Stains of Imperfection: Flower and Man
...This was not written for or entered in a contest, but I was inspired.
~~~ "We are all petals of imperfection sharing the same sun"
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Categories:
penetrable, flower, introspection, people,
Form: Rhyme
Awaiting Inspiration Written For My Brother and Sister Poets
...*** Awaiting Inspiration ***
(written for my brother and sister poets)
Reaching for dreams in the black of my closed eyes, but sleepless,
I go on in music, out past radiant lights —
Bright and...
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Categories:
penetrable, character, christian, god, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
When Seeking
...When seeking to write
a poem, no need to
descend into deep, dank
mysterious wells of
creation – after great depth
only to come upon
one's ignitable soul-fuel
my muse, for example,
far mo...
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Categories:
penetrable, inspirational, introspection, literature, poetry,
Form: Free verse
There Is Great Beauty In Sadness
...There is great beauty in sadness
Icy exterior, unyielding, unrelenting
You raised these walls and hid in your fragility
But there is great beauty in sadness
And enemies still want you nonetheless...
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Categories:
penetrable, beauty, sad, winter,
Form: Quatrain
Cupboard Key Relieve Sleep
...Oh childhood lullaby
Yee of bedtime sheep tailored
dream woven pillowcase
Ticking striking momentum behind
hidden crossed finger hand
Conical , decoherence pyramid shape
of future held ...
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Categories:
penetrable, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Power To Embrace Difference
...St. Francis prayed for politically active
nonreactive empowerment
through serenity to change what we can,
and to walk away,
without loser disgust
but with winning acceptance
for what we cannot...
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Categories:
penetrable, change, earth, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Alone
...Cacophony of sound
Breaks through my penetrable wall
My mind still reeling
From the dreams of the night
Leave me be
Surely you can see
I’m alone, even though not on my own
Mundane daily ...
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Categories:
penetrable, depression, lonely, lost,
Form: I do not know?
An Identity: All of Me
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~!! An Identity: All of Me !!~
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"Here, I'm talking
All of Me
My name, tale & speciality
not about Thee!
I'm now flowing
with the calm strea...
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Categories:
penetrable, i am,
Form: Free verse
Carpathian Ridge
...all we do is talk about the weather
in our own cellar language
and I want to accept
the truism of your perceptions
mainly to untangle the plot
but I ponder through seasons of augury
the inte...
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Categories:
penetrable, metaphor, philosophy, surreal, universe,
Form: Free verse
Hole- Part One
...Bright, early light slithered into the crawlspace.
Something woke there under the dusty rafters.
Stars in its eyes and cotton in its mouth.
Nothing yet stirring, save for the faint breath of lif...
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Categories:
penetrable, addiction,
Form: Prose
Your Chemistry
...The consistency of this certain kind of Chemistry, a strong affinity, for
heterosexual sexuality, a salacious-n-sagacious formal formality, a beautiful
embrace enriched moral morality, I’m in lov...
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Categories:
penetrable, for her, love,
Form: Free verse
Killing Time
...And it’s Sunday all over again,
In my word and in your beauty.
Your silence, so fragile,
Penetrable and deep.
It’s like being trapped
In a museum.
Monday, I feel my shoulders
Heavy as every ...
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Categories:
penetrable, death, lost love, love
Form: Free verse
Forever In Dream
...Not knowing
Weighs the heaviest on the mind
For the dreams of what could be
Occupy the very core of being
Allowing not the breath of free time
My mind seems
Forever set on dreaming
T...
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Categories:
penetrable, fantasy
Form: Free verse
For Some
...A trillion waves make up an empty sea,
restless as the mind itself can be;
juggled once and juggled twice,
turmoil deep down resonates so well,
to some.
Words of steel clash a mind of rubber,
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Categories:
penetrable, angst, friendship, life,
Form: Blank verse
My Soul Screams
...Why can't you hear my plea?
My soul screams for the release your binds
won't allow...
The echoing depths of my second
self...reaching, wanting to explore...
to search for and to find...to captu...
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Categories:
penetrable, black african american, introspection,
Form: Lyric
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