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Haiku
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empty bluebird nest
shorter days longer shadows
summertime closing
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Senryu
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this wait
has alway's
meant never
Tribute To Martin Luther King
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Fibonacci
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In
soft
focus-
he captured
native Americans
Tribute to Edward Sherriff Curtis
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Rhyme
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Without time
wonder stops
Questions flounder
barren crops
Without time
motion falls
Beginnings vacant
—endings stalled
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
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Monoku
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shaven crest eagles flight captivating
banners strewn flags unfurled proudly
Tribute To Freedom
Also entry for
Brian Strand's Motto -Monoku Form Contest
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Clerihew
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Muhammad Ali
Floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Receiving end of his lumber
You'll know you've gone under
Tribute To
Cassius Clay
Also Entry For Brian Strands
Sports Mad Contest
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Epigram
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Let everyone be aware
of this prominent truth :
There is no eternal death,
no one dies forever!
If the body deteriorates,
the flesh of the spirit
it doesn't even putrefy in ground dust,
neither with time!
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Imagism
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urban alienation
pehaps ambiance of loneliness
or circumstances ambiguous to show
Automat - 1927
Edward Hopper
Tribute To All Nighter Cafe's
Also Entry For Brian Strands Contest
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Crystalline
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Frozen in Crystalline – Number 2
Cold light, held above the vacant bench,
iced tribute to love’s passioned warmth.
11/21/2014
submitted to Frozen in Crystalline – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Andrea Dietrich
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Rhyme
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In deepest memory
my mind escapes
to places yet journeyed
undreamed they await
In deepest memory
the future untold
awaiting unbeckoned
—the next bell to toll
(Dreamsleep Tribute To Laura Nyro: March, 2023)
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Haiku
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My hands are tender
I laugh with my own
Death I own life nothing
Others fear my friends
I talk for hours with my death
Do not fear my friends
You cry when I sleep
Death knows and understands
Men and their few words
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Free verse
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Yesterday Edwin, you wrote of the hoe
Today we write of the tractor.
Yesterday Edwin, a man faces the ground
Today he reaches for the starts.
Yesterday Edwin, an aching figure stands alone
Today hands reach around the world.
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Light Verse
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Oh brilliant
star there in sky !
when observe your
shine smiling for me
I offer thee
my singing
as tribute...
Because I feel
in this sweet
moment,
in my heart
splendidly...!
all magnitude
of God by what he
provides us...!!!
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Rhyme
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To the servicemen
who paid with their life
to ensure our freedom again
and to live without strife.
Your sacrifice I commemorate
in my humble way
and your memory I celebrate
on this Veteran’s Day.
November 8, 2017
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Narrative
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Lee bridged the race divide
when prejudice had nowhere to hide-
Riding a mustang in the sky
His deeds gave bigotry the lie,
sterotyping his,to defy.
Tribute to Lt-Colonel Lee Archer (1919-2010) WW2 fighter pilot and VP of General Foods who
died this past week
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Rhyme
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Today is Memorial Day.
We're paying tribute to those who died for the USA.
Many soldiers died so that we can be free.
It means a lot to you and it means a lot to me.
Some fought with guns, others fought with tanks.
They gave everything for us and I give my thanks.
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Free verse
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~ Tribute to Kibbutz
Sde Eliyahu ~
45 years vanished
my heart yet beats
for the tiny farming village
my purest, unsullied love
the people mostly gone
who helped me find myself
their still-life photos sit upright
on tear-stained worn bookshelves
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Rhyme
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I will sit and remember you when I look to the sky
Will say a silent prayer, I guess I may even cry
The question on my lips has to be why
Lord why did these two lovely boys have to die
Written with tears in my eyes
We will never forget you
9th December 2014
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Prose Poetry
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Poets paint a woman in Cartier red
as a sort of nobility in their poetry
evoking a vibrant and sensitive feline...
Capture then natural summary
of that women dream of...
This is a tribute to their nobility...
this illustrates classicism... !
Women symbolize passion and love
ever... !
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Rhyme
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Time an illusion,
to make sense of reality
Reality an illusion,
to order and place
Order an illusion,
to all that’s a given
What’s given Divine
—indefinable Grace
(Villanova Chapel: September, 2020)
‘A Tribute To Augustine’s 3 Tenses Of Time,
Present Past—Present Present—Present Future’
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Rhyme
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~*~
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In a black motorcade
the sad and soft parade
heavy hearts the last charade
the last act is finally played
one more curtain call is made
rest in peace shadow and shade
final farewell finish and fade
~~**~~
~*~
A tribute to Jim Morrison
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Monorhyme
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Bas’ video of Africa really inspired me
Just riding on the Nile river Casually
He got me thinking bout my life, my family
My roots, my ancestors, my legacy
The real eastside--cradle of humanity
The birthplace of knowledge & reality
What’d you think, happen magically?
Kings & queens, put on a boat, tragically
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Free verse
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I
Poitier
Once a battle town
French fought off Islam
Sidney
From Bahamas to Hollywood Casas
Pursing lips Poitier
Genuine Smile Poitier
Our Hollywood Savior
I remember
Lilies in the Field
Rest Sid, I finally did
Remember
To write this
Tribute
Wish I could say it
Better
II
Guess
Who's Coming
To dinner!
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Free verse
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TRIBUTE
Eyes closed I see them.
Saura walking through these woods
their home before mine.
Were they at peace here?
In the Great Spirit's presence
did they learn The Way?
Their spirits live on
in this glorious haven
showing me their path.
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Blank verse
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I wasn't just a Boxer,
but a gracious human being.
I took the world by storm.
Not being just a man.
I had a lot of ups and downs
like most people do.
No greater or less than for
which is partly due.
Although I am gone now,
I won't be missed by you.
For I am God's Greatest as
a testament to all of you.
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