The Darkened Sky Stole my Tears
..."The Darkened Sky Stole my Tears"
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The Darkened Sky Stole my Tears
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Categories:
shrivelling, dark, feelings, heartbroken, lost
Form: Rhyme
Shadows of the Valley
...O' moment
of mist-glazed melancholia ~
I'm shrinking in paper-cut smokes
of shrivelling sunsets,
amidst the seizures of silence, there I surf ~
in swollen skulls of selfless swan-orchids,...
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Categories:
shrivelling, death, deep, emotions, grief,
Form: Free verse
Choose To Ascend
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How may we redress,
feelings we repress,
shrivelling our soul,
now blackened like coal?
Shortcuts do not work,
so let us not shirk,
cleansing of our heart,
which is where we st...
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Categories:
shrivelling, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
Old Age
...Old age
Threatening near
Wrinkles on forehead
Lines on corners of eye
Netted crosses on cheeks
Plumps of fat
On protruding belly
Double chins
Hanging loose
Shrivelled hands and fingers
Rese...
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Categories:
shrivelling, age, confusion, old, sad,
Form: Free verse
Life's Crushed Roses
..."life goes on...even though our hopes are crushed...
leave their dreams to the dream catchers" (By Poet)
inhaled alluring fragrance flo...
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Categories:
shrivelling, dream, life, uplifting,
Form: Verse
The Demise of Time
...Like sands
Through the hourglass
My thoughts percolate
Between instant gratification
And long-term resolution.
Like an unfaltering pool
Of sinking sand
My dissatisfaction agglutinates
With ...
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Categories:
shrivelling, anxiety, conflict, confusion, depression,
Form: Free verse
Less Drought By Words
...The hoi polloi were inquisitive of pelting
Forage famine and began to shrivelling
Drought blanket and upon the entire bush
The thatches restored ramshackle to meagre
And starvation startling the ...
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Categories:
shrivelling, absence, allah,
Form: Free verse
Pillars
...The strongest den, most beautiful place, unbreakable bond s and each others strength.
Beautiful memories wrapped and treasured.
Yes, family is the most beautiful gift one can ever get.
If ...
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Categories:
shrivelling, confusion, faith, family, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Life, a Meandering River
...A crystal vase, a bunch of withering Roses.
... it’s almost a week....
My friend congratulated me on publishing a book,
by bringing r...
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Categories:
shrivelling, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Fleeting Shivers
...It’s too
cold outside.
The blustery wind
snapped my arm in two.
My orange nose wiggled
almost escaping me.
T...
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Categories:
shrivelling, 11th grade, christmas, december,
Form: Concrete
Salt Fish
...Fish dewatered delicious
is sucked dry with salt
its flesh assaulted
rung out, and dried stark stiff.
Wishes like fishes rise in expectation
that hopes and dreams will flourish
but knock-bac...
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Categories:
shrivelling, analogy, fish, food, hope,
Form: Free verse
Carpe Diem
...Crossing those boundaries of yesterday, step into unknown.
As today is your birthright, burn with fervour; consume and rise.
Repetition is forbidden, etch out your story;...
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Categories:
shrivelling, celebration, freedom, happiness, humanity,
Form: Acrostic
Acrostic the Lines
...Across The Lines
P agan mistletoe lies at the joyous heart of rendered Christmas
A postate nonconformists celebrate another legend of how the
G reat saviour surrenders to modern conception of th...
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Categories:
shrivelling, anniversary, earth, longing, love,
Form: Acrostic
The Gardener
... "Horticulture is a groping in the dark
into the obscure and unfamiliar " James Tate,
from his poem, The Definition Of Gardening
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There is an art to gardening, yes t...
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Categories:
shrivelling, garden,
Form: Free verse
Flowers
...Blooming into creation,
A life has started.
Bright colours alive,
A life has begun.
Shrivelling away,
An old life retreating.
Bright colours fading,
An old life ending....
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Categories:
shrivelling, beauty, creation, flower, life,
Form: Haiku
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