Nature Refrain Poems

From the chimes settling morning—
Another time, another change
I slept in your clothes yesterday;
The break in brass and sleep numbing
Red blur— buried color, holding
The lasting eyes...

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Brittle and broken, the eucalyptus snaps loudest.
Pulverized by constant wear
of boots on dusty trails.
Debris of lifeless memories
detached from vital source,
scattered broken on apathetic earth,
pummeled by...

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singin' in the rain
Springs all-you-can-eat buffet
earthworm bill-of-fare...

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Rondels, Roundels and Rondeaux

These are poetic forms similar to villanelles, with refrains (repeated lines) and sometimes double refrains.



Rondel: Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation...

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all through the long days
and through honeysuckle nights
pours fresh drops of life...

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Relieve that stress and undue tension, First Annual Poetry Soup Convention!
Come to Maine this early...

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You hear it first, while still in your bed
Filtering thru the dreams in your head.
Sweet melody for the coming sunrise,
His gift gives such a morning...

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The Best of 6 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: nette onclaud

A family’s harmony is ingrained in the strong wood.
Natural shades carrying hues from memories of wonder
belong to a...

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It's a refrain from the pain
Endless list of impossibilities
Concealing, aligning with atrocities
Glamorizing, appetizing ponderous existence
Of delusional falsehood, negatives overriding
Employing good yet morbid songs
 
its a...

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The blackberry tree, hanging some of its branches over her,
    arbors, shelters and comforts her. The blackberry honeycombs,
    like...

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Come dance with me, my winged escape
and skip the skies in flight
we’ll let the wind lick at our nape
and subtle touch invite.
Our cares we’ll toss...

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From winter’s death comes spring’s new life,
when day equals the night.
The Lord returns to seek His wife,
our Goddess of light.
And breezes stir as life renews
across...

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God’s Mirrored Refrain
Reflecting life from above
SPRINGTHAW in forest

© Apr 17 2010...

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Smell the spring aroma and 
let it delight all your senses...
don't the softest roses bloom
on windless, sunniest days?


Let my slow fingers caress your lustrous hair,
feel...

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The cycle they speak of
simmering regeneration
folded back upon itself
spinning graceful
behaving oddly like
repetitious Nature blindfolded
Yet transported to the present
in the past
treading mercy
Through the wheel like another
carriage...

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