run to fun
...My daddy—he once told me
don’t ever play with nuns
they’ll hit you with their rulers
it won’t be any fun
I snuck out of that prison
and now I’m on the run
Once freed from that schoolhouse
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Categories:
lipa, freedom, fun, humor, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Manhattan madness
...TS Eliot said, “Paris is a strong stimulant.”
It is - but it has nothing on Manhattan.
If Paris is a Café Crème espresso at a café-en-terrasse under the stars.
Manhattan is a ‘Black Tie Bawls’ coc...
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Categories:
lipa, city, family, food, fun,
Form: Free verse
milk coffee
...The milk coffee skies of Paris in May,
make the Seine river look insanely gray.
At sunrise it’s quiet -
the traffic’s mostly bikes
our digs are luxurious and private
my school stress is waning...
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Categories:
lipa, boyfriend, happiness, may, paris,
Form: Rhyme
red lines
...Sunrise was just a red line in the inky void, as Lisa and I reached the harbor decking stairs,
but at once, the brazen slash began widening, like a silent, slow motion explosion,
thin, smoky wisp...
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Categories:
lipa, appreciation, morning, sea, student,
Form: Free verse
I Miss You
...I miss you
I missed you before you were gone
I missed you when we made eye contact for the fifth time as I glanced around the room, our eyes somehow always meeting
I missed you when we walked alon...
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Categories:
lipa, age, first love, friend,
Form: Free verse
Scrabbled
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“Scrabbled”
I could write a book
about all your dance moves
fire handed on a platter
heart beating like a hammer
a body of work
glanced at...
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Categories:
lipa, dance, fun, magic,
Form: Romanticism