Kaleidoscope
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"Kaleidoscope"
They say another
wrote the story, not I.
that I, mere I,
having little experience, shy
and far removed from
such an alien world,
would not possess the...
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Categories:
petrel, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Wire Walker
...There’s the tightrope for you to walk, wire walker —
defying the gravity of reality and the reality of gravity
you know damn well he won't catch you when you fall
as your sticky grip on the star...
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Categories:
petrel, betrayal, conflict, husband, jealousy,
Form: Free verse
The First Kiss In Antartike
...The vast white yet to be fully discovered,
was all we could see.
Hand in hand, in the remote wilderness,
and the untouched peaks amidst the icy mist,
stood beautifully.
She asked, "Why are we he...
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Categories:
petrel, creation, crush, for her,
Form: Free verse
Demons of the Sky
...Demons of the sky.
The crow for one,
Pigeon, petrel, thrush
Included in the list.
Pesky, reviled, disliked
Demons of the sky.
Should they go extinct
Surely they’d be missed.
Superior skil...
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Categories:
petrel, bird, flying, nature,
Form: Free verse
Billy the Penguin Goes To the Moon
...There was a penguin named Billy
Who had dreams which all the others found silly.
Poor Billy caused a lot of tension
Because there were things he needed to mention
No one listened to Billy.
While...
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Categories:
petrel, adventure, change, courage, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Wonderful Worthing Promenade Part 2
...Candy floss, seaside rock, smoothies, and flags sporting
Union Jacks
Replace the old traditions of striped deckchairs
And Kiss-Me-Quick hats.
Chipwicks for our salt and vinegar fries
And their ...
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Categories:
petrel, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Canvas By Monet
...O darkening skies
Enduring
Nights dead finale of gloom
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Categories:
petrel, art, creation, nature,
Form: Free verse
Dialysis
...I walk with my sister and we are young
And her knees are less broken; they swallow
petrel calls and soon we are
equivalent. I call these my oceans. I
shriek with my sister, we wished the
evenin...
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Categories:
petrel, absence, beach, beauty, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Birds of Bliss
...She’s my woodpecker, she’s my humming bird, she’s my goat sucker, my fly catcher, my skylark, my swallow, my blue jay, my sandpiper, my blackbird, she my kestrel, my petrel, my quail, she’s my nighti...
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Categories:
petrel, bird, love, romance, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Leaving the Big Town
...Living under the constant shadow of steel and glass skyscrapers,
longing for sunlight and fresh air to breathe...
makes this confined spirit want to break free,
to leave the big town and find total f...
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Categories:
petrel, adventure, urban,
Form: Rhyme
Nymph of the Valley
...Where had I seen you? I know your cloudless face, bleary-eyed forehead.
Everything says what I imagined you in my remotest dream and desire. It takes a
long while to forget your intrepid looking ...
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Categories:
petrel, people, god, body, god,
Form: Blank verse