The Pirates of Wales
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The Challenge ~ The Milford Haven Harbor shielded Wales
from pirates making merchant ships their prey.
Her ports have cradled many from the gales
and swaddled sailors as her pirates pla...
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Categories:
quells, adventure,
Form: Sonnet
Dawn Steps Lightly into the Day
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Silence quells the bells
as dawn sneaks into the space,
where darkness reigned supreme.
All is hushed and holding back.
For something to be assembled.
From the dis-membered memories,
litteri...
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Categories:
quells, day, morning,
Form: Free verse
Dancing Between Skies
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I like the sky, it's always promising something.
It's a soothsayer for eyes scanning up,
for signs, traces and lines of reassurance.
It carries fragments of yesterday,
It continues its theme...
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Categories:
quells, sky,
Form: Free verse
Thought of the day
...songs of silence our mind misspells
animal instincts soul’s light quells
but to grow in love and wisdom
grace alone tree of ego fells...
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Categories:
quells, blessing, spiritual,
Form: Rubaiyat
Dust Quells What Time Tells
...Dust coats mementos in treasure trove
In a veil that palls recall with a shroud.
It dims the past with repast of neglect,
That taints memories with fading, settling light.
Echoes become fainter, ...
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Categories:
quells, memory,
Form: Free verse
BREAKING DAWN
...Grotesque, in its unyielding grip of the vehement soul,
A parody, a caricature, of mercy's exalted role.
An avalanche of despair, harrowing as the Holocaust;
As scars accrue—like bitter frost l...
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Categories:
quells, dark, light,
Form: Rhyme
A New Day Dawns
...As day dawns, the sky gleams bright.
Fresh clean reborn, the morn's alight.
I am the glimmer in the sun's feeble rays,
That its hope will bring me better days.
I am the dew caught on blades o...
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Categories:
quells, day, hope,
Form: Couplet
I am a girl
...I am a girl,
Everyone sees it.
I graciously accept the label,
Twirling in a girls spool,
And playing it up for others.
Sometimes I feel an itch,
In a place I can't reach.
There are times w...
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Categories:
quells, boy, gender, girl, teenage,
Form: Free verse
Healing touch of cherished things
...In quiet dim corners and drawers untouched,
Lie precious things, much cherished and clutched,
These cold inanimate things, just like a friend,
Can ease our troubles, and ill feelings amend.
Each ...
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Categories:
quells, heart, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
SPECIAL WORLD
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In this special world:
Authenticity assails apprehensions and apathy
Beauty is braced by belongingness’ blessings
Compassion calls for clamor over caring control
Dedicat...
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Categories:
quells, appreciation, blessing, boy, christian,
Form: Abecedarian
LONELINESS, LONELY AND MUSIC
...LONELINESS, LONELY AND MUSIC
The pianissimo makes the violins softly cry,
the cellos sympathize with the sadness of the theme Barber’s Platoon
the sublime adagio quells the overwhelmed heart
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Categories:
quells, age, growth, love,
Form: Free verse
the harmonious wheel
...the wheel rotates
from anger
to calmness
with each turn
it sends love
love flowing
into each heart
as the jewels of truth
protect
the lotus...
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Categories:
quells, humanity, love,
Form: Free verse
Love Conquers All
...The greatest weapon that Conquers all
The hatred is the seed of all wars from time
Love is the weapon that quells...
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Categories:
quells, hate, inspirational love,
Form: Ballad
The Vessel pt 1 - A Blighted Vale I
...The Vessel pt. 1 - A Blighted Vale (pt 1/2)
A solitary figure off the beaten path,
The air a palpable gloom
Be it mortal or shade of someone passed,
No longer in want of a tomb
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Categories:
quells, corruption, dark, destiny, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Ocean Symphony
...Written: September 12, 2023
Ocean Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress
“The sea is an underwater museum still awaiting its visitors.” – Phillip Diol...
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Categories:
quells, appreciation, beauty, deep, nature,
Form: Rhyme
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