Gazing at the Sky
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Gazing at the Sky
Gazing at the sky on a summer night
With MYRIADS of stars shining sheer bright
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Categories:
procures, appreciation, moon, sky, star,
Form: Rhyme
The Joys of Springtime
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The Joys of Springtime
When spring sunshine spreads its carpet of greens
On prairies, meadows, valley...
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Categories:
procures, appreciation, flower, joy, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Earth
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Earth
I love to dwell on a hill slope
Where humbly lies my humble home
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Categories:
procures, appreciation, beauty, earth, future,
Form: Quatrain
Tale of a Teacher
...What doth he do? In the hall of learning
He, teaches us alphabets
Using which we simulate stupendous sonnets
he teaches us, with contrasting countenance
from mere additions to anatomy of hens
Th...
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Categories:
procures, courage, hero, light, mentor,
Form: Free verse
Overflow Infliction
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Unswallowed lumps of lobster immodest
Crustacean returns to pincers persimmon
Waitress whisk indiscernible clears linen
Custom of one equates her eight hour day
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Categories:
procures, bullying, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
shock wave
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local cab driver big deal
lacking personal appeal
drives into a lake
procures a fish cake
then bumps an electric eel.
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Categories:
procures, beach, fish, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
The Fall
...Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
Psalm 17:8 NIV
The Fall
Blow leaves, just a few,
to feed my eye.
One clings to its branch -
“Hang on...
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Categories:
procures, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Valentines Shmalentine
...I'm indulging myself by re-posting this poem from 2017
because it cracks me up and I thought we might laugh together
Oh, no, he best not patronize me on Valentines.
If I must dramatiz...
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Categories:
procures, anger, chocolate, emotions, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Pain and Pleasure
...Yes, my dear friend,
It is true, that both the wise and the unwise are after pleasure
However,
There is a huge difference in the way they secure it:
While the foolish is, exclusively, run...
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Categories:
procures, life, people, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Disposal of Solitude - At Least I'M Trying
...I acquire grievous compost in my mind’s glass eye,
piles and piles of waste debris lingers-
my subconscious feeds my intellect
and I am left breathing pure black ash
sinister by true nature yet...
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Categories:
procures, deep, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Great Equalizer
...Death is the great equalizer,
it comes for poor and rich alike.
We are allotted a finite
period of time to exist.
Regardless of social standing,
death is the great equalizer.
There i...
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Categories:
procures, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Quatern
Curly Hair
...The magic gem of curly hair,
Procures itself in sodden downpour.
Frizz retracts and curls define,
Revitalised by heaven's moisture.
No brolly required.
No wind-swept locks.
A long-awaited makeo...
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Categories:
procures, hair, imagery, universe,
Form: Free verse
Wildflower
...A wildflower grows on the cobblestoned streets of this dingy town,
Among the dirt and debris left behind by the seasons.
A misplaced beauty working her way up among the cracks between
the rocks of...
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Categories:
procures, beautiful, flower, longing,
Form: Prose
A Book
...When a child if gifted with a book it transforms into a key to unlock the mind. The gate to the secret garden of imagination is pried from its forgiving hinges and the child is free to expand their ...
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Categories:
procures, adventure, books, children,
Form: Free verse
Valentine Shmalentine
...Oh, no, he best not patronize me on Valentines.
If I must dramatize appreciation, I shall agonize.
Each year, he thinks chocolates will rationalize
spending his time guarding the sofa so...
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Categories:
procures, emotions, silly, valentines day,
Form: Rhyme
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