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Pro Tem
Pro Tem Poems - Poems about Pro Tem
Pro Tem
...When I was a young man I wrote as a young man Needing music and art to deal with the times But now as an old man my heart chases neither While dwelling inside what this moment — ......
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Kurt Philip Behm
Categories:
pro tem,
time,
Form:
Free verse
To Whom Does This Come
...What’s left behind is the fragrance of the lilac Crushed between forlorn fingers Petals held in contorted hands Once lust rendered dust the terrain shall cover Fierceness is abandoned forgivene......
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I Am Anaya
Categories:
pro tem,
analogy, deep, i am,
Form:
Haibun
Sanity’s Cost
...Strophe I Outside on the terrace ,I feel at peace I hear bird songs they so fill me with cheer My bugbears for a while outside do cease My mind is quiet and I feel no fear Doing Shikantaza p......
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Larry mintz
Categories:
pro tem,
depression, health, hope,
Form:
Ottava rima
Blood Diamond
...More souls were lost amidst that jeweled pit Than all that had been giv'n to wars pro tem For those who harbored each new crystal bit Ran red and stained the ......
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Gregory Richard Barden
Categories:
pro tem,
beauty, betrayal, corruption, nature,
Form:
Ottava rima
Believe Me
...I CAN TELL YOU ……"I’m really rich! I’ll show you that in a second. (Never did) And by the way: I’m not even saying that in a Brag BELIEVE ME I’m the most militaristic person ever. BELIEVE ME Nobo......
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Elizabeth Smith
Categories:
pro tem,
hyperbole, irony, political,
Form:
Couplet
Lose As a Gain
...When Doors Pro tem Close leaving You without a work Or take something valuable Make the necessary decisions to recover In a more worthy option, supposed loss that sometimes results a blessing......
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Nayda Ivette Negron Flores
Categories:
pro tem,
feelings,
Form:
Fibonacci
Angels
... ANGELS. as if a murmur 'Salaam',its Mikail giving blessings to mankind angels in right path encourage me to do good sanguine holy deeds seraphic pure chants praises......
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Rizwana Bhurani
Categories:
pro tem,
angel, blessing, magic, religion,
Form:
Senryu
Animus Persona
...Extraordinaire, he raised the ice. He told me this when I was a child. He said he heard his neck pop. He laughed and said, “That stopped my dare devil’s persona. As you see, I am short. I liked ......
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Verlena S. Walker
Categories:
pro tem,
appreciation, bereavement, celebration, how
Form:
Narrative
Song
...There’s an addict residing deep within me- Seeking and probing for the seventh si, In the abode of the Conscious Spirit~ Solmizate a song which on my life writ. Probing for one single way of rhythm......
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Somnath Sarkar
Categories:
pro tem,
spiritual,
Form:
Canzone