Having A Whale Of A Time
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As I sat ...
in slight immersion
amongst a pond
of varied sprites
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Categories:
ringless, appreciation, fish, Lullaby,
Form: Blank verse
Wild Honey
...weeping willow tree
gave up its fight with life....
new life sprang up
wild honey
armillaria mellea....
spores feed on hardwood
Should I pluck them all and have...
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Categories:
ringless, nature,
Form: Haiku
Love In the Time of Pandemic
...Met at supermarket, disguised under
masks illuminating our crisis.
“Haven't we met before?”
She laughed, wanted to know where
the dairy section was. “Just follow me,”
as if I knew! But it wasn...
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Categories:
ringless, age, blessing,
Form: Rubaiyat
Lost
...Where did go the amber gold ring
That my gaze met on that evening
Magnificent purple centre
From where in bliss dream moon blooming
Ah if I had now got it back
From the elusive gray time rack
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Categories:
ringless, loss, moon,
Form: Quatrain
An Unlikely Duo
...Watching her board bathed in fog at the station
Spectacles slide down the bridge of his nose
Usually a blur, not in this situation
Smudges can’t hide every beauty she shows
Lugging a satche...
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Categories:
ringless, adventure, fun, imagination, ,
Form: Rhyme
Untitled 22
...The heat soaked day drags on: each daisy sweltering
every buttercup melting into the dry ground,
a golden oozing of petals. I watch them through the window knowing
that I could not be ready, this I t...
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Categories:
ringless, health,
Form: Prose Poetry
Candy Rings
...When I was five, I loved you then,
And you said you loved me too.
A little green ring made of Haribo
Told me you were true.
When I was ten, you told me again,
With a mood ring from the store,
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Categories:
ringless, funny, love, me, sweet,
Form: Rhyme
One Fine Day
...she woke up earlier,
no alarm needed.
scrubbing, meticulously showering,
each movement a ritual cleansing
of the dark parts,
the soft parts soon so softly
seen & sought by darkly fingers.
a da...
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Categories:
ringless, confusion, devotion, imagination, love,
Form: Narrative