETRY
‘In the Beginning
was the Word’
light penetrated dark
sound big-banged birthed
three in One creating
~ P o e t r y ~
I am this poised superlative
unchangi...
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Categories:
leaded, allegory, character, creation, deep,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Once more
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I can hear it crawl towards me
In the infinite moving dark
Claw turns to slither
Echoes without placement
Each sound closer than the last
My heavy breath giving voice
Breath cool on my face...
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Categories:
leaded, poems,
Form: Free verse
Circular Saw
...In the late fall
After apple picking and around thanksgiving
When the leaves started
To fade from green to red
We’d hook up the PTO from the old Deere
To a massive circular saw
Like something o...
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Categories:
leaded, autumn,
Form: Free verse
What the Highest Bidder Forgot to Consider
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The house came with ghosts.
Not the subtle kind, either—no
wistful sighs or cool drafts,
just full-blown poltergeist tantrums.
Cabinets slamming at 2 a.m.,
spectral remnants of old a...
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Categories:
leaded, conflict, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
SLEEPLESS IN MY BATTLE
...(Perhaps the desire to find Nirvana has become tainted? A worm of a man has done this to me; has burrowed into the fruit of my dreams.)
We who wield the mighty sword
leaded and sha...
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Categories:
leaded, abuse, emotions, war,
Form: Free verse
Beneath the Rubble
...Beneath the Rubble
Unfinished artwork waits on the shelf,
Hidden between dark pages,
Scribbles on paper long to be free.
As a lover waits, it too waits,
For the breath o...
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Categories:
leaded, devotion, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Melodic ingenuity of Ludwig van Beethoven
raised music to the realm of art, cadence woven.
A piano virtuoso, he turned into a composer unique,
initiated the romantic era in coexistent classica...
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Categories:
leaded, music,
Form: Clerihew
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO GRANTS US WISDOM
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May 10 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Chronicles 1-4
Key Verse – 2 Chronicles 1:11-12 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, w...
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Categories:
leaded, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Turning Back The Clock
...the old days were really good
going through your neighborhood
leaving doors unlocked for neighbors
to walk through if they need favors
or to visit for some fun
when did this whole world become
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Categories:
leaded, encouraging, happiness, hope, life,
Form: Rhyme
Another Chapter of Milton Creek
...With pitchforks and torches they rode through the night,
their goal was Milton Creek, by dawns early light.
A surprise attack was what they had foreseen,
led by the infamous, lollipop queen.
Wi...
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Categories:
leaded, western,
Form: Rhyme
The Mirror
...Rumi said,
“Polish the mirror of your soul
that it might better reflect God.”
An antique hand mirror,
the leaded glass is warped,
its wooden and carved frame cracked
yet keep polishing it.
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Categories:
leaded, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Bald Eagle's Nesting Elegance
...Craving for rats awhile
grippingly standing, leaded by the stomach;
Barks the hen over the Eagle’s tragedy
lands the hit on the mountain beak
sneaking the eye on shadows awhile;
Heading for...
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Categories:
leaded, 10th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Grandma Burnout
...Home sweet home on Christmas day.
Children and grandchildren
come, but not to stay
Home smells of pumpkin spice,
gingerbread cookies,
ham and turkey in the oven
Yeast rolls rising...
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Categories:
leaded, christmas, grandchild, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
What You Are Looking For Is Seeking You
...I was really angry at God,
many folks are and many don’t know it.
Maybe you have to fall out with a lover
before you know you can live with them.
My father and mother were angry all of the time...
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Categories:
leaded, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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