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Shuffling Souls in Shifting Sands

Shifting standards in drifting sands,
where forgiveness is a sundae treat,
spins the wheel of fortune
to shuffle-card mode. 
Where truth is discounted, 
by dealing cards face-up, 
and uncounted.

Categories: shuffling, forgiveness, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Shuffling the Deck to Fall Asleep, Perchance

Falling asleep is such sweet sorrow!
Alas, lullabies are so 'Yesterday''!
It started with counting sheep:
Knit one, Purl One,
Knit two Together,
Promenading One by One, 
Fluffy Cute Wee little Lambs,
Jumping over a fence.
One, two, three, four........
zzzzzzzzzzz
But, the shepherds
shooed the flock back inside the shed.
Said it was midnight mayhem - 
'duffing sheep to rustle sleep'!
So the Hypnos Somnus Gurus

Categories: shuffling, sleep,
Form: Free verse

Shuffling Through

Inspired by the Onomatopoeia Contest (2024), sponsored by Emile Pinet.

Mid-day invaded my spirits with blah. 
I sauntered the path to the coffee shop
and heard my friends blabbing on endlessly,
astir with the recent barista flop.

I swallowed a mouthful of latte,
gagged and gargled with an unwanted flush
of caramel nut crème tickling my throat.
It made my gustatory senses

Categories: shuffling, drink, onomatopoeia, words,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Out-Shuffling of Stars and Witches and Angels

My hand splits the deck, divides the weight  
of galaxies and shadows, halves of fate.  
At a drive-in, the Cutlass grows hot; glass bursts  
like safety-grade stars scattered between laps,  
a witch pulling shards from her hair—  
blood owed but not her own.  

Starlings improvise in mirrors of sky

Categories: shuffling, allusion, america, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Shuffling Slowly

The snow turned into freezing rain
So walking wasn’t easy.
We shuffled slowly; fear of falling
Made me slightly queasy.

As younger folk went traipsing by
I realized, on reflection,
That once-upon-a-time my body 
Needed no protection.

Yet, though in shape, I worry now
For aging bones may shatter
So caution reigns supreme as mind’s
Triumphant over matter.

Categories: shuffling, age, weather,
Form: Rhyme

Shuffling Snow

shuffling snow...coal
boots forfeit the steel pavement
...scuff marks left behind

12/2/2018

Categories: shuffling, winter,
Form: Haiku

Shuffling Feet

Joys increase where hearts lie open
To the sun and reign,
Where Jack and Jill are King and Queen,
Diamonds or no.
Pharaoh and Caesar 
Must bow down
To the spade and to the plough.

Augurs of harvest utter
Words of life and words of death.
Black the gallows, red the wine.
Nimble or club-footed we glide, or shuffle,
To the dance.
Does Death sleeve every

Categories: shuffling, dream, games, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Shuffling Wreck

Shuffling wreck, legacy of a life well spent;
Knees creaking, clicking articulations, a
Spine complaining, shoulder crunching. 
Legs spindly toothpicks beneath a pregnant olive,
A-cups sagging. Lungs afire at the 
Leaping up of stairs, gasping breaths.

A visit to the dungeon of torture, the gymn, 
Where perceptions of self are confronted in 
cruel mirrors, is penance for past sins…unredeemed
By

Categories: shuffling, body, change, funny, happiness,
Form: Verse

Shuffling With Shel

(Shuffling with Shel)
   Ode to Shel Silverstein

The master taps across the stage
Wiggling rhymes upon his page
Tapping, leaping, letting go
Silly poems that steal the show.

Heel, shuffle,
Heel, step
Like A Runny Babbit
Falling up
Flap, heel, turn
A Light is in the Attic.

Spying, listening to his moves
Tapping out his beat
The rhymes that skip across my ears
Are silly, yet so

Categories: shuffling, dance, children, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme

Shuffling

rambling down the street

click clack
clack click

follow the feet

walking tall 

towards the place
where all pretenders 
seek

click
clack

as the mirror reflects the 
mountain so steep 

clack
click

the peak so high
valley so low

rambling down the street,

to the 


end 


it's me I meet

Categories: shuffling, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Shuffling

A set of cards create a complicated case of games
The cards speed up-- is this how the game goes?
They are scattered with honesty and blames
People are crowned with sweet wins, separating kins from foes

These maniac cards seem to test my knowledge
I suppose practice makes perfect, but in this case, I'm a lower average

I learned that

Categories: shuffling, adventure, faith, friendship, happiness,
Form: Rhyme