almost
...
downsizing was meant to become
a tool for freedom and devotion
yet it remained a passion unfulfilled
crowded in cherished possessions
they call me a hoarder although
I prefer to be seen as ...
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Categories:
medallions, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
In the midst of the storm, when the sky breaks into whispers of thunder
...In the midst of the storm, when the sky breaks into whispers of thunder,
I lose myself in the tumult of thoughts, like in an untamed sea,
And my steps are heavy with the mud of fear, while the wind...
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Categories:
medallions, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
At Winters End
...Rise Up
ryes on the rise
with soothing flours
and Spring flowers
Rise Up
with handfuls
of caraway seeds
at Winters End
all your cares will cease
Rise up
ryes on the rise
the aroma of sunri...
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Categories:
medallions, christian, easter, spring,
Form: Verse
Observing a Cliche From a Rocky Promontory
...Above the heat
the sky is flecked with ice.
The sun is no longer burning,
it’s a ghost lamp swept by the rags
of a coat-tailing wind.
There it is - arriving out of a hazy distance
a living ...
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Categories:
medallions, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Eyes Like Yours Set All Apart
...Set smoke, so sweet, so delicate
Something fuliginous, so intricate
Ocher bronze is all that I can see
You're beautiful, a dime to me
Spheres of the purist maple syrup
Sums them up; affectionate...
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Categories:
medallions, love,
Form: Free verse
Goddess
...Gone are those who blurred the way I see myself. Gone are the hours I spent scouring over every imperfection. This is the time in which I finally step into my light and not worry if it’s too bright f...
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Categories:
medallions, beauty, black african american,
Form: Other
The World
...The world is a world of me's
somehow I can't get in;
when I came a-calling
the invitation was gone
not the right suit, not the
proper shoes...timing out
of step, the welcome
going out sounded ...
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Categories:
medallions, humanity, introspection, people, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Puppet Associates
...Hope was Burrow's substance, where he poured his time,
Pedalling steadily.
Intended path made smooth for those in legacy line.
Sliced through wiry roots,
Watchguard Wombat dug safety spaces.
...
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Categories:
medallions, analogy, animal, bird, caregiving,
Form: Narrative
Colvenge' Measner
...She wanted the dinner to be specail so she asked
her specail freind to fix it for her.
she would offer both roast pheasant and chicken
combined with fried polenta with
buttermilk ,bacon bits re...
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Categories:
medallions, magic, music, romance, sweet
Form: Bio
Midnight
...Parents raise their young
In efferent flavor of
The new sunrise.
But as the great star sets,
We become beasts that hunt
For nothing less than
Suppression.
Medallions are too effervesce...
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Categories:
medallions, allegory, language,
Form: Free verse
The Mystery of the Necklace
...Sitting on the beach,
As dusk falls upon the end of shore,
I look at the lighthouse,
As I see a faint figure,
Looking beyond the sea.
She holds her chest,
As if she is holding a necklace.
She ...
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Categories:
medallions, fantasy, inspirational, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Confection
...CONFECTION Laraine Kentridge Lasdon
Everything I am seems to belong to someone else
Everything I am seems to be someone else
Imagine a memory mirror
framed with pearlescent medallions
pai...
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Categories:
medallions, imagery, imagination, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Dandelions
...Dandelions are Mother Nature’s gold medallions,
Hated by master landscapers as obnoxious weeds
Marching across manicured lawns like battalions,
A whiff of wind releases thousands of th...
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Categories:
medallions, flower,
Form: Quatrain
Rose Ladies
...Rose Ladies
Lovely ladies, Tiggywinkles, to my garden return
Good as Gold after absence from winter’s sojourn
Shirley’s Bouquet – blue tipped rose acclaimed
American Beauty a winner proclaime...
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Categories:
medallions, beautiful, flower, garden, life,
Form: List
The Poet From the Hood
...poet from the hood
rapping to himself
entirely misunderstood
expressing his emotions
his whole life full of nothing but chaos and commotion
imagination is his escape potion
thankfu...
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Categories:
medallions, black african american, life,
Form: Rhyme
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