Magic
...What image does the word magic conjure up,
a prestidigitator or mystic spell?
Some say sorcery always needs a backup;
for wizards are tricksters with something to sell,
pretending to mast...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, allusion, fantasy, how i
Form: Quintain (English)
Peter Piper's Preciosity
... Peter’s prestidigitator progeny perambulated peripatetically with prodigious prowess. Perhaps his precocity precluded presumptuous perspicacity?
January, 11, 2021...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, humor,
Form: Free verse
Morning In Wonderland
...Morning in Wonderland
Beautiful rain I had a shower
used rose petals as soap and hibiscus as a towel,
while three black crows sat on the fence
crafting giggling commen...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, encouraging, environment, fairy, farewell,
Form: Blank verse
Innocence
...INNOCENCE
Once a child…
The thought elicits a slight warm smile
And I sit falling back for a while
Metamorphosis is gradual
Yet when clearing is realized -
what a strange re...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, child,
Form: Free verse
Free Cee More People Are Reading Me Now So I Wanted To Re-Post This
...A BALLOON FALLS TOO SOON
The same way a balloon eventually deflates
the way it falls fleetingly to the floor
the same way some items arrive in damaged crates
that's the way a lover sometimes de...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, angst,
Form: Quatrain
It's Magic
...it's magic!
A prestidigitator I know
graciously agreed to show me
how to make quarters vanish
for small children in costume
on Halloween night.
After insufficient practice
the night came for me to...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, childhood, happiness, inspirational, life,
Form: Narrative
Free Cee a Balloon Falls Too Soon
...A BALLOON FALLS TOO SOON
The same way a balloon eventually deflates
the way it falls fleetingly to the floor
the same way some items arrive in damaged crates
that's the way a lover sometimes de...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, angst,
Form: Quatrain
Free Cee a Balloon Falls Too Soon
...A BALLOON FALLS TOO SOON
The same way a balloon eventually deflates
the way it falls fleetingly to the floor
the same way some items arrive in damaged crates
that's the way a lover sometimes de...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, angst,
Form: Quatrain
Death Was the Secret Dope Was the Surprize
...DEATH WAS THE SECRET AND DOPE WAS THE PRIZE
We had so much back then to apologize for
A thousand things, perhaps even more
There was the broken, the smashed and much of the cracked
We did a lo...
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Categories:
prestidigitator, angstdeath, death, universe,
Form: Quatrain