Short Ivy Covered Poems
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Voices That Call
Real poets do not hide
behind ivy covered walls
But write within the maelstrom
—of those voices that call
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)...
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Categories:
ivy covered, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Dearest Alma Mater
tradition-drenched halls
ivy-covered walls
dearest alma mater
why'd you flatter
me with this sham degree
I've no skills, no connections
my classmates take their meals
in the house of corrections...
you took my money, awakened false hopes
hooked me on oxycontin, a pill-popping dope...
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Categories:
ivy covered, career, drug, education, sad,
Form:
Couplet
Graveyard Angels
wings unfurled in protection
eroded from surrounding rudiments
along a beacon of illumination
visage composed and serene
branching arms cradling cleaving souls
afraid to fade into eternal rest
gifts born from remembrance
weeping, wilting, worn
beneath a wandering ivy-covered guide
quiescent consignor of peace
beyond the cessation of life
- suspended in advocation...
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Categories:
ivy covered, angel, grave,
Form:
Free verse
Chutes and Ladders
Ivy-covered sheepskin, firmly in hand
the confident graduate, square-jawed and tan
Pulled offers from prestigious start-ups all over the land
a year later he played lead guitar, hat in hand
He, ever-grateful to his folks for those music lessons
They, bleary-eyed from all the therapy sessions
Yet Patience will out, and Time always tells
Perhaps by thirty-five he'll own an oil well...
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Categories:
ivy covered, career, confidence, education, poverty, time,
Form:
Couplet