Monopolising Youth and Sorrow
...Monopolising Youth And Sorrow
Elevations of my soul soar toward the remnants of a dream
Revelations on growing old pour out from behind a stifled scream
Contemplations on what is sold ...
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Categories:
relents, life,
Form: Rhyme
a bird and a boy
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one day as a boy I went down to the sea
clambered o'er rocks way out to the bluff
stopping to search in a tide pool for shells
senses awakened by strong briny smells
warming, ...
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Categories:
relents, allegory, analogy, bird, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Rain in the desert
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Rain in the Desert
The desert sems quietly tolerant of rain -
not really indifferent,
but resigned to brief intrusions,
allowing for a brief change of scenery
from time to time.
It...
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Categories:
relents, allegory, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Five minutes
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Anxiously he waits for his wife
She was supposed to be home at five
He needs to teach her a lesson
He knows she will after this session
five minutes later, she opens the door
Without greetin...
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Categories:
relents, abuse, anger, anxiety, cry,
Form: Didactic
Songs of Soul COS No 10: ABAB
...Absent of pride, gave their lives, those they owed,
bloodlines warrant one soul's intended quest
persuades a past, that they constantly sowed
pastoral guides sculptors essence is blessed
Readines...
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Categories:
relents, allusion, analogy, change, character,
Form: Sonnet
Little Lambs
...* For my grandson Makkie - my newest fishing buddy *
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they …
are amazing creatures
with tiny little arms that stretch
inches, feet … miles -
they find you
no matter where yo...
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Categories:
relents, analogy, child, children, grandchild,
Form: Free verse
Midwinter Solstice Con
...As the Earth’s Southern Pole is pushed farthest
Away from sun, Winter Solstice arrives.
The sleepy sun's up-time is, the shortest
It's been all this year, shortchanging our lives.
Sol has its ...
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Categories:
relents, earth, spring, summer, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Confusing Fusions
...What's my point?
I often ask
too seldom
Where's my circle?
Good days are right
as bad feel wrong dark night
And what's our peak communication point?
Where were we when I last remembered?
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Categories:
relents, earth, health, integrity, political,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Nothing Cold Can Stay
...Thin ice forgives the cold
Slowly relents its hold
As ripples shake its grasp
A shimmering of diamonds pass
A gentle sunny warmth
Mists dancing in the swamp
Spring sun will claim the day
Nothi...
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Categories:
relents, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Back To Times of Stonehenge
...To say hello to spring
Winter relents in time,
Grey goes green, smiles gream grime,
Nature knows— not to cling.
Seasons change on their own
And wait not till too late
To kiss change on du...
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Categories:
relents, change, men,
Form: Quatrain
Robbie - Ham Guilty For Gobbledygook
...I, A. Robbie - Ham guilty for gobbledygook...
and ruffling turkey feathers!
An innocent A1 miss steak kin kith
once, a former main lion resident
living social where Tigress and Euphrates
con...
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Categories:
relents, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Bringing Off An Event
...You wish to bring off an event?
Then,find cause to something invent:
More hours for thoughts in your tent;
An ambitious back fully bent,
On which stale sweat break out as scent.
You long to ki...
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Categories:
relents, allusion, business, courage, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Earthers
...Heart always tries
Hate always lies
Fear complies
Conundrum tears
fall midstream
Rationalization relents
Reason wins out
Confidence returns
Loss is gain
Less is more
Patterns lost
A better...
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Categories:
relents, appreciation, change, eulogy, growth,
Form: Free verse
Haeccity Heard
...Hastily stretched, crackled urgent ocean edge relents
Ashamed attempt to escape rejoins campaign of mass
Furtive dig below propels conspirator spasm, next next
Murders brash bouys, cranky spa cham...
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Categories:
relents, analogy, beauty, change, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
From Isolation Into Contemplation of a Better Tomorrow Part Two
...From Isolation Into Contemplation Of A Better Tomorrow
Part Two
Spring had come amongst the eager popular trees
he walked the old trail with his arthritic knees,
thinking about ongoing life, wi...
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Categories:
relents, appreciation, art, life, lonely,
Form: Narrative
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