The Paraclete's Path
...As the devil roams the earth, sometimes
believing church folk depend on other
Christians for support during occasions of
doubt and despair. I find myself
errantly choosing the wrong paths
forge...
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Categories:
occludes, 11th grade, blessing, encouraging,
Form: Abecedarian
We All Fall Down
...Oh, dear God, this life's been such a blessing,
At times I forget that I live in Your Love,
Though I may miss the mark, still a lesson for me!
On occasional flights, I do dream that there's more,
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Categories:
occludes, faith, science,
Form: Blank verse
Echo of Sea In Shell
...Hold a conch shell up to the ear
to hear the sound of sea
trapped inside echo
as the shell cavity held against the ear
occludes other sounds
and resonates.
On a calm day you can hear
all the...
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Categories:
occludes, beach, sea,
Form: Free verse
King of the Road
...The road least traveled sometimes seems hard
I’m almost there! As the junction nears.
A husband, father and grandfather too.
A road full of adventure and sometimes fears.
A glance over the shou...
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Categories:
occludes, adventure, age, life,
Form: Quatrain
The Bridge At Abydos 2
...VII
There never was an army quite like Xerxes’.
Hyrcanians, Medes, Egyptians, Syrians, Scyths –
soon, Greece would grovel at its tender mercies –
a fate more gruesome than the grimmest myths.
It...
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Categories:
occludes, history,
Form: Rhyme
Giving Back
...Growing old, like quartz and diamonds, the human being occludes.
The trials of life, leave cracks in the soul; grind the body back to dust.
All life recycles, in life after life; we all give ba...
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Categories:
occludes, poems, poetry, power,
Form: Sijo
Abrasive Hawk
...What gallant form from vaunted perch doth alight
Leaving tailwind that unassuming gawkers affright
Whose tawny shadow the sun's rays doth blight;
Swarthy silhouette shading glint so erudite
Whose tan...
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Categories:
occludes, angst, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Halfway To a Dream
...It lurks there, fitfully
around the corner of my mind
and will not show its face
like an April thunderfront, and
scarce aware that winter slipped away
a week ago behind a cloud of consciousness,
relu...
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Categories:
occludes, allegory,
Form: Free verse