Ventilating Truth
...If ever we needed to ventilate,
it is now…the thickening tragedy
of lies have become too heavy
for the respiration of living truth…
Indeed…the dire situation
has reached lunging c...
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Categories:
loaning, allegory, america, analogy, extended
Form: Free verse
Dreams
...Dreams
Latest dreams: loaning a
small sum of
money to
the daisy patch on the
east side of
the front yard; at an early stage in
development preaching not elementary language to
claylike...
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Categories:
loaning, humor,
Form: Free verse
Beloved Daughter Ella We Miss You Moore a Dedicated Verse To Ella Pearl Moore-
..."You gave her heart, you gave her your breathe;
A loving family, she was my sis;
We miss you Moore;
You speech was golden;
You heart did help;
We miss you so,
Passion chosen gloriou...
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Categories:
loaning, appreciation, bereavement, christian, dedication,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Haiku Conversation
...We should spend Christmas
In Paris this year with Jean
Christmas in Paris?
Spectacular plan
Let's buy the tickets and call
Early and call Jean
Just then Tommy turned
To them loaning ...
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Categories:
loaning, french, travel,
Form: Haiku
I Think I Need a Wife-
...Future tense
I think I need a wife
to finish out my life
I have one life to give
for Christ God and me
before I leave this plane
agreed i'm about to love again
the thought o...
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Categories:
loaning, analogy, destiny, fate, future,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Come On Down To the Savoury Hotel
...I shall try not to give you the impression that on the Iowa Frontier
We are either a swindler, a thief, or a joker but come closer, my dear.
You might want to check into the Savoury Hotel. This is ...
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Categories:
loaning, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Heartbeat of America
...Red white and blue – unity a sense of pride
The flag brings Viet Nam into my mind
I wish we would have been more supportive
To the young men and women who served
We can rectify that; hold our p...
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Categories:
loaning, america, patriotic, usa,
Form: Verse
My Muses
...I have several muses inside my mind.
One is Trixie, and she loves to rhyme.
Another, Pixie is somber and sad.
Wixie and Blixie just want to be bad.
As you may have guessed, Trixie is the ultima...
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Categories:
loaning, poetry, write, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Once Upon
...Upon a time
I owned every summer.
I held copyrights on clear sunny mornings
and long timeless days.
Young girls that, upon a time, had laid down
in the long, sweet grass with a boy,
and hawks t...
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Categories:
loaning, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Georgia
...we pulled the antique shoebox out without memory
until we opened it
tiny bits of fluff in the form of a teeny jacket
trimmed with ribbon
an embroidered lamb
no lock of hair
photos of a baby...
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Categories:
loaning, birth, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Ventilating Truth
...Ventilating Truth—Breathing…
If ever we needed to ventilate,
it is now…the thickening tragedy
of lies have become too heavy
for the respiration of living truth…
Indeed…the dire situation
h...
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Categories:
loaning, 12th grade, allegory, metaphor,
Form: Political Verse
Sassy Nature's Spell
...hoisted rusty reels
punctured passion peeled
felon fiery feast
callous crisp creed
lofty lift lent
hankering heels etched
smothered skin bruised
hale cell cruised
clipped, lanky crew
vyi...
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Categories:
loaning, confusion, pollution,
Form: Sonnet
She Was But a Chickadee
...she was but a chickadee
small but mighty
with a soaring heart
that included everyone
flying in the sun she felt her strength
loaning it out to whoever needed her
she was but a chickadee
wit...
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Categories:
loaning, god,
Form: Free verse
Lusty Lips
...lusty lips loaning
punctured passion pruning
hoisted pairs hankering
drooping damped drips
ace tactic tiers
gulped gaunt tears
pulpy passion plying
per lips lurching
turbulent war whooshing...
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Categories:
loaning, love,
Form: Sonnet
Melody
...It started on D - flat,
succulent & succinct
soft & rhythmic
loaning hearts pats.
the wail of the piano
caressing the voices' glissando
riffs tampered with the tune,
notes trailing track...
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Categories:
loaning, confusion,
Form: Lyric
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