Love as a Chagall
...By Michael Parker
…when art and love are of one stuff.
– “The Poem Unheard” by Amanda Hall
Love is like a Chagall—
the bride and groom floating
high above Paris
the blue of the sky holdi...
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Categories:
revelers, art, dedication, marriage,
Form: Free verse
The Mystery Bench
...In the city, there are benches
Placed where people might
Relax and take a load off,
Which is everybody’s right.
They’re either made of metal
Or old-fashioned painted wood,
Found in parks and ...
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Categories:
revelers, city,
Form: Rhyme
Interlude - not for contest -
...
Three dozen or so revelers whoop it up.
Prince''s signature smash-hit song, "1999"
Is blasting top volume on loud speakers.
A rollicking party reaches a fev...
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Categories:
revelers, drink, fun, music, people,
Form: Narrative
Up Close with Strangers
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plane, bus 'n train
elevators 'n escalators
revelers 'n sale-day crowds
is where we meet
STRANGERS!
looking away,
with no eye-to-eye contact
no nod, wink, grunt of 'Hi's',
never ever recogn...
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Categories:
revelers, fear, relationship, together, travel,
Form: Free verse
A Nice Women Finds Her Saint Patrick's Knight
...St Patrick's Day Poetry Contest
Oliver Mckeithan
It's St. Patrick's Day and the night is hopping
A young women joins the revelers for a toast and a beer
She takes in a bar that has good window ...
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Categories:
revelers, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Bourbon Street
...My beloved late husband and I
once strolled down Bourbon Street,
on a mild winter's afternoon.
The musicians enchanted the
atmosphere,
as sparrows lent their own songs.
We dined on gumbo al fre...
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Categories:
revelers, 3rd grade, 7th grade,
Form: Elegy
Summing up America's Election in Four Pithy Lines
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Trump won, Harris lost
Gobs of money, the election cost
Polls wrong again, predictions tossed
Revelers and grievers, both get sauced
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Categories:
revelers, america, celebration, funeral, political,
Form: Monorhyme
Our Day on the Water
...The sun is hot
The birds all flock
The boats convene
Revelers serene
The drinks are cool
They make you drool
The wind blows soft
White sails aloft
Sleek Dolphins jump
The water thump...
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Categories:
revelers, dream, hope, inspirational, joy,
Form: Footle
THE TRAIN JOURNEY
...TRAIN TRAVEL
I am on a superfast train
Listening to the soothing refrain,
Of the wheels on the railway track
Clickety clack, clickety clack.
Verdant vistas on either side,
Soothing visions ...
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Categories:
revelers, travel,
Form: Rhyme
THE TRAIN JOURNEY
...TRAIN TRAVEL
I am on a superfast train
Listening to the soothing refrain,
Of the wheels on the railway track
Clickety clack, clickety clack.
Verdant vistas on either side,
Soothing visions ...
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Categories:
revelers, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Creepin' Through the Night
...In the chill of the October eve, we stepped out into the night,
A pair of wayward souls in costumes, ready for our fright.
With a wink and a laugh, I laced my fingers through yours,
We were pha...
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Categories:
revelers, dance, halloween,
Form: Lyric
Boo!
...In the chill of night, when shadows dance and sway,
A tale of Halloween, I'm bound to convey.
A story woven from the threads of scare,
Beware the whispers in the haunted air.
In a quaint old...
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Categories:
revelers, halloween, horror, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Revelers
...
Life’s a series of ups and downs
some days smiles, others frowns
Men revel in fictitious conquests
women dream of wedding gowns
...
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Categories:
revelers, adventure, dream, life, smile,
Form: Rubai
Making Music
...
The room spun round and round -
blurred revelers rocked and watched
light steps in perfect time,
no need to hear its melody nor
cadence sung to sweet refrains.
She, the maestro of memories...
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Categories:
revelers, music, old,
Form: Free verse
Autumnal
...In depth of woods how autumn dazzles, swirling beauty of ornate décor,
Waltzing with ochre hickory, birch; whirling flaxen moods of sycamore,
Gracing my view upon blazing foothills, where vistas ga...
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Categories:
revelers, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
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