spirit message
...red cardinal hops onto tiny branch of lilac tree
it’s near dusk
at first, I thought he was a shadow creature
my eye caught a glimpse of his dark movements
his feathers are scarlet
he hops a bit,...
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Categories:
mayhaps, bird,
Form: Free verse
Alice Liddell 1852-1934
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Deep in contemplation, or was it cogitation,
call it 'intuition', Alice aforethought had a premonition,
something's round the corner,
and she's come to warn yer,
doing all she can, befo...
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Categories:
mayhaps, celebrity, character, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Antiquity
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If we'd lived in olden days
days of yore
the golden days
and I were a troubadour
I'd serenade you with my lute
unless I had a flute to toot
or go more than the extra mile
and sing a ...
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Categories:
mayhaps, england, fun, history, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
My Longing Creature
...Crack! I lay, beneath me creaking
Hath it taken from me? What to give?
Mayhaps yesternight another seeking
For not many there is to live
It approaches, shaking, floors creaking
To th...
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Categories:
mayhaps, adventure, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Dramatic Verse
I'm so sorry to those who know me!
...[“The only problem in life was myself”]
…
I’m a huge burden, and I’m able to recognize that. Perhaps it’s my mind speaking, though that is my true perception, and mayhaps unchangea...
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Categories:
mayhaps, angst, anxiety, appreciation, depression,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Poetry Soup Main Fixings: Words
...Words that stem from the heart seldom a mind,
would update fellow captives of a world
they knew--spent or saved since, much like the word
they are ... or were. Absentia defined
the heart's favor ...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy,
Form: Italian Sonnet
A Wannabe Gameplayer: New Poetic Form--TEARASSONANCENET
...Hark, Hallow Dark my dear pal, Titans Mars
rally Martian stars, tag team game Play--Card
Black, Naturals -- rare place reason, Blackguard
quandary, battlescarred, halt? Pass? Have cigars?
Sm...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Quantum Challenged II
..."Referencing an old poetic imagism sort of poem I wrote some four years ago--almost to the day---wherein lies a paradox," ... by The Poet.
MIRROR, MIRROR
I was in a room,
there, I saw ...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy,
Form: Imagism
In a World where I do not Exist
...Non-Existence and its elementary properties as I move about freely as you can plainly see
Matter is a tangible entity: meaning that it can be physically handled making it m...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy,
Form: Imagism
Zero Hour O'er At Cambridgeshire St Ives
...LEGEND: 0]: Mister Zero 1]: Number One Mate
0] A clock
have I
has but one number
1] and that's it
0] just that one
1] and there's no other
but one
...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy, time,
Form: Personification
Anne Boleyn Saved the Day
...I came across a tale one day
about a hatchet on display
a crowd be had an oddity
I see no man but only me
mind pays less, its tales interest
as time goes fast like growing grass
the tailor come...
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Categories:
mayhaps, rights, tribute, women,
Form: Rhyme
Place On Earth God Named
...It can even be misconstrued as ... A.I.
Mayhaps 'Creation', hm ... read it again.
I know Adam was chosen to lead off in that direction and all those after him--and nobody said stop, not even afte...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy, bible, identity,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
The Less Scriptural Time of Christ: Part 1
...The ambiguity of the life of the Christ-child, heralds, modern-day philosophy. Child protection should be absolute and definitive at any time in world history. There were hints or points towards the ...
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Categories:
mayhaps, beautiful, imagery, jesus,
Form: Narrative
Playing Games with an Ancient
...I returned home after forty years to my home island of Hawaii. Its preferred nickname is the Big Island, lovingly a.k.a., the Orchid Isle, and yes, a.k.a., the Volcanic Island. Rightly named ...
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Categories:
mayhaps, analogy, anxiety, change, courage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Blame
...[Non-Fictional Preface: Fictional Old Folks Home/Apparition] "This is the story of two friends, both considered themselves start-up writers, whereas, one who was a bit more of an upstart,...
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Categories:
mayhaps, confusion, death of a
Form: Narrative
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