The AthiestHow human
is human nature?
Alas, then, is nature
by default also human?
Human not soulfully enliven?
Just deposed products
of the same, natural
mystery?
So, is Nature or Man
to blame? -- is it devil
or God
or simply
the pollinated seed
perpetually alive in every
duplicating spontaneous
naturally manipulated oblivious
spiritually vacant pod?
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Categories:
relationship, character, humanity, identity, nature,
Form: Free verse
My crimson devotionHe was a canvas...a beautiful sight,
An expanse of white, so pure and bright.
Not like the moon that graces the night,
Nor like the clouds that drift in flight
Unlike anything else... but like a swan
Engraved in chiffon.
My feet drew towards him,
Each step etched in the dim,
Crystal chamber of love.
My fingers traced him,
Stroking with hymn...
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Categories:
relationship, conflict, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Midnight ThoughtsWhen your blue eyes
Looked at my brown eyes,
Like the sky came to kiss the earth
With honour during the morning dew on the snowdrops.
It makes me want to wish I were your perfume,
So you could inhale me every time you took a breath,
I'd be going deep into your heart and bones making you smile,
I'd...
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Categories:
relationship, longing, love, miss you,
Form: Free verse
Vive la difference
Vive la différence
couples complement each other
balancing the scales
one will play the jokester
clown and storyteller
the other acts as sidekick
filling in if there are gaps
they juggle and finesse their roles
managing an equilibrium
thus the introvert and extrovert
weave their life in harmony...
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Categories:
appreciation, relationship, together,
Form: Free verse
King of Kings
Remind me, Lord – that You have heard, whatever comes, whatever this life brings, I know the King who writes His light over the spirit… gently revealing, a love that never leaves, a hope that always brings assurance of the King of Kings.
Let His blessings flow,
A river to sooth my soul
Lifting my heart, ‘tis all...
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Categories:
relationship, appreciation, inspirational, light, love,
Form: Rhyme
limbo
why …
why do we careless creatures
hold on so tightly?
tears are not poisonous
they will not etch our face with the
afflictions they carry
but they WILL assuage its acidity -
why not let them roll?
we … are ambiguity’s toys
for love is a whipping post and
an altar, divine …
we allow its words to chain us, unseen
to one or the other
when,...
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Categories:
analogy, relationship,
Form: Free verse
i’m a scoundrel
I'm a scoundrel thru-and-thru
please don't fall whate'er you do
no libel mine should pain ensue
withdraw your heart
should passion start
what I want's not within
but...
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Categories:
analogy, love, passion, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
SONNET OF LAMENTATION
Oh waxing Phoebe!how merciless art thou?
To stalk when my Psyche lamenting.
Thou art stoleth radiance of her sanctity face
Ye haven't thy own
Never bud aroma roses, it's not virtue
When my loved mourns
It's from her rosette cheeks
Thou grasped away her colour
Aurora!I pray unto thee
Ensconce my loved for mercy sake
Fear I, the lustful Sun
May perhaps, copulate her through radiance
Pluck...
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Categories:
relationship,
Form: Free verse
Flowers tricube versionBlue "miss you"
flowers wilt
one by one.
"Hey!" flowers
wrapped up in
cellophane.
Pink "love you"
flowers grow
in a pot....
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Categories:
flower, relationship,
Form: Other
Motherland carnivalThe sky was draped in night’s black cloak,
With a sprinkle of white specks in bloom.
The yellow moon slipped into a gibbous cocoon,
As sunshine fretted in crescent-shaped kites.
But the streets today were painted in bright colours—
They cloaked the rainbow in a toga of envy.
Many danced and sang in melodious harmony,
Dressed like masquerades with neither masks nor...
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Categories:
relationship, adventure, celebration, fun, joy,
Form: Narrative
Double standards
zero tolerance
for stupidity
yet here I am
putting up
with your
shenanigans
AP: Honorable Mention 2025...
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Categories:
angst, conflict, relationship,
Form: Free verse
lingersi call his name, flowing silk that slips away.
a faceless voice whispers on the breeze.
i embrace the sound, wave its bouquet like a wine,
and touch it with my tongue.
i clutch it in my hands like running sands through my fingers.
and it lingers for a moment and is gone.
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Categories:
missing, nostalgia, relationship,
Form: Free verse
At Least One Screw Loose
George was a prankster, at least one screw loose
Peed in a bottle, tagged it orange juice
His mom drank it all down
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Categories:
relationship, change, color, humor, mother
Form: Limerick
This Love, This DrowningI love you.
More than anything I’ve ever known,
More than I can hold inside these quiet bones.
Each second of the day,
You live in my mind like breath
But sometimes I forget…
You’re not me.
You’re your own being,
And I want all of you,
Everything you are,
Even the parts that don’t belong to me.
You say you admire beauty
You notice, you look
But...
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Categories:
relationship, husband, i love you,
Form: Free verse
All-Inclusive
Let it be
Come, all you who are thirsty.
Come to me!
For I'm all-inclusive.
I'm here for you, if you want me.
Talk to me; I will listen,
I am a sponge, a listener, a comforter,
ever absorbent, open and respectful.
A learner, all-inclusive, and contemplative.
Listen to me,
Feed on what's good,
that I can offer to help you.
I expect nothing in...
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Categories:
encouraging, happiness, relationship,
Form: Free verse
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