First Flight
...First Flight
Cedarwood frame and canvas kite,
Made at home with purpose flight.
Blustery day on pastured ground,
Early reluctance now skyward bound.
The tug is strong and pulling hand,
Resi...
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Categories:
oakwood, appreciation, deep, dream, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Our hero on epitaph
...our mouth owes a debt to your buried bones
a hot lead cracked in a jiffy,
and your brain splashed~
in the thick forest of Hanoi,
with the stains sucked by soil
as a flow thicker than...
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Categories:
oakwood, america, death, eulogy, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Elements of a Dram
...Earth, with her fertile ground used all year round
Strong and consistent and new growth persistent
A yield from a field, and a brood of oakwood
Fire, he strikes a match, we start a new batch
Se...
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Categories:
oakwood, appreciation, drink,
Form: Personification
Elements of a Dram
...Elements of a Dram
Earth, with a fertile ground used all year round
Strong and consistent and new growth persistent
A yield from a field, and a brood of oakwood
Fire, with the strike of a mat...
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Categories:
oakwood, drink, earth, fire, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Grandma Burnout
...Home sweet home on Christmas day.
Children and grandchildren
come, but not to stay
Home smells of pumpkin spice,
gingerbread cookies,
ham and turkey in the oven
Yeast rolls rising...
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Categories:
oakwood, christmas, grandchild, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
The Golden Nugget
...It sounds like a casino, but it is a deli-diner,
only open for breakfast and lunch.
A Ruben sandwich will cost you ten bucks,
but it is the best in town.
A girl-child covered in butterflies. I ...
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Categories:
oakwood, poetry,
Form: Free verse
From Red Apples To Clear Waters
...FROM RED APPLES TO CLEAR RIVERS
How stark is the vermillion
And cardinal red of the apple
Setting on the oakwood table,
The last of its five-pound groupi...
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Categories:
oakwood, christian, environment, inspiration, life,
Form: Free verse
Fragrance
...Sometimes I smell things
Things that take me back. And remind me of a certain place, a certain time
Smells are important to me
The smell from my dad coming home from work.
The smell of fried ri...
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Categories:
oakwood, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Le Minuit Avec Vous
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***Le Minuit Avec Vous***
The Midnight With You
To have a sensual repast with thee,
Upon a midnight, beneath our beloved
Oakwood tree!
Whenst the world, not a sound...
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Categories:
oakwood, desire, food, god, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Woman of Worth
... Woman of Worth
At the base of Oakwood hills
Lies an enchanting meadow
Of sheer delight to the senses
Hidden in a luscious valley
Lavender trumpets line the path
Mingled with vol...
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Categories:
oakwood, beauty, butterfly, morning, nature,
Form: Free verse
Chalk Dust
...Chalk Dust
by Odin Roark
What history lurks
Below blackboard surfaces
Wedged in creases of eraser felt
In between folds of Oakwood trays
How pristine we wipe clean
The dark window’s surface
Making...
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Categories:
oakwood, school,
Form: Free verse
After Work
...He throws his black trench coat across the foot stool;
Wet and Cold as he is, he heads straight to the kitchen.
It's dark outside, the neon moon is the only source of light;
Rain beats down on th...
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Categories:
oakwood, lovedark, dark,
Form: Narrative