Sidewalks
...Sidewalks
We walked along the sidewalks
that paralleled the beach,
the ocean roaring in the distance
just beyond the soft sands,
an echo of all the waves
that have ever touched the shore,
be...
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Categories:
paralleled, angel, anniversary, caregiving, divorce,
Form: Free verse
Self Existence In Wordplay
...reiterated &continous
an outpouring
exemplifies
an alterego
in succinct
ironic layers
a relentless
genre
perennial
&
implicit
a practice
paralleled &
morphed
into sparse lines
...
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Categories:
paralleled, word play,
Form: Free verse
Spirit Wind
...Spirit winds
through good
through bad
ordered such
through leaves of green
through leaves of brown
of peace or chaos strewn
and all that somewhere
in between
parallel...
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Categories:
paralleled, change, fate, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
The Pursuit of Contentment -POTD
...Whatever the offerings of time may bring
Whatever song my heart chooses to sing
On life’s small pursuit I shall meditate
Elysian splendor around me, I appreciate
The simplicities of pastoral ...
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Categories:
paralleled, change, deep, endurance, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Of Allegorical Echoers
...(Apropos of Black Poetic Griots)
We may not be deemed apostolic recorders
But we poets, guided with divine wisdom, are
The lay scribes thereof in the chronicling of
Our life’s sojourn in the sh...
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Categories:
paralleled, allegory, analogy, black african
Form: Prose
Introspection
...INTROSPECTION
reiterated &continous
an outpouring
to enhance trope
vetted &sublimated
exemplifies
an alterego
of
provenance&
credence
timeframed
in succinct
ironic layers
co...
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Categories:
paralleled, poetry,
Form: Other
Irresistible Attraction
...IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION
devotion
relived
deliberate
evocative &
reasoned
sensibilities
paralleled
in visual rhythms
so widespread
&subjective
a disciplined
vision profiled
...
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Categories:
paralleled, poetry,
Form: Other
One In a Million
...Hither flows an isolated yet drowning droplet,
With a glistening shield concealing its gloomy core.
Straying across its share of triumphs and misery,
Within its own little sea world,
hoping to no...
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Categories:
paralleled, bullying, fear, identity, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Reflection of His Love
...Agape Love: An unconditional kind of charity love paralleled to Godly love;
Upon the healing balm of His gentle touch
the sound of a whispering meadow
fills my heart with hope;
He ...
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Categories:
paralleled, appreciation, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
A Quiet Travel
...The carriage is full of seats
Only one traveler is in the queue
"This is a quiet carriage"
The leader says so
No one wants to be quiet
When traveling toward goals
Everyone has to fly
Along ...
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Categories:
paralleled, 8th grade, adventure, blessing,
Form: Free verse
The Burden I Removed
...It was lonely, but I was searching for a dumb excuse, so I could explain that I only needed a break.
A breath of fresh air would do me great wonders, for these
harsh words I fought to contain.
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Categories:
paralleled, anxiety, celebration, change, future,
Form: Rhyme
Eschaton Daniel's Diatribe
...the final event
of the divine plan
stay in or go out
into
alien world
non-conformity or comformity
comfort or control
distinct or
contaminated
discern...
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Categories:
paralleled, christian, future, history,
Form: Verse
Song For a Sabbath Day a Psalm
...holy haunting
a heavenly CHORUS
all called to mind
silent supplicating
meditations aloud
in thanksgiving
all called to mind
acclamations
...
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Categories:
paralleled, christian, music,
Form: Verse
Numbered Days Relevant Ways
...in to the wilderness
wandering
mountain&plains
seeking
directions
to a promised
land
a generational
journey
of idolatry
...
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Categories:
paralleled, christian, thanksgiving, tribute,
Form: Ekphrasis
O' Northern Star--
......my reality ceases to run marigold flowers burn
Running along the green horizon
The earth, and every common ground,
Awesome to me just beautiful, hey...
Paralleled in celestial ligh...
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Categories:
paralleled, analogy, appreciation, beautiful, imagery,
Form: Ode
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