Song of a Night Bird
...When sleep deserted me,
I crawled out of my bed unseen
to delve into the crevices of the dark
with the curiosity of an explorer
and the near comatose of a somnambulist.
I walked up and...
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Categories:
reverberates, bird, night, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Karma
...A word which resonates with new & old,
much talked, much hyped, bought & sold.
Some fear, some celebrate, never it fades,
Time & again, in one form or so it reverberates.
“KARMA” it is called, ...
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Categories:
reverberates, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Festival Of Life
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Under the bejeweled diadem of the sparkling sky
the vibrant celebration finds exuberance in the carnival,
morphing into a sea of color and music in the aura of night
where I float with the fan...
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Categories:
reverberates, celebration, joy,
Form: Free verse
Atmospheric Elocutions For Surviving Armageddon
...Atmospheric Elocutions For Surviving Armageddon
Elocution lessons for the morality police
Persecution of those not callously elite
Convolution of the elongation of the technique
Revolution f...
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Categories:
reverberates, life,
Form: Rhyme
Nebulous Horizon
...I gaze beyond the phasing face
of the nebulous horizon,
searching in clamorous silence
for a hypnotic glimpse
of your poetic sparks ~ lost,
placed within the kohl-dust
of dreariness dr...
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Categories:
reverberates, angst, anxiety, love,
Form: Free verse
In love and in you, lunar wings fade like spectral silver gliding gently
...In love and in you, lunar wings fade like spectral silver gliding gently,
In the dark abyss of an obsidian sky, refracting dreams of a lost realm,
Sliding and undulating through opalescent glass, l...
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Categories:
reverberates, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Silent Storm
...A silent storm is brewing within my chest
A benumbing chill sets my soul aflame
A warm welcome sets alarm bell ringing,
In the realm of hush at the dawn of dusk
do you hear the swooshing
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Categories:
reverberates, betrayal, confusion,
Form: Free verse
A Good Sense Of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades Of Reality
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Wholesome humour
reverberates freedom mirth
shared in the family of joy-filled home
making us have a taste of heaven on earth...
Daddy’s jokes champion laughter
easing gloom of ...
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Categories:
reverberates, appreciation, blessing, christian, encouraging,
Form: Light Verse
Making a Difference
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Jubilant soul hopes above firmament
vibrant faith soars midst trials
radiant heart reverberates
melody of hymns, serenely triumphant
to silence chaotic angst
while exalting God Who ...
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Categories:
reverberates, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Zen mode
...the soundless gong of Om reverberates
the primal word, source of all creation
rapture rises in each node bliss locates
we dissolve becoming God’s vibration...
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Categories:
reverberates, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
In a world of words, where fear does not hide, perhaps nothing is concealed in shadow
...In a world of words, where fear does not hide, perhaps nothing is concealed in shadow,
I search for a code that unravels as I seek it, and I search for myself in the deep story,
Until the story beg...
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Categories:
reverberates, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Rainbow in the dark
... Inspired by Ronnie James Dio song
"Rainbow in the dark".
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Again, shadows dance tonight—
this time, a grim tear swims down...
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Categories:
reverberates, anxiety, dark, fear, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Miss Information
...(“Conceived in Light”, 2017, original encaustic)
Miss Information
Everywhere you look
Everything you hear
Reverberates and reveals
The seductive power of Sophia
Catching our eye and ...
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Categories:
reverberates, allegory, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
When poets fall into silence, humanity will lose not just its voice, but the very essence of Life
...When poets fall into silence, humanity will lose not just its voice, but the very essence of Life,
soaked in the pain of fallen kin, surrounded by the tumult of fears that dance
like shadows on the...
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Categories:
reverberates, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Prismatic Self
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Written May 03, 2025, for contest by Daniel Henry Rodgers
Word count:397 words, Proposed new word: "aspira-fear" mix of fear and hope
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Categories:
reverberates, appreciation, community, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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