Melodic Ecstasy
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Written: April 10, 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand
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dawn and sunset
on moor & windy hills
solemn beauty ...
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Categories:
neolithic, appreciation, missing you,
Form: Other
Since 1948
...The fire was burning like inferno
Blood, burned fleshes of the people
Ashes of lost hopes and believes
Under the rubbles of the ruined city
And the skies beyond the river
Beyond the seas of ...
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Categories:
neolithic, angst, death, destiny, holocaust,
Form: Verse
FICTIONAL BIO:
...FICTIONAL BIO:
The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical flow
thu...
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Categories:
neolithic, adventure, allegory, courage, cute,
Form: Rhyme
Mideast Peace Oxymoron
...Mideast Peace: Oxymoron
Though descendent of Jews,
I feel boggled at the brutal,
nasty and wanton war between
Israelis and Palestinians.
Many innocent victims
bred to know and hate their en...
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Categories:
neolithic, abuse, anger, angst, arabic,
Form: Rhyme
My Brilliant Nephew Guy
...I did not think you knew what an azimuth was, I said to Guy.
“I am not a Neolithic,” he told me with a sniff, I know why…
Some people misjudge this brilliant child of two months past twelve.
His m...
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Categories:
neolithic, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Mellifluous Lyrical Crushing
...crushing defeat
in
abyss
of
nostalgia
for
overnight
reminds me
of
you
& city lulls
tumult
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Categories:
neolithic, analogy, appreciation, crush, motivation,
Form: Other
Ggantija
...Ggantija (Maltese "Giantess")
The Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC)
On the Mediterranean island of Gozo
Older than the pyramids of Egypt.
Malta’s Gigantea one of UNESCO World Heritage Site,
Th...
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Categories:
neolithic, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Strange Things Found In the Lost Tomb of Zarathustra
...It was never exactly pinpointed
for only the African Crowned Eagles knew of the twisting paths
to its misplaced place.
In that crystalline chamber, upon that gold dusted floor
were found much t...
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Categories:
neolithic, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Four Cafes
...Riotous revellers' laughter drifts up from their apricot lit late night haunts, four cafes are notoriously avoided venues for overindulgent consumption of alcohol.
Across the street, from my thi...
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Categories:
neolithic, character, fashion,
Form: Prose
Origins of Power
...If we could look back to those neolithic times,
When early man would walk and roam.
There was a need for some kind of leadership
Or hierarchy, whether away or at home.
My guess is that...
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Categories:
neolithic, power,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Haze of Abhorrent Mystery
...Sulfuric dew sonatas, rustling in a bobby reek
Vermillion of umbra and debased conundrums
Rosemary pulp extracted from the pulpy bosom.
wilting amid the cranberry tackle
blubbering ...
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Categories:
neolithic, heart, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
I Was Listening To Levertov Read
...i was listening to Levertov read
one of her poems
and as she spoke my mind drifted
her words were of those moments
when manunkind sinks its' teeth
into the bowels of the earth
rapes untold but ...
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Categories:
neolithic, poets,
Form: Free verse
Epiphany of the Candle
...Squirts of pure wool are soaring above,
I wallow in the stand of a Neolithic sky,
Actively growing while being inventive,
As a kaleidoscope, mind and body sway.
A striving act is ak...
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Categories:
neolithic, analogy, caregiving, change, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Mysterious Monoliths
...In the remote landscapes
stand cold monolithic monuments,
one, the Neolithic Stonehenge,
the British cultural icon,
and the other, Georgia Guidestones,
the American Stonehenge.
The stone slab...
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Categories:
neolithic, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Stonehenge and Georgia Guidestones
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Stonehenge is a famous monument in Britain
a prehistoric mystery, architecturally sophisticated
built in stages, the first part built 5000 years ago
the unique Neolithic stone circl...
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Categories:
neolithic, history,
Form: Free verse
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