Long Patterning Poems

RHYME SCHEME abcb

Thick mist / sharp rocks cut
Dense rain / strong wind whips
Vast drought / weak build folds
Trade boon / graft wrecks ships

RHYME SCHEME aaba

Thick mist / sharp rock strips
Dense rain / strong wind whips
Vast...

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1. The Welkin
Wind blows / clouds race / vast blue sky
Breeze tugs / trees sway / great green hills
Sun scourged / sand glares / small white beach
Skip stones / thoughts nag / mind fug stills

2....

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Just because an impetus arose...

to repost poem
(I chanced to locate
amidst plethora of poems on hard drive
of Macbook Pro)
written more'n a half decade ago
before yours truly 
blissfully oblivious to crypto- 
currency shenanigans linked into

fiendish scammers after...

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If it's meant to be, then it will be
All I know is that I'm done killing myself over a fantasy

The way last year's nightmare,
Can becomes today's reality,
In the blink of an eye,
All under the same...

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A question I have asked myself of late:
what essence does this poetry possess
which differentiates it from mere prose,
and gives distinction to its 'poemness'?

Sometimes, at least to me, a puzzle fits
the way I go about the...

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I'm addicted to a loosing game 
After my final loss, I never was the same 
I'm at a loss which one of us is to blame
Don't know if my initials are us or my name...

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A whisper of a smile
Fell gentle
Across my thoughts
Reflecting
On wonders and light
So inspiring
They invited me
To give of my soul
Feelings so bold
Wonders of love
Kindness and joy
The music of peace

A silent dream
Breathed
On the spiritual need
Of one who prayed
For...

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Rockwell) framed palette,
     (sans dystopian
     picture) outright
and despite whatever hardship,
     with curtain call on this
     November 11th, 2018 night,
a...

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What do think they are doing
Calling young and unsuspected children
Eager to please
And break glass ceilings
To shake the trees of old taboos
From the lap of colleges
The subterfuge of lives sparkles
In the eyes deprived
Of commercial baubles, and...

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Why does she know
laying our music down
raises musicality
reality up?

Does she also know
why my lips prefer to sing
in resonant Oh,
Oooooooh...
oozing round O's
and singular Ah's
free of mapping static lyrics

Lines sung
hung
rung right or wrong,
good marching when uniform,
bad when...

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Dawn song / sweet trills / thin flute roused
Splayed light / warm vibe / worn slats doused
Dream haunts / harsh cough / plumb tears smart
Heart touched / mixed thoughts / frail past frouse

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Jueju is a...

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Connection is an offering of messages as people who crossed over 
Connection is spirits of those we never knew 

The guides of offering life advice from the other side are special connection with the crossed...

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Today my flowing pen
Streams screaming words
Cascading to hungry eyes
And thirsty ears of waves
Of the oceans of minds
Waiting to be sailed upon
In the winds of whatever
The day has decided to blow
Into sleeping sails awaiting
To be blown...

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When my fingers kneel in the dust
Patterning a priesthood of memory
I create again
I remember
I make pots
In the image of our emptiness
How do you call sorrow beauty?
I find the aesthetic a superficial 
Exclamation of ignorance
About the...

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Child be mindful of life lessons taught
Love lessons a lifetime worth
Little eyes and mind patterning future choice
Compass of life formed
Mapping right or wrong from adult form

A father’s smile at a girl child’s stubbornness from birth
Wearing...

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Each time might be the last,
The last I see your face, 
Sad and smiling eyes; the last
Your lips mouthing promises, 
Goodbyes, eager to go, 
Certain of return, sure of this place.

It's different when you're old....

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El Paso

Once upon a time nestled a little western town,
At the foothills of blue mountains picturesque.

The sun fell behind and twilight colors settled,
Delightful township twinkles patterning.

Horses neighed in their stables allowed;
Even chickens murmured in adobe...

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AWARENESS

awareness
 of the
 essential
shaping
 art
to
consider
to see &
open
&
explode

spanning
 exhilarating
regularising
a
 profusion of
colour

 some familiar
&
others
 so ornate in
detailed
  patterning
demeanour
  merging with
its  surroundings

giving voice to
everyday
 self-awareness


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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TRANQUILLITY

a sight line
touches
 surfaces
     patterning
  animated austere
images
      an inherent
theme
drama
sleepy in nature
manmade
yet
where
   pictorial
  verticals interrupt
&
empty
in a
 slow disposition
inflected

&evokes a silent
dreamlike
state
bereft
    of humankind
meticulously
explored
by
the resolute

THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two...

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The Wayward Butterfly

An armoire stands at the end of my room,
And under the edge for days,
What looked like a rolled dead leaf
Continued to grab my gaze.

Finally, annoyed enough at myself
I got up from my easy...

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A WAKE UP CALL
the sleep
     of centuries
trancelike
induced
restlessness
  delved the unconscience

ambivalence
   a constant interplay
 patterning
      tranquil hours
inviolate
profiled
in revolutions
    throes

THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two...

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