Matthew: Turned Profit
...Long ere breaths a chalice dawn, eternal
trials beleaguered gone, test the wayward course
yon distant clinks, bespoken image seized
his past governed weights in tallied journals
that ...
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Categories:
nonesuch, allusion, analogy, beautiful, bible,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
If Anything
...Who gauge a crown with stars at its edge,
and fathom hollows beleaguered trails.
An unmarked course decorates the pledge,
may tether the ring that brinks its ledge,
the faithful choos...
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Categories:
nonesuch, adventure, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Having Blown Out the Candles
...Dear Olabosoye Oluwafunmilayo
Value the time everyone spent
To make a mark for this event
Surely be waiting to which extent
In return of THANKS that would be sent
Kiss the love that peop...
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Categories:
nonesuch, age, anniversary, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Other
Dulcinea
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My buttercup bewitched me evermore
Those mesmerising eyes of a gazelle
Celestial cerulean 'amore'
Enamoured I'm by my breathtaking belle
I prize the bonny sunshine of my heart
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Categories:
nonesuch, love, soulmate, sweet love,
Form: Sonnet
Sweet Penuche
...With body and mind you respond to my touch,
gobbling up kisses, like sweet penuche,
I could not ask for a better lover; there is nonesuch.
When I grind my gears, you become my clutch
and ...
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Categories:
nonesuch, boyfriend, character, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Selah, Be Still and Know
...Be still and know
God’s Spirit shows
us where to go
Selah. Be still and know.
We talk too much
Spirit, nonesuch,
leads with soft touch
when we’re talking too much.
God is still near
when...
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Categories:
nonesuch, confusion, god, inspiration, spiritual,
Form: Monorhyme
Disease of the Heart
...Stranger by day, best friend by night,
Overwhelmed by conversation, loss of breath by your sight,
You slipped through my barricade smoother than any criminal,
We kept everything under wrap all fli...
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Categories:
nonesuch, best friend, deep, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Kara
...summer had slipped away
but the days still had sunshine clinging to the fading trees
and 'neath one such white picket fence copper colored oak
she lay in the cool cool shade
with the magic of her...
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Categories:
nonesuch, december, romance, romantic,
Form: Romanticism
Statuesque Radiance
...It was wonderment.
The mesmerizing expression rolled off her tongue in waves.
To my puzzlement I was in a state of allurement.
Her vibes were sent to me in soothsaying proportions.
It was almo...
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Categories:
nonesuch, adventure, beautiful, creation, desire,
Form: Concrete
Camelot
...CAMELOT
In nonesuch age was there a world so fair
Wherein the rule of justice led the way
All men could prosper with good work and care
With sun and law and honor every day
Twelve good men true ga...
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Categories:
nonesuch, mystery, men,
Form: Ottava rima
Tae Ma Wee Quiet Pawky Frien'
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Hello yea bonny wee pawky thing,
sittin' there tuggin' at ma hert strings.
Aye yer wee ,an' oan yer oan yer hard tae see,
niver mind wee thing jist let it be.
Withoot you, we wid hae a scun...
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Categories:
nonesuch, nature, life,
Form: Quatrain
Our Exhibition Before An Ignorant Audience
...The scent still lingers on my fingertips
Of days and nights and houses on fire
We are the nostalgia of nothing that tires
A metaphoric phrase amongst the most literal of days
The poise and the na...
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Categories:
nonesuch, life, love, passion, people,
Form: Free verse