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The Hands Lead the Dance

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A dance step begins with feet.
Hands flare, to make it complete.
They carve the surge, sculpt the line.
Transforming still water into wine.

Like petals blooming bold and free.
Five fingers c...

Novel Distractions

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~ I’ve found a place to court a writer’s muse;
this window seat along the boulevard.
For now, it’s only penning I'll peruse 
and charming interruptions, disregard. 

   I’ll fill my pages with...

Fomes and Flame

...I crave moments
when my terrified side
is extinguished by longing—
when I willingly share
fervent fires with a
mouth made of kindling…

equally languishing lips
that sear ache upon ache—
unt...

Modern Day Macbeth

...A mother walks through bullets for bread
A child through shellfire for a sip of grain
Young girls bleed in corners quietly
Toddlers die in mothers' arm from thirst.

This is the plot, world is w...

Will-o’-the-wisp Reignites the Flame

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The Will-o’-the-Wisp never stays still.
It ignites a dare, 
tempting the watchers to chase its glow.
Its tongues of flame don’t just flicker—
they sear deep into the minds of those, 
who dare ...

Echoes of Eclipse Flame

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Written: July 17, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: X F Lacasse

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From the anvil of solar eclipse flame ~
Sunsmith struck with a mallet lit by li...

Constant Crises

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     Romance, a thing of the past
       a shame it didn’t last
     Kids’ constant crises did it in

     Envious of other retirees
       rekindling their old flames
     while my kids’ cri...

Wallop When

...Sear my heart, O rampant rage!
Simmer deep within!
Scour, devour this rusty cage!
What it takes to win...

As below, thus up above?
Not in this fair world.
Raptor hawk, guard well the dove?
D...

For Every Sheep in the Flock

...Grant me sunrise, cruel warden
Would you deny me that which makes us human?
What violent hatred grips your heart
To demean and dehumanize so freely and purely

How is it that you dream, violent ...

Blind Spot

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Why can't my blind spot see?
it’s shadowing me        in the eye's periphery 
edgily creeping                   sideways like a crab,
watching me,                      it’s stalking me, ...

Luxury Item

...Just how long does a steaming lobster sob? 
How terribly do boiling limbs and guts
burn? Like a million simultaneous cuts? 
When does its sweltering heart cease to throb? 

On who’s authority do...

Yellow Lights

...Toxic, intoxicating solitude,
With a tantalizing proclivity 
To slither inch by inch, or suddenly,
Back into suffocating loneliness

When will I again see my own person
Reflected back at me fro...

Frozen Side of The Sun

...Turning over in a ruffled bed,
stark red numbers sear 4 a.m. into bloodshot corneas.
Nothing but darkness creeps through threadbare curtains, frozen in place.
A desolate silence becomes deafen...

Abyss Above the Vale

...High in the Eyrie, stone cold and stark,
Where stars peer in and walls leave a mark,
The sky is a floor and the wind is a blade,
And the edge is a whisper where brave men fade.

The stone is sla...

A Wilderness of Mirrors

...The sun homes scars and flames of dusk, 
           drizzling a rain of illusion, 
and you, the muse of angst~ 
tracing the cold rush of desires,
            to sear my tongue,
            to un...

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