Sailors' Souls
...Solitary seafarer sings sea chanties,
salty sea breeze serenity,
sea birds skim waves,
suddenly, so many sailors' souls
of the sunken WW II ship USS Indianapolis
started singing sonorous,
soari...
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Categories:
solemnized, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Love For Keeps
...Merging of hearts, solemnized as one
Cruising darts, piloted by the Almighty One
Scents of Chrysanthemum, crowned in leis
Glade of momentum, sweeping for deis
As you renew your vows
There are ...
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Categories:
solemnized, marriage,
Form: Epithalamium
Durga Pooja
...Slayer of Mahishasura, the buffalo demon,
Durga resembles Greek mythical spirit Eudaemon;
Symbol of motherhood, strength, safety, destruction and wars,
Amalgamation of goddesses and their divine ...
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Categories:
solemnized, celebration, culture, religious,
Form: Rhyme
911 Recall
...My commute was about half an hour, and I was due at work at 9am.
Normally, most of my news came when I was driving, which was what
I did for a living at the time. I departed for work, and as usual,...
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Categories:
solemnized, america, anniversary, dark, hate,
Form: Narrative
A Historic Event
...The Wall
A near three thousand names called out that day;
now fifteen years, they've solemnized the date
so labeled Nine-Eleven, to now stay
within our memories as tragic fate.
But l...
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Categories:
solemnized, bereavement, sorrow, tribute,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
A Nuptial Tale
...“Why d’you take so much care? Why don’t you dump her altogether?”
That’s the question they ask me for the umpteenth time and more.
She lies upon her bed; her blank stares pierce the mirror ...
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Categories:
solemnized, betrayal, character, dark, satire,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Suffolk
...We live in a little valley
once famous for cedar trees.
The name is no longer a label
but celebrates the past
as do most places in this country.
It is a place with monuments
old but not ancient,
un...
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Categories:
solemnized, history, home, retirement,
Form: Free verse
Antecedents
...How sweet it
would have been,
the nectar's of my divine,
the room of my
reminiscence
full of solemnized,
I adore thee,
chaste in my thoughts,
never ending,
never ceasing my
sanquineus,
Ba...
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Categories:
solemnized, lost love, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
Antecedents
...How sweet it
would have been,
the nectar’s of my divine,
the room of my
reminiscence
full of solemnized.
I adore thee,
chaste in my thoughts,
never ending,
never ceasing my
sanguineus.
Ba...
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Categories:
solemnized, tribute,
Form: Free verse
The Church and the Graveyard .
...THE CHURCH AND THE GRAVEYARD
The Graveyard stood behind the Church,
Perhaps they are mysteriously compatible!
Through the front door of the Church you enter,
And with time, through the rear ...
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Categories:
solemnized, religionlife, world, life,
Form: Rhyme