No Longer the World
...Everything changes; life rearranges
The way that, for years, things would be.
We go with the flow, for what we used to know
Is no longer the world we can see.
It isn’t just age, for when people...
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Categories:
rearranges, america, change,
Form: Rhyme
FreindLee
...Staring at my reflection,
In a future projection,
Standing at the intersection,
Where I change my perception,
I see the correction,
As I choose my direction,
My reflection changes ,
Th...
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Categories:
rearranges, adventure, appreciation, butterfly, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Ode to Krish
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She is not made of atoms,
but aftermaths
the kind that linger in a room long after
the lights remember to flicker back on.
Her spine?
An origami of fallen yesterdays,
creased by collapse,
...
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Categories:
rearranges, appreciation, art, career, character,
Form: Free verse
Ode to Aaliyah
...She is not made of atoms,
but aftermaths—
the kind that linger in a room long after
the lights remember to flicker back on.
Her spine?
An origami of fallen yesterdays,
creased by collapse,
b...
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Categories:
rearranges, strength,
Form: Ode
Changes Bob And Wheel
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Changes,
know what they’re all about;
Flip each of the pages
on double breasted doubt;
Let it go in stages.
Back road
may be a bit longer
but you lighten the load;
The trip makes you st...
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Categories:
rearranges, emotions, feelings, inspirational,
Form: Other
Ivory Flakes
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gentle slivers of His muse,
destined for the earth –
painting a silence on the spirit
with the burst of lifelike trembling,
the wonder of nature’s breath
poured out over the night,
care...
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Categories:
rearranges, appreciation, muse, music, nature,
Form: Free verse
Comfort Words
...Which words soothe
You know the ones that cool temperatures
And bring that smile to the face of busy days
Overworked and overlooked
They fall out of minds
A jumbled cornucopia that somehow rea...
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Categories:
rearranges, words,
Form: Free verse
Hounds and Jackals
...A government of feral Jackals
The masses bound with chains and shackles
They infect us all with fear and lies
Empty promises from empty eyes
As our lives move and rearranges
We strug...
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Categories:
rearranges, political,
Form: Rhyme
IF MY EYES KNEW THEN
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When I was young I thought I was cursed
I wondered why my creator was angry with me…
I thought that I was flawed because I needed glasses just to see.
I hated wearing glasses…feeling like I wa...
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Categories:
rearranges, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
One Glorious Day
...I was so close to hell I could hear it through the wall
The music muffled but I could tell
they seemed to be having a ball
But stayed here, thanking God I wasn’t there
Holding everything that is ...
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Categories:
rearranges, analogy, endurance, strength,
Form: Rhyme
To the One I Have Held Soo Dear
...In the quiet of the evening light,
Where shadows stretch and day turns night,
I whisper softly, through my tears,
To the friend I've held so dear.
You were my rock, my guiding star,
To...
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Categories:
rearranges, care, goodbye, i miss
Form: Lyric
A Native Nativity
...You try to make them civilized and grown-up,
but the words are infants,
they want to crawl around and yell for a bit.
You know that an eye is upon you.
watching you in that whelping room
where...
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Categories:
rearranges, poetry,
Form: Free verse
SMALL FAMILY PORTRAITS
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When our children were young and our family small…say gathered around a birthday cake
with all those smiling faces in one place…our family portrait was easy to take.
Our children and family hav...
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Categories:
rearranges, family,
Form: Rhyme
Your diagnosis is not your destiny
...Your diagnosis is not your destiny
Grace to you in this century
You shall receive mercy
Because you show mercy to others
Season's change
Life rearranges itself
In proportion to your faith
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Categories:
rearranges, bible,
Form: Free verse
10 Years Later: Still the Same
...As we head out of the mountains….far ahead of the winter snow…
I’m revisiting of a poem I wrote at a similar time and place…exactly 10 years ago:
When we first arrived in October…immediately we s...
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Categories:
rearranges, life,
Form: Rhyme
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