That Heaven's Rivers
...That heaven's rivers
flow saying Allah
Went out philomels of Islam
whistles saying Allah
Sways tugba trees
Recites Quran also tongues
Elysum yard's roses
smells saying Allah
Some eats ...
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Categories:
outsides, allah, angel, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
sugarcoat
...chunks of dirt mingle with the bread.
cinnamon wafting in the wind.
a house of sugary bliss,
a promising deal of sweet paradise.
shoveling savories like a last meal--
bellies rising like dough...
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Categories:
outsides, murder,
Form: Free verse
HUMAN FAMILY TREE
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Trees form an alliance…you might say they’re in cahoots…
with other trees and organisms that intertwine within their roots.
Pine, fir, palm, cherry, maple…it matters not what we call them
what...
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Categories:
outsides, family,
Form: Rhyme
Messiahs and Bodhisattvas
...What do top and bottom
transcendent and immanent
above and below
lead and follow
high and low
Day and night
mountain and valley
up and down
autocracy and democracy
pole and hole
Convex ...
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Categories:
outsides, culture, health, humor, integrity,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Life's Rollercoasters
...Day after day moment by moment second by second you see,
life's rollercoaster of thought's feeling's and emotion's delivered to you and me.
We all go through our own unique fair share,
yes, we a...
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Categories:
outsides, inspirational, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Solitude
...I yearn to be productive
In enchanted solitude
Left alone to pen the words
My freedom to include
A state of true contentment
A sense of self control
To experience tranquility
Reclaim what dark...
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Categories:
outsides, anxiety, depression, feelings, health,
Form: Rhyme
Okay
...Being relentlessly chased by the
Dark night
Breathing right near my ear
The shadows are latched onto my back
Continuous days of
The rain knocking down the roof
Of not being able to see anything...
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Categories:
outsides, angst, anxiety, confusion, fate,
Form: Free verse
Anxiety Is
...My insides on my outside
My outsides on my in
I’m all exposed and vulnerable
I’m delicate with thin skin
A slight breeze would knock me over
A light touch would make me bleed
A whisper now ...
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Categories:
outsides, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
If I Had a Semi
...If I had a semi
I would fill it with cushions and couches
I would paint Party Uber on her outsides
I would put a refrigerator in her
And a fire pit with roasting tongs
There would always be ...
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Categories:
outsides, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Emperor Beetle
...An Emperor Beetle
A bug on my desk is green.
Florescent green.
Not dull, but yes lifeless.
Not the color, but the breath of the insect.
All is quiet.
Beauty remains.
Glittering “blin...
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Categories:
outsides, 12th grade, abortion, allah,
Form: Free verse
Two Broken Souls, Part Ii
......“From that day on I was just a damned whore,
two years I spent in that place on my back,
when I had finally paid back what was owed
they tossed me out and they said,’That was that.’
“But som...
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Categories:
outsides, dark, depression, history, hope,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Do You See That Girl
...Do you see that girl?
The one over there.
With earbuds in and curly hair.
Curly hair that no one liked.
That’s brought mild contempt a good part of her life.
Do you see that girl?
Sit...
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Categories:
outsides, art, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Where Is Your Mind
...Where Is Your Mind?
Where is your mind?
Is it way out there in the clouds of smoking cigarettes and cigars?
Is it way out there in the clouds of smoking marijuana?
Where is your mind?
Is it wa...
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Categories:
outsides, adventure, allegory, analogy, desire,
Form: Lyric
Expertise Does Not Matter
...Expertise does not matter
When it comes to inside matters
Because the outsides rules do not instill
That the less is known the more revealed...
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Categories:
outsides, confusion, education, emotions,
Form: Quatrain
Keeping the Darkness At Bay
...Swirling flickers from a flame
Whisper on the scented breeze
And dance their mystic game.
Burning wick as shadows change,
Night skitters away in gentlest retreat
From twirling flickers o...
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Categories:
outsides, celebration, imagery, light,
Form: Villanelle
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