Nebulous Horizon
...I gaze beyond the phasing face
of the nebulous horizon,
searching in clamorous silence
for a hypnotic glimpse
of your poetic sparks ~ lost,
placed within the kohl-dust
of dreariness dr...
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Categories:
ombre, angst, anxiety, love,
Form: Free verse
Anywhere But Here
...Somber slate clouds blanket the longing skies,
whilst wisps of snow paint the frozen ground below.
Ombre leaves barrenly speckle slumbering trees,
glistening sheets of ice coat their fading existe...
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Categories:
ombre, angst, emotions, gothic, night,
Form: Free verse
STARDUST ON AUTUMN LEAVES
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Candescent blossoms drape the earth's soft merchandise,
A carpet of ombre leaves flutters in the breeze,
Dewdrops transform into halos of light,
Portraying a catharsis in twilight's tender twe...
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Categories:
ombre, autumn, star,
Form: Free verse
Serging Through Life's Stitches with Scars
...Serging through life, I whipstitch, weft, and welt,
But always, my thoughts are pick-threading.
As stippled patches of emotion rise and fall in me,
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Just too m...
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Categories:
ombre, emotions, faith, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Colours of Truth
...The streams of chameleon
cultures are wrapped in an
unending charade of peace,
love and warmth. How I wish
we were truly free indeed, not just
from the invaders. Free from ourselves,
our b...
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Categories:
ombre, children, color, confusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Perche' Di Notte Non Riesco A Dormire-Why At Night I'm Unable To Sleep
...Perche' di notte non riesco a dormire;
ah, potro' mai sognare un mare scintillante
e stringerti in queste braccia cosi' calde
e non cercare piu' quella luna di neve?
Why at night am I unable to...
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Categories:
ombre, anxiety, betrayal, dedication, desire,
Form: Lyric
Dangerous Glory
...This Aphrodite rose
slowly unfurls
pink ombre balms
of sun-kissed
springfalls,
as the luminous
lake of tears
cascade in
exotic wreaths
of honey-soaked
velvety sepals,
there succu...
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Categories:
ombre, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Girl Scouts Favorite Flower
...fresh and aromatic were her newest flowers
miniature daisy stamens within daisies
in ombre' too, fascinatingly innocent
no wonder you are the favorite flower of girl scouts
and Juliette Low...
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Categories:
ombre, flower,
Form: Free verse
Feelings
...Venetian’s ombre’ sky fades periwinkle purple into powder turquoise blue.
silvery rhinestone of a star is possibly tossed down by goddess Venus
Gondoliers are slumbering with their wives as their v...
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Categories:
ombre, feelings,
Form: Blank verse
Belles Lettres
...
“belles lettres”
It’s a slow drifting
off, that moment
before you dive
into the dark
you surface
to find a boat
surrounded by
shining pearls,
Styx, a mirror...
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Categories:
ombre, dark, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Bulletproof Outback
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Numb to sun's torture, scathed terrain
Syphons cynic's air, ribs poised
Statuesque breath stoic barren refrain
Skeletal inertia, rhythm devoid
Famine implore...
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Categories:
ombre, allusion, animal, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Jills Wedding Cake
...Jill’s wedding cake reflected her eclectic personality
Perky, pretty with prominent polka dots
It included stripes and flowers
Jill is an artist the groom’s side explained to each other
No one ...
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Categories:
ombre, wedding,
Form: Free verse
Pink Electric Apricot Cloud
...Struck! Evening murk ink sky infultrated
Weapon copper key turns lock apricot
Crystal busy bunched clouds fluro painted
Fleshy salmon jump aboard paper yacht
Storm dealt in spledour of unicor...
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Categories:
ombre, baptism, beautiful, imagery, light,
Form: Sonnet
Reading the Van Gogh Mind
...Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Van Gogh sat staring at the choppy waters
Nothing yet? His brother asked. He did not reply.
He was in artist mode.
Picked up a brush and began
Splashing whi...
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Categories:
ombre, art,
Form: Prose Poetry
Honey Hill
...Take me to honey hill where the flowers dance in the wind,
and the four by four quilt lays thin,
between us and the grass.
As if translucent you see my thumping organ
that lets me gasp.
The cr...
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Categories:
ombre, imagination, love, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
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