Sullen Scenery
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Written: April 05, 2024
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Perched delicately on the shiny cobalt.
The brumal sky is where it lies.
A sight that truly captur...
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Categories:
salver, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Eleemosynary Ubiquity
...sawed-off on the
crimson emerald from a cloudy sky
squeal
and, at times, the reason
low-slung why
sparkles of a pearly salver
modicum of encrusted damask mist
befuddles me
a...
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Categories:
salver, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The Tall and Short of It
...Impossible to miss him in a crowd,
jet black moving chimney, one head
above the rest as though he walks on stilts.
In the sun his head of hair,
coiffured, defies brand new enamel.
Mostly he...
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Categories:
salver, friend, fun, growth, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Diplomacy
...The footman, in impeccable white hose
and pigtailed wig, halts five yards off, and bows.
An under-secretary, in the throes
of studying the Lombard Ruse, allows
the silent slippered servant to s...
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Categories:
salver, history,
Form: Quatrain
A Week of Love Afair
...It’s Monday morning
I thanked for the broken heart
It’s Monday morning…
Where I used to smile at you..
Where I’m happy to see you..
It’s Tuesday morning
Where the Sun is up… you’re here
It’s...
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Categories:
salver, emotions, feelings, heartbroken, love,
Form: Tanka
Parasols
...A stilled summer sky saturated and scattered with god song
watches a way fared soldier - whispers to a wary widow.
Creamy clouds canopy the concord of a moment. Minutes become
mercurial - they manif...
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Categories:
salver, inspirational
Form: Ekphrasis
A Little Support
...The growth was in the salver,
that lay abandoned on the portal,
portal that itself lay ignored in a home corner,
Never had the chance to visit them,
in several and many days,
I had kept the recp...
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Categories:
salver, inspirational, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse