From the Clarinet
...Late November,
and lonely resonance of harmattan
salutes this solitude.
A weaverbird's contralto, in one
gale-sweep, lays bare the lower balustrade
of a maisonette,
and the romance of the last ...
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Categories:
maisonette, life, music, seasons,
Form: Free verse
A Broken Mirror
...A battered pier glass, the length of a running lightning,
The width of a Caesarean window,
And next to an agelong, framed
Daguerreotype, lies face down across
A musty room.
Shafts and rods of ro...
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Categories:
maisonette, emotions, life,
Form: Free verse
HOW CAN I PRETEND : PART 1
...HOW CAN I PRETEND ?
PART 1
How can I pretend when
flutters across my chest only
prickle as your thought
arrives with doubt or hope
What is hope anyway ?
A flimsy wish built upon
a mat...
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Categories:
maisonette, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
Cousin Bell
...Cousin Bell moved into a maisonette,
Was promptly told she could not have a pet
Not a cat or dog
Not a fish or frog
What about a gorilla she just met?...
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Categories:
maisonette, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Limerick
My Land My Abode
...I live in Gaza
Not the land where cattle graze
And river flows
But where Israelis raze
Our land in shells
But where Israelis flood
Our land in blood
I now know how to count
Like other boys ...
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Categories:
maisonette, betrayal, devotion, emotions, power,
Form: Dramatic Verse