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Seed in the Shadows

...In seventh grade’s uncertain glow,
She sat outside where shadows grow.
Backpacks slumped, the sunlight waned,
While restless truths could not be named.

A thought slipped free, both shy and sly,...

Underneath the Overpass

...Underneath the overpass as I was passing by,?
Something in the shadows, a shape had caught my eye.?
I couldn’t tell just what it was—intrusive thoughts owned me,?
For once I didn’t understand the ...

Possessed

...My eyes followed her.  They wouldn't behave.
Her strut, her smile, a wicked challenge gave.
The angel on my shoulder warned, "femme fatale",
telling me kindly, "this time, let me make the call".
...

A Mother's Pain

...Two mothers who never met were connected by tragedy, murder and death.
They gave birth to two different offspring that in one moment would alter both women’s lives.

	Violet did her best to raise ...

When the last knight left

...Now a knight without a horse, 
And his sword without a cause. 

With the falling of his kind, 
Shall there be truth, he can find?

With head slumped from all the pain, 
Memories lost, no pictu...

CASEY’S SECOND CHANCE!

...The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two, with but an inning left to play.
And when Cooney fell at first, and Barrows met the same,
A hush of sorrow...

Conquered, Part VIII

...His head slumped low and he looked like a most unhappy man,
said, “My peoples’ laws forbid it, both of us would be hanged.”
She rolled her eyes and said, “I’ not talking laws of this earth,
I know...

And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War

...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War

Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden...

The Bar on Beer Street and Gin Lane

...They gather where the signs hang crooked,
under gaslight glare and broken clocks,
where the barkeep’s eyes are twin shot glasses—
fogged, but watching.

Gin Lane rolls in on tired boots,
her la...

Whispers Between the Circles

...In the dim-lit dusk of a shattered world,
where shadows gather but souls do not meet,
I wandered—a hollow echo of Virgil’s path—
between the ruins of ambition and ash.

“This is the way the worl...

A Pocketful of Sunshine

...They come with pockets full of sunshine,
yellow pills like dying stars,
scattered along Kensington’s broken spine—
this avenue of hollow breaths and burnt-out dreams.

Neon signs flicker in the ...

My Bloody Valentine

...*Vaaz= vase 

You offered roses delivered thorns, blood drips and your body adorns ~
Slumped, soaked in crimson your heart forever mine, retribution has come, my bloody valentine—by Poet
...

Last Exam: A Sijo of Sorts

...My exam is over and everyone is plugged in on phones
earbuds in, except for him, who sleeps, slumped on desk, bag in front
with me the only one who can hear him snoring.
...

Adrenaline Junket

...The vague and the abstract turned into a contract,
adrenaline junkies, now joined in a dare.
With hands up, no screaming, they’d both go careening,
defying gravity at the State Fair.

W...

Jelly Jill and Sister Jill

...J.J. sat quietly in the library,
Thumbing through a stack of books, looking quite contrary—
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Sprat, Little Jack Horner, and Jack and Jill,
Sifting through, trying not to make n...

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