DRAWINGISTA da vinci michelangelo
...DRAWINGISTA da vinci michelangelo
the
triumphal
arch
expressing
simp!icity
ready-to-hand
graphite
encased
pen
ink
chalk
charcoal
shaded
& crosshatched
imparted
by
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), art,
Form: Didactic
A Working Bee
...The worker bees, are a hardy bunch,
They wake at four, and prepare their lunch.
It’s off to the mines, for another day,
To stir the pots, and earn their pay.
Their hard hats on, with small yell...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), beautiful, environment, humor, work,
Form: Rhyme
Free
...While sitting in my bed, different thoughts raced around in my head; there was one that stood apart from the rest. With it came a moment of clarity, a deeper understanding, and a sense of being bless...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), anxiety, dark, deep, growth,
Form: Free verse
T'Was the Night Before Christmas
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'Twas the night before Christmas, all children were in bed
Elves were loading the sleigh, for Santa's big night ahead
A heavy fall of fresh snow had now covered the ground
The whole world ...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), christmas, humor,
Form: Narrative
Without a Word of a Lie
...WITHOUT A WORD OF A LIE
Please Sir, I’m sorry my homework is late.
I tried very hard to complete my verse.
But I’ve had writer’s block, which isn’t great,
And last week it se...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), animal, homework, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
From Where Speech Returns
.... for public domain
Transcendent places, from where speech returns,
where heavy hearts sigh, a pensive soul yearns,
where minds are wide open with nothing in sight,
where swords are not drawn, ...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), silence, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Southern Hospitality and a Shot of Comfort
...There is an aura for the moment looking gloom
Closing in on climatic resolution known as high noon
Weather was dealt the color grey
Heavy clouds outdoor on this day
Blocking the sun from peek...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), america, car, cheer up,
Form: Rhyme
Falling Endlessly
...I fell asleep, a moment of peace, all true in all moments that will explain my world in a dream.
I came upon a door that was easy to open, I felt it as if it was meant to open for me. In this moment...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), analogy, care, confidence, crazy,
Form: Narrative
Wake
...Wake
What is that noise?
I have heard it before?
In the ramblings...
of my loved ones words?
I must get up and seek it out.
I rise like the house is on fire...
but in fear of being alive,...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), allah, celebrity, cinco de
Form: Narrative
The Angel Tree
...The Angel Tree
In the mall there is a…
plain green tree,
with tags…
It has names, without faces.
It has stories, with few words.
Wishes and fishes that make kids happy,
Any small thing ...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), caregiving, childhood, christmas, devotion,
Form: Free verse
The Map
...The Map
In life we choose the direction of our feet,
often by the way those around us expect us to go.
Shockingly, striking out on a new road,
or moving beyond the comfort zone of acceptance...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), 12th grade, death of
Form: Free verse
Winds of Change
...The orange globe hung over the horizon ready to hand over the torch
To a waxing moon ready to watch over the cycle of disbelief and hope
An epilogue to old beginnings and fresh start to the cal...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), change,
Form: Free verse
Cheese Dip Slip
...Cheese dip slip
The cheddar and gouda were ready, my hand with the knife very steady
The party was moments away and I had to be quick
The chips and hors d’oeuvres were all plated, but still ...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), food, fun,
Form: Rhyme
White Column Ressurrection
...‘WHITE COLUMN RESSURRECTION’
Even now you stand poised with memories of a corned cobbed pipe in one hand-tight gripped lapel in the other-perched against thick southern charmed columns positioned ...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), discrimination,
Form: Free verse
3 Kings In Search of New Agong
...THREE KINGS IN SEARCH OF NEW AGONG
So you see lah! dese three big noise fellas come last time outstation
To Judea now got Israel - visa ready, (back-hand donation)
Dey pretty dam clever also h...
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Categories:
ready to hand(p), allusion, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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