Chambers of the Mind
...In chambers of the mind, we store each day,
Each lesson wrapped in wonder, fear, or joy.
What matters most will never fade away.
The smell of chalk, the light at morning's ray,
First bicycle, f...
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Categories:
selects, children, education, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Cement
...In youth, we laughed with a stupid friend,
Wandering the streets all night without an end.
Friends are few, time is scarce, now here we are,
Regretting in sorrow, as we ponder so far.
Life, ...
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Categories:
selects, youth,
Form: Rhyme
God's Favorite Spot in the Universe
...When a mother bird decides to build a nest
She selects a spot that she deems is best.
The sheer survival of her species rest
On the precious eggs she lays in that nest.
When God decided he woul...
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Categories:
selects, bible, care, earth, god,
Form: Rhyme
Manifesto
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Written: December 27, 2024 For Contest Sponsored by: Hilo Poet
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At dawn of a place cocooned once in avarice
silver-haired sav...
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Categories:
selects, america, angst, health,
Form: Free verse
Unity in Artistry
...I take her delicate hand in mine,
With flowers and swirls, I seek to entwine.
Pretty it’ll look, and smell even better—
Henna on the hands of this girl of mine.
She selects a pattern from...
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Categories:
selects, hope, humanity, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
The Ninth Wife
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Greedy vine spirals smother monoliths
Spider fern moss, fairy forest vertical
Soaks in secrets, promise admonished
Water trawled crevice, creek cervical
Chu...
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Categories:
selects, allusion, bridal shower, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
Mind vs World: A Poetic Singularity
...Come my friend and let me lead you on
a voyage to the singularity
where mind and world collide.
For what is the mind?
A filter that selects and connects
the world as it varies
with all it...
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Categories:
selects, imagination, mystery, parody, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
I Think Of David
...Yahweh selects the weak; wasn't he, yet, strong like iron?
Like a daylily, he exposed himself before the Lord.
His flesh was weak; didn't he, yet, fight wars like a lion?
He, as a poet, proved his...
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Categories:
selects, life,
Form: Sonnet
The woman who encompasses herself in her entire being
...The woman who encompasses herself in her entire being,
When a woman possesses herself, you can enter or leave her world,
With sweet praise or harsh judgments to fill her day,
And she, regal and se...
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Categories:
selects, woman,
Form: Free verse
Zen Mode
...spontaneity too needs fuel
so it draws nectar from source
being the reservoir of the universe
holding all existence in its womb
and yet there within it it selects
effervescence of an oc...
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Categories:
selects, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Men: a Wife of Noble Character
...Men: A Wife of Noble Character
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown.
United as one, a vow husband and wife, declare to the town.
And to her, a ...
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Categories:
selects, husband, marriage, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Our Tandem Life Calliope
...I love the wrinkles upon her face
Each one completes a story
Of a time when we were younger
Living life in all her glory
I love the gray hair on her head
Each caused by a new worry
That we co...
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Categories:
selects, age, love,
Form: Rhyme
Nismo Is So Nimble
...Bulky ute voyeur selects sleek sporty stalion
Driving by, supersedes her oversized sedan
Wide wheel arches have Porche comparison
Voracious engine's enthuse easily enchants
L...
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Categories:
selects, blessing, business, simple, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Gaia Embraces the Elements
...Gaia embraces the root network of the world’s fleshiest trees
sand, stone, clay and black dirt swirl around her ancient core
gemstones of emerald, opal and topaz lie dormant
oceans figure out a pl...
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Categories:
selects, earth,
Form: Free verse
The Family We Choose
...The only difference between family and friends
although both enchant, delight and amuse…
is that destiny selects our family…
while our friends…are the family we choose:
There is this group of ...
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Categories:
selects, family, friend,
Form: Rhyme
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