Retelling Poems - Poems about Retelling

...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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...Encased in an isolated castle of an old fool’s paradise, A decaying dagger rests upon a distressed oak table. Frayed book pages scatter across termite-riddled floors. The calligraphy carries......

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...Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions. - Philibert Joseph Roux After the rain falls Cleansing the air, the earth With a music beyond words… My spirit praises the One wh......

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... Indigo whispers in denim mysteries, Retelling inspirations, muses On trembling cotton, blessing away Dark fictions with gentle words, Psalms and wisdoms, written in lessons, Breathing hope, ......

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...“We are like the moon. The moon shines anyway, but it does not produce its own light. It reflects the light illuminated onto its surface by the Sun and is never proud to say "I am the source of light......

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...The backside of tomorrow The frontside of today Every look retelling Of what the past betrays Caught within the doldrums All time fades in the mist Until that day that ends itself A......

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... Love, with all her iridescent shadows, bruised by trembling winds of melancholy, grieving the moments before vows were taken, startling away the fears, the tears, the years restoring ......

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... stars converse in a language understood by the night each twinkle a lyric telling and retelling ancient tales as planets listen intently to the cosmic chatter star......

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... Remember watching the clouds breathe, In endless sees of make-believe, Erasing the summer blue, azure in fleeting Moments, silencing the music of birdsong, Softly chortling in rhythms, Hearts......

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...Lost within the writing Found with each retelling The universe at my command Time and space —unveiling (Dreamsleep: January, 2024) ......

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...Prisoner Of Language Will time live eternal or just its retelling A prisoner of language whose paradox mined Dimension in contrast ill-fated contrition To look but not touch —and hope the......

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...In New Haven, Lisa misses the sad, dark, city aesthetics of her hometown. Its crime podcast vibe, actinic crime-lighting and sirens in the distance, that lull her to sleep like lullabies. She has a d......

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...Sky blue eyes looking past the bounty of pork rinds past boundless skylines stare blankly for way too long then to the menu cradled in his plastic hands. Plant-based food options required b......

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...THE HISTORY WE ARE WRITING The history of America…if America it going to last must be told in chapters that include true stories of our past. Each chapter must be fair and honest when retellin......

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...In my deaf and time-closeted pockets unpack pockets, string bags hang under the closed eyes of all-seeing watchers. Eulogies for the living are etched on wet lips and kitchen towels. Owls as ......

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