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Premium Member When Three Cousins Played
Three cousins played a “game’ of war
A map of Europe spread across the floor
No adults there to keep the score
As each of them wanted more and more

Three of four empires lay upon that map
As they...

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Categories: swift and sure, war,
Form: Verse



Premium Member An Omen of the Taste of Twilight
Vanished

the wild magic of this place;

this wilderness I now roam alone
as its lifeblood seeps 
into 
Afterlife

..my mournful howls
across time and distance
go unanswered -
Oh, how I long to join again
in my brethren’s song..

fading sunlight falls in...

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Categories: swift and sure, animal, death, fate, grief, howl, longing, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Vigil 1
Slowly  I am awakened to the echoing sound of  dripping into standing water within the confines of the cave.Water oozing through a miniscule aperture after last night's rain or condensation making its way...

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Categories: swift and sure, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Unexplored Adventure I Know What Will Be
An unexplored Adventure !!!
I know what will be !!!

There is an emptiness, creating – depression – a hole
that a deep sadness fills – thoughts of it, take their toll
on an alone heart that seeks a...

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Categories: swift and sure, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
La Belle Et La Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
The sweet neck of her life came adorned with dazzling jewels of the ages;
jewels imbued with holy virtues, long before she was born.
She rose, alone, Venus veiled above a sparkling sea,
her love light flashing wherever...

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Categories: swift and sure, allegoryprayer, sea, life, passion, sea, tiger,
Form: Narrative



The Funny Side of Wisdom
My mother taught me  many lessons
First ,about the birds and the bees
Where did I come from mommy?
Oh, I found you in a barrel of Crabs.

 Her lessons in decorum were priceless
Walk always with your...

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Categories: swift and sure, funny, me, hair, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Journey
(Dedication: For Ann with Love.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Ann of my days,
Days that fan cheer,
Cheer weaves each play,
Play that lives here.


Style wears a smile,
Smile that funds cheer,
Cheer lives each mile,
Mile where love piles.


Grace wears a face,
Face of fond light,
Light...

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Categories: swift and sure, blessing,
Form: Quatrain
God's Wickedness
There was a slight rise,
the shooting was steady,
ambush ready,
bullets in the air,
machine gunners drawing fire,
taking risks, making dares,
and many deaths for hire,
mangled bodies piled up,
so many soldiers littered the ground,
and bombs scarred the sky,
God’s anger...

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Categories: swift and sure, fantasy
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Be Not Afraid
Be Not Afraid
 
Life’s full of real mysteries and unending challenges,
yet, never despair, rather always be resolute and bold. 

At times, some people in varied situations, always  
thrive on playing to the certain fears...

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Categories: swift and sure, allegory, allusion, angel, courage, emotions, judgement, life,
Form: Didactic
The Reaper
I stand before the Grim Reaper, unafriad and ready.
My head facing forward, my back striaght, my hands steady.
A low hum comes from the cloaked face, two lights for eyes,
His arms lift, his robe blows in...

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Categories: swift and sure, death, fate, life, strength,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Blood of Geronimo
BLOOD OF GERONIMO
Great Spirit here come I in humble prayer
child of your Bedonkohe blood and line.
I raise my hands to recognize you there
and plea you recognize this heart of mine.

I know you welcome all into...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swift and sure, adventure, angst, art, black african american, death,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member You'Ve Come To Me
YOU'VE COME TO ME
You've come to me, out from the time of in between
the midnight dark and where first morning light is seen,
in all the wildest dreams of me
I never thought such love could be,
but...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swift and sure, angst, black african american, confusion, me, love,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Love At First Sight
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
You've come to me, out from the time of in between
the midnight dark and where first morning light is seen,
in all the wildest dreams of me
I never thought such love could be,
but...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swift and sure, angst, devotion, love, life, love, me, places,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Bedonkohe Blood
BEDONKOHE BLOOD
Great Spirit here come I in humble prayer
child of your Bedonkohe blood and line.
I raise my hands to recognize you there
and plea you recognize this heart of mine.

I know you welcome all into your...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: swift and sure, native american,
Form: Sonnet
Wandering One
Oh wandering one, where are you going?
                            ...

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Categories: swift and sure, allegory, religious,
Form: Ballad
Wrath of the Flying Dutchman
Among the cries of lonesome gull
  A crude cross-slash, grinning skull

  Below the tattered crimson sail
  Those that did weather the fiercest gale
  Noblemen fearfully bow
  Seamen kneel before its...

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Categories: swift and sure, adventure, angst, death, sea,
Form: I do not know?
Wandering One
Wandering One


Oh wandering one, where are you going?
                           ...

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Categories: swift and sure, hope, life
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wide Awake Now
My impetuous pirate self-jumps up to play
I snarl and yell at her to just go away
She laughs as I hide my hazel eyes from her sight
Her faerie soul knows my heart with all of her...

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Categories: swift and sure, how i feel, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Tyrant's Justice
The dream of love is ever earthly bliss;
The hope of love is found in one strong kiss.
The tyrant's dream is that all joy departs
From those he shoots with hate-compelling darts.

The dream of work is material...

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Categories: swift and sure, politicalwork, dream, dream, hope, love, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Perspective
Swift and sure then the march of time,
We know not when we reach end rhyme.


A year has flown since your demise,
Change comes full blown without surprise.


Your legacy yet wears your name,
Yes change can be more...

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Categories: swift and sure, change, perspective,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things