The Tale of Two Patricks
...My father was born,
Late on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day,
Inspiring nurses to insist the babe’s name be Patrick,
To which, my grandparents laughed and chose to obey.
Decades later,
When my pa...
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Categories:
reinvents, allegory, anniversary, birth, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
In a secret corner of the mind, where silence dances with shadows
...In a secret corner of the mind, where silence dances with shadows,
I lose myself in the simplicity of a moment that asks for nothing, just to be,
letting dreams unravel like autumn leaves in a gent...
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Categories:
reinvents, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
How does love die, you ask me?
...How does love die, you ask me?
Under a rain of indifference, without passion, without responsibility,
Without the humor to brighten your day, without the sensuality to ignite your night.
Leaf by l...
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Categories:
reinvents, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
my feeling about rain
...rain cleanses me
gives me a sense of newness
refheshes me, reinvents me,
creates a fresh path of being
I sit on my porch, feeling her power
thrilled when she sprinkles a bit on my face...
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Categories:
reinvents, rain,
Form: Free verse
In the silent sanctuary of melancholy, a stir is born
...In the silent sanctuary of melancholy, a stir is born,
The flow of consciousness streams like a river from the depths of creativity,
Where each soul finds its unique, unsearched significance,
And ...
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Categories:
reinvents, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Zen mode
...the flaming light of our presence
radiates forth from our crown
all nodes within form align
in a stream of bliss we drown
the refrain of love renews the spark
that ignites our soul at its core...
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Categories:
reinvents, joy, light, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Century Turns: Soviet Union's Life Expectancy: I
...Chapter 1: The End of the Eastern Gilded Age
'Twas thrice yon 'ere time clichés galore, albeit, one two many times, that fairy tale's opening wouldst hitherto a harp. History, the effects of nar...
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Categories:
reinvents, analogy, appreciation, death, family,
Form: Other
Son, You Need A Haircut: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
..."A dressed day has disrobed into the depth of a drawer's nightstand."
(Oh, how positively awesome that what can be sorted out in such an explanatory pattern that a difference would maketh a day.)...
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Categories:
reinvents, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Prose
Forging The Ask
...The tension between
two disparate answers
Reinvents the question
—rebirthing the truth
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
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Categories:
reinvents, words,
Form: Free verse
La Fin Du Monde
...
“La fin du monde”
The fragrance
that makes you pop
in all the best places
no need for bikini
nude etat liberte
un amourette
experimentum crucis
500 Years
Eau ...
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Categories:
reinvents, muse, poetry, senses,
Form: Free verse
She Is Like the Phoenix
...like the phoenix
she rises through the ashes
waving her feathers
like the phoenix
she reinvents herself
taking prisoners
like the phoenix
her confidence is soaring
she worries not...
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Categories:
reinvents, women,
Form: Senryu
The Moment Returns
...I’m driving through a small town
and a sunset.
The garage store has all I need,
Gas, 2 sticks of beef jerky for the dog,
some gum.
Outside, the evening is settling,
a sky-paint sinks within i...
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Categories:
reinvents, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Poetry's a Tough Business
...Poetry's a tough business, you know
Each new poem reinvents the wheel
Staring at a blank page takes nerves of steel
'Rest on your laurels?' -- You'll have nothing to show
I've heard that ...
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Categories:
reinvents, business, poetry,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
The Gift
...Restless, pacing around the my room
The feeling is misunderstood
The laughter is overacted
This need has to be fulfilled
The acne for quietness
Is a necessity for luxury
The storm reinvents i...
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Categories:
reinvents, adventure, africa, age, baptism,
Form: Free verse
All Escape Disowned
...Did you dodge the bullet,
but not its intent
Is the ocean now calm,
as the storm reinvents
Have feelings rehardened,
with blood on the stone
Back to back with yourself,
—all escap...
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Categories:
reinvents, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
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