puses
...It’s the morning of a different day—who knew there’d be another?
Lisa and I went on our harbor jog @ 5am—that’s nothing new.
It was, like 44°—we’re enjoying fall’s cold, refreshing bite.
Anyway,...
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Categories:
scrubland, humor, school, sleep, student,
Form: Free verse
Bear Hunting
...The hunter knelt to check the muddy ground.
He was perplexed. The tracks were heading north.
No bears had caves on this slope of the hill.
The quicksands were not very dangerous
but deep enough t...
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Categories:
scrubland, fantasy,
Form: Blank verse
Sheep With Loyal Guard
...sheep
at risk
in scrubland
attacked by wild
d...
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Categories:
scrubland, animal, dog,
Form: Ninette
Care Love To Clear
...The scythe of lover mowing the sky stars
On the night of glittering moon to drive
The heart of lovers in the fervent fairs
With the wings of whispering dove in hive
Woods of Robert Frost there ...
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Categories:
scrubland, love,
Form: Sonnet
Oblivious To Nature
...It seemed like nature had concocted a singular miracle
As I sat on the wooden bench looking in towards the woodland.
A red maple tree stood tall surrounded by eucalyptus trees
While down below gre...
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Categories:
scrubland, nature,
Form: Verse
Odyssey From Africa 14g 15a
...Odyssey from Africa 14g
“This research by young Alinda
Tells us something most important
For we find upon our beaches
Plants that are entirely different
“From the flora on our island
Or ...
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Categories:
scrubland, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 8b9a
...Ch8, cont.
Northward parallel the valley.
And their ridge-top elevation
Gave advantage of perspective
They could see the forest's ending
In the distance. That same evening
Would reveal ...
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Categories:
scrubland, adventure, africa, history, journey,
Form: Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 8a
...CHAPTER 8 Two Paths
North they travelled through the jungle
Aiming to escape from forest
Seeking an itinerary
Near the coast in open country
So they climbed a wooded hilltop;
Han attai...
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Categories:
scrubland, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 3c4a
...CHAPTER 3c continued
Till he happened to encounter
A much stronger river hunter
Hideous Jurassic lizard
Pulled him down with no returning
Other crocodiles converging
Made straight line...
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Categories:
scrubland, adventure, africa, fantasy, history,
Form: Narrative
Odyssey From Africa 1b 2
...But the mood of celebration
Lasted only for a short time
Very few returned to thank them
Han and Matto found this puzzling
Chapter 2 BLOOD MOON
Through the days and nights that followe...
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Categories:
scrubland, adventure, africa, betrayal, history,
Form: Narrative
Unravelling
...It was a sex attack
in burning clairvoyance.
You cannot catch me
in catastrophic moment.
A hard core **** has
the piety for a lone wolf.
Unclothed, a courier
walks into a shower of bullets.
A ...
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Categories:
scrubland, art,
Form: ABC
Roman Politics
...Roman Politics.
The coldness of the night merged seamlessly
with the coldness of daybreak.
A weak sun did nothing to raise temperatures
or spirits.
The Legionnaires leather coats creaked ...
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Categories:
scrubland, war
Form: I do not know?
Castles In Spain
...Drumming from the amps, bristling with snares and hooks,
(“I see in your eyes, castles in Spain.”);
Aide memoirs of the past, post-war resurrection, stubbornly,
Wreathed in wires of smoke and deli...
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Categories:
scrubland, allegory, angst, death, history,
Form: Verse