Vision of the future
...I was born through the whispered wish
of angel
purple clouds draped
my newborn sky
I tasted dreams
in chocolate ice-cream swirls
the tender embrace of bruised knees
and flushed cheeks
gui...
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Categories:
roaster, analogy, birthday, family, father
Form: Free verse
Military order of the Purple Heart
...Being a Military of the Purple Heart member
simply loving a Purple Heart recipient days
can sometimes be very long seated with these
brave men and women the strength of our very own
purple hea...
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Categories:
roaster, angel, appreciation, beautiful, remembrance
Form: Ballade
Roller Coaster
...Monster
life destructor
roller coaster
heart roaster
Beast
false priest
giant fist
shaky and weak.
Jessica...
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Categories:
roaster, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Four Cafes
...I was off for my vacation. After a long flight and drive, I reached my cozy apartment. Stars like diamonds filled the cold January night. Exhausted I sank into my soft bed and fall fast asleep. A red...
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Categories:
roaster, drink, food, january, sun,
Form: Prose
Dream
...Trapped in a place unknown,
I walked fast to find my home.
Lost in the wilderness,
Afraid of being alone.
My mind keeps telling me,
Continue and enjoy the journey.
Like a rainbow in the ...
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Categories:
roaster, adventure, deep, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The World's Greatest Chef
...I don my towerin' torque at a jaunty angle when I prepare my cuisine!
Eat yer heart out, Gordon Ramsey; of all the world's chefs I'm the dean!
I can whip up a delectable repast in a trice from a ca...
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Categories:
roaster, food, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Missed
...My friend has gone shopping for chicken stock.
I miss her so much.
The drapes are drawn
I have to see, cannot be closed in
I miss my outer side so much.
Outside, last winter’s trees are clutch...
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Categories:
roaster, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Early In the Morn
...early in the morn
the blind roaster in the corn~
dog gnawing a bone
chickens in the pen
waiting on the kind old men~
to feed them again
cats a meowing
rubbing against farmer then~
looki...
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Categories:
roaster, cat, farm,
Form: Senryu
Freezer Roaster
...I pace about feeling crazed
seeking pieces of the puzzle
fazed confusion at this maze
creaking my worn muscles
is this existence a gift
with no guaranteed luck
twist and relinquish
good wi...
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Categories:
roaster, life,
Form: Rhyme
Your Jester Darling
...Jokes on me, guess you're the roaster and i'm to chicken to say goodbye cause I waste my time wishing you would hold me closer ,the shows been over but im still seated, my vision blurred , Is the cur...
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Categories:
roaster, conflict, confusion, heartbreak, pain,
Form: Free verse
Loud Grunting
...(Innuendo -- Pigs)
All around are sticks and stone
Feel God's loving arms around you
-----At last, I am redeemed-----
A feast of my soul, you shall receive
A cake for dinner, I made out of s...
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Categories:
roaster, anger, animal, evil, slam,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I Wanna Know 1
...I WANNA KNOW
(Children's Rhyme intended for Picture Rhyme Book)
Would the haunted house be creepy if it had no creeps?
Would it be scary without the creaks?
Would clouds stay...
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Categories:
roaster, children, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
It's Not the Cup But the Coffee Within
...It's not the cup but the coffee within.
Arabica beans, fair trade
organic and shade grown
often from a woman's cooperative in Peru
then roasted in small batches
by a local roaster.
I li...
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Categories:
roaster, drink,
Form: Free verse
Cash Gifts Only
...Cash Gifts Only
By Elton Camp
The wedding invitation was unusually frank
“Only gifts that can be deposited in the bank”
They’re not interested in some crummy toaster
Or even that new high-speed tu...
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Categories:
roaster, family, wedding, wedding,
Form: Rhyme
Today
...The roaster woke me up
Today
I sprang up with bold face
And smiled
For it was dawn
I left a prayer by the bed
In haste to catch the train
And hoped the man
In the moon finds my petition
I told him ...
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Categories:
roaster, family, prayer,
Form: Verse
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