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Dust Bowl Dream

...Play a role till the gold of your soul runs dry
leave the ghost town far enough behind
through the parched winter of the mind
search for virgin glitter on the next horizon

The sirens sing to en...

Categories: sifter, dream,
Form: Rhyme

Crumbs

...I am a sifter
So I can be objective
Regarding the sincerity of my smile
About why I laugh
About whom I assign
The key that renders my being whole

I am a sifter
So I can be intentional
Regar...

Categories: sifter, allegory, courage, destiny, how
Form: Rhyme

winners and losers

...shifting

the soup of gravy
poured into a shifter 
the residue 
is thrown away
if we assume the sifted
is a soup
we shall not know
if the lumps 
in the sifter is the truth
no one
wanted t...

Categories: sifter, adventure, africa, age, best
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Larry, Moe And Curly

...Helter-skelter, upper-downer, 
Bigger smaller, richer poorer
Bitter sweeter, kinder meaner
Sifter opener, thicker thinner.

Meek or dumb, pinky and thumb
Top or bottom, height and fathom.
Head...

Categories: sifter, hilarious,
Form: Alliteration

Glorious Ride Into the Night

...Had become a drifter as well as some sifter  
Found hereafter that existed in my rafter; 
Kneeled on my knees and begged please;
God remove sins now blowing in a breeze.

Then the earth shifted ...

Categories: sifter, allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?

Heaven's Blend

...Lightning in a bottle
  Moonbeams in a sifter

Star dust in a sugar shaker ~
  Bartender ever swifter...

Categories: sifter, drink,
Form: Rhyme

Grandmother's House

...Grandmother’s house,
An old-fashioned space
Where I loved to visit -
A special place.
Bubbling jam and
Pickles in jars
A kitchen just meant
For juvenile stars.
Flour in the sifter
As well as...

Categories: sifter, appreciation, childhood, grandmother, happiness,
Form: Rhyme

Not Just a Sand Box

...In my backyard is my children's sand box 
With a lid to keep out contamination.
In it is the finest sand.
This is where my children use their imagination
To build make believe accommodations
The...

Categories: sifter, adventure, art, beauty, children,
Form: Villanelle

Absent Fathers

...With no guidance—love— or compliments from you  
it is no wonder — why — she fell in love with men she never knew...                                                           

you never gave her ...

Categories: sifter, absence,
Form: Rhyme

Brain Jewels

...Mysterious brain jewel radiation chamber
Prismatic refraction blue sapphire ruby emerald amber
 
Electromagnetic spectrum distribution
Tubular nerve net staccato syncopation
 
Chameleon shape b...

Categories: sifter, technology,
Form: Free verse

I Must Write

...I couldn't sit idly by with my arms up in the air
Nor could I not at least try or ever no longer care
No I can not just be silent and not say anything at all
Thus these messages I have sent, sayin...

Categories: sifter, faith, jesus,
Form: Rhyme

Noneday

...Have you ever had a Noneday?
It's a day that disappears.
You were hoping for a fun day,
But you somehow shifted gears.

As the hours slipped through your fingers,
Like a sifter filled with sand,
Time...

Categories: sifter, time,
Form: Rhyme

Baking With Kids

...There's nothing better
Than teaching kids to cook
You must be mentally prepared
And know how the kitchen is going to look

Pouring any liquid
Into a measuring cup
Should just be done on the ki...

Categories: sifter, childhood, education, family, happiness,
Form: Rhyme