Who I Am
...Who I Am - Updated Poetry Contest
Constance La France
I'm a flame glove
His heat kept me warm but burned me
I jumped into his fire, I'...
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Categories:
overnighter, lost, relationship,
Form: Verse
MY Collaboration with Actor, Singer: Ricky Nelson in the Mid Winter of ''80: PART I
...MY Collaboration with Ricky Nelson in the Last Days of 1980
The eventful news of that day about what was found on board that crashed plane, won't replace that particular memory of Mr. Rick Nelson'...
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Categories:
overnighter, appreciation, celebrity, girlfriend, imagery,
Form: Narrative
The Bright Morning Star
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The first and last, and One all in between,
the eternal divinity in time
and space, the bright morning star that’s always been,
here now is figured in this worshipful rhyme.
The w...
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Categories:
overnighter, allusion, god, hope, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Delta Queen
...Excitement filled the air as the calliope played
News spread the famed steamboat was near,
Its whimsical gingerbread trimmings displayed.
The whole town would rush to the esplanade
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Categories:
overnighter, boat, music, river, summer,
Form: Villanelle
The Overnight Stock Person
...the overnight stock person varies with the place of imprisonment---
each retail or grocery store is its own bumbling chaotic center of
amusement
for anyone who understands the nature of
minimum wage...
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Categories:
overnighter, life,
Form: Free verse
That Perfect Day
...That Perfect Day
By Charles Shaw
Such awesome beauty before my eyes
The trees, the grass and butterflies
How pure the sun brightly shines
Reflecting silver threads upon the pines
I hear the son...
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Categories:
overnighter, inspirational, old, old,
Form: Rhyme