A Stroke of Bad Luck
...The elderly Elmer Brown dwelled alone, like a solitary tree on a hill,
Loving quiet, glazed life still, in burgundy, sunset moments of until.
A widower, Elmer Brown had generations of off...
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Categories:
noisemakers, fantasy, imagery, nature, nursery
Form: Couplet
Silent Auction
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quiet pillows
ebon noisemakers
brass-blows, red-green drums
tympanic lament of grief
solace throws on brown sofa
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Categories:
noisemakers, imagery,
Form: Tanka
Time and Time Again
...Time and time again
I have made it here,
Said goodbye to the old
And welcomed a new year
No top hats, no noisemakers
No champagne or wine,
Just the purest notes
... Of 'Auld Lang Syne'
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Categories:
noisemakers, eve, holiday, new year,
Form: Rhyme
Cheers For the New Year
...Cheers For The New Year
We cheer for the New Year at twelve a.m.
Twirling noisemakers and blowing ticklers
And make resolutions we plan to engram.
And party away wearing silly tams
Si...
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Categories:
noisemakers, new year, new years
Form: Villanelle
Angelic Sleepers
...angelic sleepers
still trio of noisemakers
— my heart imparts love
7/25/2018...
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Categories:
noisemakers, children,
Form: Haiku
The Sounds of Silence
...I’m in love with the silence.
The thick layers appear
They display as opaque
But they are easily pierced
A small adjustment
Metal appliances click
The wood cringes
The cloth swishes
But st...
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Categories:
noisemakers, appreciation, good morning, silence,
Form: Free verse
Noisemakers
...Why boast,What stirrs you?
Thou with thy couple.
Sanctioning the earth,
Blowing apart all dearth.
Slaying wastes and dust,
Pouring venom to have eyes rust.
Distracting the earth of her duty,
B...
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Categories:
noisemakers, allusion,
Form: Sonnet
Time's Birthday
...Time's Birthday
by Odin Roark
How daunting it must be
Choosing a celebratory date
Invention adrift
Save the blue veined appendages
Holding firm the drift of time
Like a floating surreal i...
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Categories:
noisemakers, time, thanksgiving day,
Form: Free verse