I Drank from an Hourglass
...It has long ceased to rain here.
The embers of drought are fanned by the merciless
Hands of hell.
The air is stifling,
The heat insufferable.
I cringe from a long wait on a queue in the narrow
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Categories:
refuel, allusion, community, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Drooping Flowers, Blaze Of Grass, And Us
...Dropping Flowers, Blades Of Grass, And Us
Like flowers droop
but refuse to die
from the heat,
like tanned fields
subsumed in the struggle
to survive and keep
the flow of transpiration,
like...
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Categories:
refuel, analogy, black african american,
Form: Free verse
In the playground of imagination
...Contest: Pick-A-Title, Vol 50 -
Contest Judged: April 19th, 2025 9:48:00 AM
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Placement: First
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Categories:
refuel, angel, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Redirect
...Sometimes our best intentions
miss the impossible target-perfection
Sometimes our best efforts
leave us hopeless and contemplating defection
Sometimes our goal
of being everything...
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Categories:
refuel, care, change, character, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Gazebo of Prayer - Thomas Kinkade
...
a perfect
place
a peaceful
space
for a time of
reverent renewal
a moment of silence
to refuel
the trees
soften the light
creating harmonies
of shadows and hues bright
fragr...
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Categories:
refuel, art, garden, inspiration, prayer,
Form: Ekphrasis
One Week Events
...Busy Monday
Energy rise
Start for work.
Tuesday, Wednesday
A bit too tired
Need exercise.
Thursday, Friday
Gas up, refuel
Recharge once more.
Run Saturday
Mall afternoon
Sunday's all...
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Categories:
refuel, engagement, life, perspective,
Form: Than-Bauk
On lunch, munch, and punch
...And leaving all else, they debate on lunch.
To one, lunch time was waste, hence, break-less munch.
The other felt, lunch-less
Would no new glory bless
To UK, nor hoary
Return to old glory,
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Categories:
refuel, food, humor,
Form: Limerick
Nature Calls -- for contest
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Gene went for a dip in the local pool
His swimsuit was loose, he thought it was cool
Had four beers, he felt mellow
Soon Gene turned the pool yellow
He’d turn it brown too ~ if ...
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Categories:
refuel, drink, humor, nature, summer,
Form: Limerick
To Contemplate Mortality
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Life has its ups and downs
its highs and lows
Barren stretches
endless plateaus
News of births bring renewal
those of death give us pause
to con...
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Categories:
refuel, death, fate, life, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
Grim Thrum Epiphany
...
Written: January 09, 2024
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Seen through a sepia scale
Drab grief, of hiemal cradle
mirthless, a desolate land
shrouded in frozen dol...
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Categories:
refuel, adventure, analogy, bereavement, character,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Dust
...Death holds promise of renewal
Beauteous autumn stirs our soul
God enlivens life pulse dual
Shape of form shifts, yet we feel whole
Take a cue from the fallen leaf
Death holds promise of renew...
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Categories:
refuel, autumn, god, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Quatern
Hush Flush At Sunset
...As the day ends, the sun bids its last adieu.
Spreading paint across the sky with ruddy hue.
An emblazon show of crimson, fierce and bright,
Melds into orange-yellow, a warm delight.
Then the hue...
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Categories:
refuel, spiritual, sunset,
Form: Rhyme
I'LL have an entree of air to go please, with a side of Imagination
...#GRAPES, {BLACK} HIGHEST ANTIOXIDANTS IN TACT, FACTS!
BLUEBERRIES, VERY ENTHUSED FOR THE HEALTHIEST BERRY, BUT AFTER AN HOUR, MY HUNGER SUCCUMBS TO THE "BLURPLE" POWER...
IN MY SINCEREST EFFORTS...
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Categories:
refuel, emotions, encouraging, food, health,
Form: Free verse
Growing Concern
...When the sun isn't up, there are no shadows
I need a peaceful haven to refuel my arrows
If we substitute the stud hopelessness
We heal our scars amid sleep and sleeplessness
As a ...
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Categories:
refuel, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, change,
Form: Couplet
It's All Been Done
...There’s nothing new under the sun,
It’s all been done, it’s all been done.
--I’ll make a sword also a gun!
The eighties called, it’s all been done.
--A film with car crashes for fun!
Won an ...
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Categories:
refuel, creation, fun, humorous, light,
Form: Rhyme
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