Of Crayon Box Dreams
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I find a box of crayons on a desk.
At different colors I take a look.
I think of each color as picaresque -
as something or somebody in a book.
Three blues I see, such as blue-violet.
Blue-g...
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Categories:
picaresque, fantasy,
Form: Sonnet
The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns
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"The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns"
Reversing roll calls
the Anti-Hero
jumps through
burning hoops
instinctively
bathed in the magnum ...
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Categories:
picaresque, abuse, dark, girl, hero,
Form: Free verse
O My Darling Country Bangladesh
...o my Bangladesh
my darling country
for the thousands drop of blood shedding
you are,
for the razing, destruction, tumult devastation,
you are,
for the thousands drop of tears
you are,
for the...
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Categories:
picaresque, patriotic, writing,
Form: Free verse
Remember
...AS I GAZE AT THE STAR-CROSSED SKY
I AGAIN RE-LIVE MY PICARESQUE
OF BOUNDLESS JOURNEYS WITH THE PEERESS
SEVEN SEAS I CROSSED FOR YOU
I REMEMBER YOU PICTURE-PERFECT
JUST LIKE'D PAINTINGS REMEMBE...
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Categories:
picaresque, allusion, beauty, memory, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Remember
...AS I GAZE AT THE STAR-CROSSED SKY
I AGAIN RE-LIVE MY PICARESQUE
OF BOUNDLESS JOURNEYS WITH THE PEERESS
SEVEN SEAS I CROSSED FOR YOU
I REMEMBER YOU PICTURE-PERFECT
JUST LIKE'D PAINTINGS REMEMBE...
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Categories:
picaresque, allusion, beauty, memory, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Sahara Doom Scape
...I.
Whitening sands upmirror desert glare,
Glinting, underneath my mind’s burnt sun…
Paling, dream expanse.
And there I wander, rootless in some Netherwhere—
Mental vagabond, my trek begun…
Pi...
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Categories:
picaresque, adventureme,
Form: Verse