Words from a Woman
...Mrs. Holloway polishes her poetry dimly,
Regaling herself with the accoutrements of
Selected poetry, cluttered and less jinxed
By way of satanic slamming by famished,
Idle critics who read The Ne...
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Categories:
polishes, city, poetry, woman,
Form: Free verse
haiku : hiku : crow
... haiku
crow polishes beak shine
morning dew fresh washes window ~
gorgonzola sky
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hiku
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Categories:
polishes, allusion, bird, environment, extended
Form: Haiku
There should be a place to shelter us when sleep is a bird that no longer comes
...There should be a place to shelter us when sleep is a bird that no longer comes,
or when we are tired of getting drunk on our own thoughts, and the grass no longer lifts dreams,
I don't mean powder...
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Categories:
polishes, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Purple
...My jeans I’d wear, twirling in the air
the cousins, loved those kids; I’d
see them hardly ever, flying, laughing,
rising. Mother couldn’t understand
the wriggling out of the purple dress;
nails ...
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Categories:
polishes, memory,
Form: Narrative
My Song Written BY Yolanda Joy Nicholsen
...My song goes like this
time after time I read bedtime stories
back then there were no worries
simple kids go to the store
big momma did her floors
pops cut all the boys hair
at the barbershop ...
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Categories:
polishes, allah,
Form: Naat
The Dream He Never had
...He always dreams big on just about everything
He has been doing this since he was a child
And sometimes his imagination runs wild.
He likes to pull things apart and appear in the dark
and when ...
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Categories:
polishes, america, blessing, business, care,
Form: Narrative
The Horologist
...His fingers—spindly, delicate as a spider’s legs—
dart among the gears,
tools clink in whispers, sharp and sure.
He bends close, breath fogging the polished brass,
eyes fixed on the vortex of whe...
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Categories:
polishes, metaphor, philosophy, time,
Form: Free verse
WINDOWS
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Windows reflects the world outside
Inside, the soul remains concealed.
A ticking clock, a relentless reminder
Of moments passing, unreclaimed.
A diner, a stage for silent dramas
Obsoleti...
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Categories:
polishes, allegory, allusion, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
circles
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aromatic beauty creates
dancing ethereal flowers
glowing high into jovial
kites lacquering moon
nature oasis polishes
quasars royal stars
tracing universal vortexes
xenoliths ...
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Categories:
polishes, adventure, celebration, creation, dance,
Form: ABC
Love unveils us from borrowed faces
...Love unveils us from borrowed faces,
It tears them away, fear and longing, from the depths of our defeated chests.
I call it here "love," not just an anchor between shores of intertwined pulses,
B...
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Categories:
polishes, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Bruised Blooms
...Beauty, a siren song upon the breeze,
Whispers to hearts where kindred spirits sigh.
Souls, crowned with thorns, yet yearning to appease
The world's harsh symphony, with each fractured cry.
A...
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Categories:
polishes, confidence, courage, emotions, hope,
Form: Canzone
Soul's Cry
...In silence,
The soul cries,
In the tranquil of the night the soul searches,
It is saddled with a plethora of questions,
It desires to see through the veil.
What am I made for?
The soul asks,...
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Categories:
polishes, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO WORKS PERFECTLY
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March 9 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Deuteronomy 32-34
Key Verse – Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and withou...
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Categories:
polishes, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Glory
...Glorious are the blue-tipped ridges of snow drifts,
a see-though sun is a crystal teardrop in my eye.
Sunlight sparkles through a clear mirror sky,
glorious is the bright and luminous snow.
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Categories:
polishes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Grandpa Shark
...terrible two
is a ninja turtle
she spins her
little play broom
like a fighting stick
and charges
grandpa shark
faints and dodges
she reels back
gives him a whack
and he cries like a v...
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Categories:
polishes, granddaughter, grandfather,
Form: Free verse
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