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Monarch Butterfly

...I am the monarch of the sky
can outdistance by the miles
every insect, every time
heavy rain or bright sunshine
like a fearless horse I run 
in the heart of boisterous winds
like a skater coast...

Categories: outdistance, butterfly,
Form: Personification

Happy Birthday To You

...Happy birthday to you gorgeous
Your smile has brightened my day
I sense a resilient heart in you.
And a willingness to play.

You have uplifted me this morning.
I am feeling better now.
You ma...

Categories: outdistance, birthday,
Form: Free verse

Perfection

...Perfection….
you illusive itinerant
a driver on a par three hole
aching to outdistance
everyone


John G. Lawless
©3/31/2022...

Categories: outdistance, irony, metaphor, perspective,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Remembrance

...The children in the park
See the old, gray-haired woman
Every afternoon. They watch her.
She is always sitting in the rocking chair
On her porch, sometimes reading,
Sometimes knitting,
Sometime...

Categories: outdistance, feelings, nostalgia, old, people,
Form: Free verse

A Haunting Wooded Tale

...,It's like some long lost fairy tale 
That's handed down through time
But couldn't be, as you will see
For this strange tale is mine.

I chose to take a country road 
I do from time to time
To...

Categories: outdistance, adventure, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Monarch Butterfly

...I am the monarch of the sky
can outdistance by the miles
every insect, every time
heavy rain or bright sunshine
like a fearless horse I run 
in the heart of boisterous winds
like a skater coast...

Categories: outdistance, butterfly,
Form: Lyric

Bluesy Woman

...Bluesy woman carry my tune
rasped in relegation
of a crying crimson moon

Forge forth steps of beaten breath
left alone in trepidation
destined to outdistance death

Blast out those baby blue...

Categories: outdistance, blue, hope, song,
Form: Rhyme

Poetic Ambitions

...To enchant the eye and tickle the tongue
with levels of nuance like well-aged wine,
to engage the ear and limber the lungs
as sea winds seasoned with fragrance of brine.

To hearten the soul or ...

Categories: outdistance, art, poems, poetry,
Form: Quatrain

In Negative Light

...One moment east of twilight
Shadows outdistance the sun
Sharpening peaks and hallows,
Honed against the sparks of light.
Deep in the brow of the silence
I stand to watch the moonrise...

Categories: outdistance, dark, eve, nature, night,
Form: Verse

Brekkie

...I really look forward to brekkie each morning
It's my favourite meal of the day
Chickens, without doubt, are my favourite creatures
Laying eggs by the dozen without pay 

But I don't wan...

Categories: outdistance, food, funny,
Form: Quatrain

Moving Away

...How safe can your world possibly be 
when even the school principal lines you up a couple of inches from a cinder-block wall 
and punches you in the chest against the wall as he questions you.  

You...

Categories: outdistance, angst, childhood, world,
Form: Free verse

On the Rocks

...Scotch and love on the rocks
both hard to swallow

one can bring tears to the eyes
the other tears from your heart
one easy to walk away from
the other impossible to outdistance

one mellows ...

Categories: outdistance, lost lovewords, may,
Form: Free verse