sands of Heraclee
...Peter (my bf) and I are at Heraclee beach for the weekend.
It’s a little sliver of heaven, about 11 miles south of Saint Tropez.
It’s too early in the season to swim - being breezy and 72°f -
but ...
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Categories:
petrels, beach, boyfriend, humor, summer,
Form: Free verse
Island Touch
...Show me a place where I can be in a little island far above the sea where the skies touch the hills and transmit a message to my window sill. Show me a place where I can be to touch your heart and si...
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Categories:
petrels, change, deep, desire, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Motionless
...where
the egrets
perch
where
the petrels
nest
the
kestrels
screech
wrens
peep
above
the creek
which
wends
then ends
where
the speck...
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Categories:
petrels, nature,
Form: Verse
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies
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F l y i n g
a sailing tailwind
in cerulean streams
through creamsicle colored beams -
are wings reflective of turquoise truth
and white purity
of Autumn’s ether -
he avia...
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Categories:
petrels, autumn, bird, blue, conflict,
Form: Free verse
We Are the Stardust Men
...We Are The Stardust Men
Collaboration by Stark Hunter and D.Lee
Dedicated to T.S. Eliot
We are the stardust men,
the wayward stardust catching men,
dalliances of mind and shadow occur openly,...
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Categories:
petrels, august,
Form: Free verse
We Are the Stardust Men
...We Are The Stardust Men
Dedicated to T.S. Eliot
We are the stardust men,
the wayward stardust catching men,
dalliances of mind and shadow occur openly,
As we have cast off our anchors
And ...
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Categories:
petrels, angst,
Form: Free verse
Mariners
...Mariners in our wanderlust,
We sail beyond the horizon’s curve.
Fearful, we dare the briny deep
Out of faith in the dreams we serve.
Rough-hewn by years of knots and coils,
Our hands hoist up ...
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Categories:
petrels, adventure, culture, deep, dream,
Form: Free verse
The Returning Soldiers
...I've felt Daren's absence for years,
a most unforgettable memory:
someone who was very close to me.
The long roaring ships cut
through the bubbling and whizzing waves,
and disappeared into the...
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Categories:
petrels, absence, fear, feelings, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Birdwatcher
...Birdwatcher
This passionate, keen Ornithologist,
Is an interest, I profoundly pursue.
With the upmost of dedication,
To Black Tern & Long Billed Curlew.
Never a Twitcher, or just an obs...
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Categories:
petrels, beach, bird, garden, imagery,
Form: Light 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:
petrels, adventure, change, courage, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
The Captive Angel
...THE SNOW and coarse wind both plunge down over oceans
Unbound and unmeasured by obstinate sailors
Who drift while confronting ungrappled emotions
Like obdurate petrels and stoical whalers.
Imp...
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Categories:
petrels, angel, death, life, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Dozing Petrels
...Dozing petrels with soft plumage
drunken with sage,
don't bite on bark
when voices don't hark!
Earlier you soared over a plain
greeting a swain
with eyes so sad...
you made him glad!
Dozing p...
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Categories:
petrels, nature, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
So Peaceful, So Cold Is This Winter Afternoon
...The American eagles left their warm nests
before snow fell on the evergreen pines and spruces,
so did the ravens, grackles and petrels...
hidden among the white mountains, the river still flows.
So...
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Categories:
petrels, animals, fear, nature, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Storm Clouds
...STORM CLOUDS
Storm clouds gathering again from the Pacific
Over this graveyard and its winged totems,
Cedar stories rich in legends, these items
--- Of far-off people, Shamans, and soar...
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Categories:
petrels, history, sound, sound,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Baccalieu Episode
...BACCALIEU EPISODE
Portuguese named it when they found
Bacalhau - meaning codfish island. They knew
Its essence - the French called it Baccalieu, *
This dangerously rich fishing grou...
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Categories:
petrels, seahome, boat, home,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
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