Dweller of Our Heart
...Born among stars, for a star, too, am I
A scion of the Earth and the star-filled sky
Helios, my name, called by ancient ones
Stardust clings as I am now among suns
My essence is of sea waves at...
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Categories:
leafed, appreciation, beauty, heart, star,
Form: Rhyme
Above it All
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I’ll write of roses never touched
that fade in wilt, then praise their hue,
and though their rot perfumes my metaphors,
I’ll never stoop to caress their blooms,
and as rivers choke on o...
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Categories:
leafed, angst, anxiety, art,
Form: Free verse
LUGUBRIOUS READING
...I have read the Code Noir.
I have read the papal bull of Nicholas V.
I have read the charter of imperialism.
I have read the Indigenous Code
I have read the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran.
I ha...
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Categories:
leafed, africa,
Form: Free verse
Visions of the Vale
...“Look deep into nature and you’ll understand everything better.”
Albert Einstein
I stood on the sloped path near the waterfall.
Mesmerised by the sound of falling water.
All arou...
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Categories:
leafed, beauty, imagery, nature,
Form: Imagism
THE GAMES ARE OVER
...Once upon a time, I played
Against myself - and there, I stayed...
Displaying a no-leaf clover.
Nowadays, the games are over.
Previously, help I sought
Through counselor full of support.
Assist...
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Categories:
leafed, addiction, games, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Strummaz Motiff
...The green leafed tree in the harbor.
There the freights are advanced.
Sailors with quality tools, while
diners feast and play chess. The edge
Of the merchants dine hall has a Blindspot
where tu...
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Categories:
leafed, boat, celebration, celebrity, dance,
Form: Ballad
In waiting for you, my love, the seasons have snowed in black and white
...In waiting for you, my love, the seasons have snowed in black and white,
The landscape of our time together has been painted in trenches of lingering silences,
And every moment without your voice, ...
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Categories:
leafed, love,
Form: Free verse
Red and White
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Red leafed Autumn
Cardinal half-hid.
Light painted by light.
Hedgerow snow....
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Categories:
leafed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Red and White
...Red leafed Autumn
Cardinal half-hid.
Light painted by light.
Hedgerow snow....
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Categories:
leafed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Magnus Effect
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"The Magnus Effect"
A whole life in a deck of cards
dealt across the table
in front of the brutally dismissive,
the fortunes of the war worn read
translated glamorous...
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Categories:
leafed, muse, music, mystery, sensual,
Form: Narrative
A Metropolitan Utopia-Part One
...Written: October 26, 2023
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At the bottom of a boundless cosmic sea.
An excellent, universal command decree
Idiosyncratic an...
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Categories:
leafed, analogy, appreciation, aubade, miracle,
Form: Rhyme
Their Queen Pheromones
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"Their Queen Pheromones"
Nectar
attracts
foraging
honey bees
with components
of their
Queen Pheromones
the butterflies beckon
their inner wasps
to sup on cl...
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Categories:
leafed, life, love, muse, passion,
Form: Narrative
Autumn By Straw Light
...Between the reaching shades of tall trees
copper-leafed hillocks’ catch fire,
ghost flames
burnish the slow stealth of evening.
A translucent straw-light
seen only through the thumb hole
of ...
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Categories:
leafed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sweet and Sour
...The tang of the vital body
scents an inner sky
the fleshy funk
as it surfaces to be perceived.
Aromas; the perfumed stench
of the incarnate
so like a flowering orchid
its thick leafed presen...
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Categories:
leafed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
We Could
...We could hear the prayers
of the grassy dew at dawn,
we should arise at 6a.m.
already listening
through the ears of a Buddha
being then and there
the serene model of the image
of the...
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Categories:
leafed, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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