Sorrow, Be Gone
...Morning didn't paint pastel skies
Thunder drummed, a sound I despise
Tears rolled down from my blurry eyes
Gloomy sunrise Gloomy sunrise
Melancholy feelings were <...
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Categories:
monotetra form., death, sorrow,
Form: Monorhyme
Like a Lioness Stalking
...My cat sat on the window seat
Tail thumping with a rhythmic beat
Like a lioness stalking meat
A bird to eat A bird to eat
Oh, no you don't, my sweet kitty
That raven is much too gritty
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Categories:
monotetra form., bird, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Studio
...I'd worked on a canvas for hours
Wishing I had van Gogh's powers
to blend shades of floral bowers
Painting flowers painting flowers
I rearranged them in a vase
on a table cloth fringed in ...
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Categories:
monotetra form., art,
Form: Rhyme
Beware the Mocking Jay
...~ Monotetra form ~
No man's eyes will ever conceive
the things another mind may weave
If this counsel you don't believe
You are naïve You are naïve
What lies behind a masked facade
is of...
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Categories:
monotetra form., introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Industry of Christmas
...INDUSTRY OF CHRISTMAS
Cut down the pine! That one’s for me.
Lovely needles — so fresh and free.
A s p r i t z of h o l i d a y esprit.
O Christmas tree! O Christmas tree!
Harness him...
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Categories:
monotetra form., christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Earth Change.. a Monotetra Form Poem
...You pass me by on distant shore
where drought caused forest fires roar
where rivers rise and harsh rains pour
I cry no more, I cry no more.
You witness want on bended knee
Upon the screens of ...
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Categories:
monotetra form., natural disasters, nature, political,
Form: Monorhyme