Cassie the Witch
...Cassie, a green faced witch could not find the right kind of man
I think I’ll make an elixir and create him, she would deadpan
She actually did it, wearing her fanciest ruffled dress
It had not be...
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Categories:
rosettes, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Love Me Like I Am Spills Of Flowers
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Spills of flowers everywhere - elation !
I love to water each petal with joy
Bells and Daisies * Tulips and Carnations
I am a gardener named Helen of Troy
Garland dreams loopy Dahli...
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Categories:
rosettes, appreciation, flower, garden,
Form: Sonnet
kundalini
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When the saint sun
is reborn from
the womb of wisteria,
rising above symphonies ~
scripting a saga,
of enlightenment
and coral coloured karma,
I ripple in rosettes,
as an avatar
of him...
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Categories:
rosettes, deep, devotion, emotions, god,
Form: Free verse
Hyenas
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While on safari
(Kiswahili for 'trip')
in Tanzania
over the horizon in a downward slip
across the savannah
the sun had begun to set
thought I'd seen it all
and yet
out on the endles...
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Categories:
rosettes, africa, animal, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Blue Nazarene
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“The Blue Nazarene”
caeruleum caelum
in nubibus
caeruleum
caeruleum caelum
in nubibus
de hyacintho nazarene
testimonium:
white stallions,
clouds commandin...
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Categories:
rosettes, muse,
Form: Narrative
Val
...She was having a party
A divorce party
He wasn’t invited
They came prepared
Balloons, rosettes, banners
More people than were at the wedding
Val was very popular
He listened intently
Somethin...
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Categories:
rosettes, break up, divorce, life,
Form: Free verse
Old Promises 2019
...Bright young things
the class of 2019
Tories with their fresh rosettes
they said they could level up the Red Wall
now bide their time to forgotten promises
in their brazen suites
lost chance sa...
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Categories:
rosettes, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Sassy Turquoise Boots
...Turquoise boots with rosettes feeling snappy today
Sassy, and sexy, as they prance dance your way
Along with the ruffled short skirt we give a sashay
Me and my owner, little Miss Debbie Lou Kay...
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Categories:
rosettes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Filigree
...Filigree
Celtic Filigree
Graceful filigree unbroken
Weaves a tracery
With strands entwined
Like a whisper from the misty isles
Woven into whorls of melodic unity,
Indivisible spirals of the...
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Categories:
rosettes, ireland, life,
Form: Free verse
Charming Patterns
...Charming Patterns
An eyelet wheel models medieval embroidery
Aromatic, ornamental garden ballet steps for lovers
Strolling in stately patterns of noble estate
Savory’s romance looping through...
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Categories:
rosettes, garden, love,
Form: Free verse
Ragged
...Ragged
Ragged heartbeats,
Shut in
But not
Shut out,
Tattered heartbreak,
Tragedy
Flung
From high towers
Swooping down in towering tornados
Descending
Ascending from foul marshes...
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Categories:
rosettes, angst, birth, life,
Form: Free verse
Yucca
...Daddy brought it home to mother
She did not like it at all, in fact it made her angry
Those innocent tough spikey, sword-shaped leaves
Centered with white rosettes in tight buds caused anger
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Categories:
rosettes, emotions,
Form: Quatrain
Modern Sonnets Ii
...MODERN SONNETS II
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
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Categories:
rosettes, art, romance, romantic, romantic
Form: Sonnet
Sonnets Xlii-Li
...Sonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now floodin...
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Categories:
rosettes, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Sonnet
Shadow of Emily Dickinson
...Shadow of Emily Dickinson
Shut in
But not
Shut out,
Heartbreak -
Tragedy from high towers
Swooping down in towering tornados
Descending,
Ascending from foul marshes
In quick sand
Stal...
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Categories:
rosettes, birth, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
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