A Season of Smiles - Updated x2
...In January, the kaboom of fireworks
Redefining glitter above us: What if
The sky was pink, should purple rain besmirch us
Yet, don a cheer for New Year.
In February, the appearance of bouquets,...
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Categories:
pitchers, appreciation, celebration, family, life,
Form: Free verse
Scorpion Sting
...Scorpion Sting
I hide in the dark.
With a sting, be alert.
I can vanish in the light.
I hunt in the night.
I can draw some blood.
The anguish is just enough.
I am manipulative.
Don’t ...
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Categories:
pitchers, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Baseball In Heaven
...This is the story of two all-time great baseball pitchers who are both in the Hall-of-Fame. So, the story goes like this. Last week the old-timers both well into their nineties, were out together at ...
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Categories:
pitchers, baseball, friendship, heaven,
Form: Haibun
Abusive Stepfather
...The abusive stepfather bullies
his family gathers corruption
political leaders to honor his
behavior payoffs bribes paid for
with a traumatic brain injury
claim from his battered wife
s...
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Categories:
pitchers, allah,
Form: Nazm
Don't Say Boo
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~ To the tune of 'Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes ~
Sung by Dean Martin
Everyone can lose a ballgame sometimes
Even good teams g...
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Categories:
pitchers, baseball, future, song, sorrow,
Form: Lyric
In the realm of shadow where memories are born and die unnaturally
...In the realm of shadow where memories are born and die unnaturally,
And stars watch in silence, reflecting celestial nostalgias.
The Moon dresses in the silk of night, preparing for union,
With th...
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Categories:
pitchers, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
My Wife
...Whether I got married by my choice of courtship and romance,
Or given an unknown bride with arraigned marriage,
In the end, I get a wife, sincere, devoted, caring and loving.
The time takes toll...
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Categories:
pitchers, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Imagine
...Imagine juicy diamonds on our fingers the size of nickels
and old polaroids on ourselves, hungry for some fresh film
for capturing moments like the ones we have down by the river
and...
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Categories:
pitchers, allusion, anniversary, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Cartwheels In the Grass
...In the middle of Ava’s soccer game…somehow it came to pass
that three members of my family were doing cartwheels in the grass.
As our family grows and extends…as in and out each other’s lives we ...
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Categories:
pitchers, family,
Form: Rhyme
Surviving Winter
...The holidays are history and winter settles in with
its pain-in-the-rear wind chill; a light covering
of snow finally brightens the mood for a day or two
until it’s washed away by rain. The sump i...
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Categories:
pitchers, winter,
Form: Free verse
Merry Christmas
...Let us celebrate this season in song
"Away In A Manger" on thus "Oh, Holy Night"
" Joy To The World" came to our delight
"What Child Is This" Mary did ponder
"While Shepherds...
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Categories:
pitchers, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Shunned Search
...Spoon-fed by
Manifestations of
Truth-like truths
Partial particles
We have stopped
The pursuit of search
Sense of
Subtle satisfaction
Has put a lid
Onto the otherwise
open pitchers of
O...
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Categories:
pitchers, growth, life,
Form: Free verse
Rain and a Drought Affected
...A drop tickled his head; he ran like a rabbit;
Showed each one; they rubbed off as it's his habit;
He collected his pitchers and pots and stood out,
Morning went; noon went; evening too; same drou...
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Categories:
pitchers, rain,
Form: Rhyme
In Springtime
...because it's springtime
all pitchers and balconies
revel emotions...
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Categories:
pitchers, allegory, analogy, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Haiku
Tickle My Pickle
...I once was in a pickle between 1st and 2nd base
I wasn't in a jar but I saw the pitchers face
It was a sour type of game and quite dill
I ran to 2nd to persevere my place
With a sent if vinegar...
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Categories:
pitchers, baseball,
Form: Rhyme
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