Long Chevrons Poems
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Orwells Moustache: Part Iorwell’s moustache: PART I
the father of big brother
whose face can be found on the cover of
animal farm or nineteen eighty-four,
his two most popular literary achievements---
he stares back at us with a moustache---
a pencil moustache...
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Categories:
chevrons, life, men, men,
Form:
Free verse
On WatchHe stands behind a wheel thick as a mans wrist, ornately spoked and polished, its diameter
half his height; which he fondly strokes as he gazes upon a horizon, red, as in anger, yet,
knows...
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Categories:
chevrons, adventure, dedication, education, family, history, life, passion,
Form:
Narrative
Serging Through Life's Stitches with ScarsSerging through life, I whipstitch, weft, and welt,
But always, my thoughts are pick-threading.
As stippled patches of emotion rise and fall in me,
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Just too many scars.
The mindless mind stresses...
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Categories:
chevrons, emotions, faith, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
The Cigar BoxThe cigar box reposed upon the closet shelf for nigh on fifty years.
Oft his family wondered what it held. Perhaps some treasured souvenirs?
The old man, a veteran, had fought in the European Theater of...
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Categories:
chevrons, father, nostalgiadad, family, old, dad, family, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Cities In FlightIn Cities in Flight
transformations are chronicled over generations.
It can make us cry
out for the genius occurring
now and in our past. How
the unseen, unknown participant
was made known to himself
through devotion to those outside himself. He
guides his...
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Categories:
chevrons, city, cry, heart, history, power, song, teacher,
Form:
Verse
SergeantsThere are eminent personages among the enlisted grades,
Who deserve the utmost in respect and well-earned accolades.
These are the dedicated Sergeants of whom I speak,
Who guide the strong and encourage the weak!
Steadfast leaders whom commanders rely...
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Categories:
chevrons, dedication
Form:
Rhyme
Scars and StripesThey got them in service to their country
mementoes of it’s wars,
some for valor above and beyond
others for sweeping floors.
They all turned out in uniform
fulfilling the oath they took,
to protect and defend this country
we were proud...
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Categories:
chevrons, thank you,
Form:
Ballad
JunkHer great grandkids found it in the junk corner of the attic. An old weather-beaten trunk, leather handles, a spring lock, an invitation to meet her.
They laughed as they pulled out some lost toys,...
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Categories:
chevrons, america, family, military, war, women,
Form:
Haibun
AbikuÀBÍKÚ
Àbíkú,
This is the 21st century,
Going and...
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Categories:
chevrons, death, depression, loss, mother, pain, sad,
Form:
Narrative
Pokeweed WaitsPokeweed waits
underground, snow crusts
small greenish white flowers, leaves entire
and alternate, black berries
poisonous, ripe late.
Waits patiently past February
when the sun stays up in the sky more than January
and six more months after that
past the peepers keeping...
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Categories:
chevrons, flower, fruit, january, morning, time, weather, work,
Form:
Verse
A Dream Within a DreamBeach shore entices me with its silence,
I dream I can walk above the waters,
the wind whispers and leaves a scud of foam.
I hug my solitude from a distance
some mythical god pulls me by the...
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Categories:
chevrons, beach, dream,
Form:
Free verse
NovemberAn Arctic wind comes reaping the mild air,
breath hangs in clouds and grass hides under frost,
low morning sun soaks branches soon stripped bare,
boots wallow in the reds and golds now lost.
Chevrons of Geese head south...
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Categories:
chevrons, november,
Form:
Sonnet