Long Featherweight Poems

As time flies, so her emotion swiftly fries,
As life frowns to dust, so her affection swiftly drowns to lust,
As love turns to coal, so her smile swiftly runs to the cold,
As sunset sets away, so...

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Amongst the lilacs and the breathy spill of spring 
lives a bird of hope that is longingly waiting to sing 
he's a passerine of color rich and bright , a nestling,  
a feathered friend,...

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He records the works of his life, the ephemera
he once scrawled onto the tissue thin,
thinking them indelible blueprints.
Most were fables told to a dying legend,
Pastimes, that were chariot wheels
for his little red wagon.

He is an...

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Many Americans, at least it would seem,
Win Megabuck lotteries, inside their day dreams;
What will I do now, with all of this loot? 
I’ll jet far and wide, like a Rock Star en route.

And yet, there’s...

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Emotions stir eternally enchanted,
each hurricane fades to a black sky.
The listless poet’s quill drips,
corralling every vibrant sunset. 
Writing as old lyrics catch the air,
Say it to me again.. ‘Freefall!’

I don’t want to be disappointed 
but...

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Mightily buoyed by cherished blood,
Brazen struts laxest wit undeterred;
And fair nobles her giddy vinos swill
Oftener than mild sips of ironed skill. 

Sometimes charmed by gilded gold
Slack sense glues tighter than truth,
Icing to death the latter's...

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When I meet that time appointed, after,
I expect angels, a company from heaven's throne,
to meet me in that place unknown, yet known.

What once was darkened glass reflecting death, shadowing life,
becomes now transparent pane,
pristine this view...

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Fickle feckless floozy Florence Fay 
Eliciting no sympathy or empathy from me
Amorous? Apparently with hundreds of others.
Tonight I cut the ties that have bound.
He can have you, I release you, I tell her.
Enthusiastic crying will...

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He shook the blanket and it fell
Tumbling over all trees
Bouncing upon the hillside far
Now veiled unclearly sees

Golden sun behind the blanket
Bright rays illuminate
In straight waves of bright yellow light
Soon day rejuvenates 

Roosters crow in dim...

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