Re-Born Father
...These urgent strangers dressed up in green gowns
Snip rip strip
My dad’s red pants underwear and shirt
From his ancient body
A de-frocked clown not funny anymore
“Oh Bobby, don’t look.” He c...
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Categories:
plumpness, birth, death, father son,
Form: Free verse
Rapture
...Fox frisks snow
with seeking whiskers,
finds a waft of her
on frozen winds.
There! There in the moonlight,
his hearts delight!
Fox sniffs, snuffles,
snares the sweetness,
follows her war...
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Categories:
plumpness, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Bearable
...i met her
in the fall but
better to call it
Autumn even though
we were
both one
and the same
falling asleep but
being bears
after all this is
the time of year
a cave is calling for
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Categories:
plumpness, muse,
Form: I do not know?
The Last Salvo
...Though my mind has clearly gone,
my hollowed vessel sails on and on.
Tattered memories clatter through,
dried leaves in search of their limbs,
desperate to seek the plumpness of youth.
Their onl...
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Categories:
plumpness, death, england, soldier, world
Form: Free verse
Orchard On a Hill
...Splashes of green lined up row after row.
Limbs of green shooting skyward downward everywhere.
Vibrant light shades of newness this time every year,
each displaying its own quaint uniqueness. Expl...
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Categories:
plumpness, art,
Form: Prose Poetry
Rejection Dejection Connection
...Rejection Dejection Connection
Rejection
So common to creation
this forced engorgement
signaling neon lit liquor stores
caressing the parched heart of acceptance
combustible fuel rails through vein...
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Categories:
plumpness, hope, heart, heart,
Form: Free verse
An Acrostic Reflection
...r andomly I stare into
e ach reflective surface
f orever pondering the
l ines of age, pain and joy
e ach one a splendid testament
c ulled from a full life
t eased endlessly, eternally
i nto distorted...
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Categories:
plumpness, introspection, life,
Form: Acrostic
Bliss State
...The silken softness of your plum red lips brush my parted mouth.
Your body eclipses all thoughts not carnal as your tongue moves.
The heavens shines all the brighter for the bliss of your kiss.
Acro...
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Categories:
plumpness, love, passion,
Form: Sijo
Trude Herr
...
You were a very bright star in post-war Germany.
On both films and stage, you garnered popularity.
Most men did not consider you a raving beauty.
However, with your pleasing plumpness, you w...
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Categories:
plumpness, dedication, music,
Form: Rhyme
Stop
...3 poems for contest entry
Failure to come to a Complete Stop
Auto battery.
Clicking.
Depleted energy.
Feeling grumpy, harried,
Impatiently jump-start Kia.
Leave Mom’s neighborhood.
Oc...
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Categories:
plumpness, funny, happinesstime,
Form: ABC
Sleepless Nights
...What if awake, asleep, does it really matter?
The walls ache, the pipes creak.
A tinny sound, hollow and empty
as my womb, all the plumpness gone.
Shriveled petal dreaming of past blooms.
Weeping i...
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Categories:
plumpness, death, depression, introspection
Form: Free verse
When Time Stands Still
...Leaping in barefoot abandon
Soaring every which way from Sunday
Laughter effortlessly exhaling cool breezes.
Lounging on nature’s lush carpet
Silhouette illumined by carefree serenity
Lapping...
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Categories:
plumpness, love, nature, peace, time,
Form: Alliteration