Summer Perdition
...after 'Berck-Plage' by Sylvia Plath
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A sheet of glass, this expanse of water.
How its tranquillity mocks my unrest.
Bloated beachballs and balloons
travel the park and...
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Categories:
malignancies, abortion, loss, summer,
Form: Free verse
I Am Touched
...I Am Touched
I am touched.
You came to me in spirit,
As it should be,
And though I can hear the steel rumblings
Of the outside neurotic world,
I can hear your silent ghost voice squealing t...
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Categories:
malignancies, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 32
...Prayers and stagnancy remained this day,
Many a glance did I try his way,
Our Dragon’s dark, silhouetted form,
Pressed to the burning stone barrier
I could see and hear his dragon skin sizzle
A...
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Categories:
malignancies, beauty, bible, conflict, courage,
Form: Epic
Cancer Basher Psalm For Leah Still
...O LORD for great pain
Cruel suffering caused
Fierce threat they present
Slash each cancer mass
Leah's body from
Let not one escape
Please do not relent
Toxic chemo drugs
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Categories:
malignancies, cancer, health, prayer, religious,
Form: Free verse
Cold and Flexible
...A serial of haikus, all addressing the same topic with
a hint of humor; but advice that could save your life
or that of a loved one. New to PoetrySoup, so I hope
I'm not "out of order" with thi...
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Categories:
malignancies, adventure, age, angst, body,
Form: Haiku