Eternity in Seven Acts
..."Eternity is the simultaneous whole, seen all at once. This is the character of eternity, and this what the past and future are in God." - Augustine of Hippo
"Eternity is not t...
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Categories:
sonance, future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse
An Insomniac's Lullaby
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It is 2 AM by the room clock,
Body, helpless, detached; done
Brain, still active. Heart wanting
the sweet melody of music. Alas,
the speaker needs the electric
embrace of replenishment.
It...
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Categories:
sonance, absence, anxiety, metaphor, music,
Form: Free verse
Silencing Sonance
...Bewildering static
frames the soulless—
restlessly habitual, as
crippled philosophies efflux
amidst stunted swells,
cracked and parched
despite ocean whorls that
coat wayward sentiments, ...
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Categories:
sonance, ocean,
Form: Free verse
The Bane of the Cancered Soul
...There is no god in England
(I learned of that this day)
For when a man is stricken
He has no more to say.
He lies in expectation,
The end to shortly be,
Torment is blindly gazing out
Through e...
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Categories:
sonance, angst, bereavement, cancer,
Form: Rhyme
A Noble Tree
...The heavens shimmer
as billowy linen-white gossamer clouds slip away, as soft blossoms open for the sun.
Mystical wings of Eden brush sunset colors;
caress the rose petal; touch the lustrous c...
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Categories:
sonance, allusion, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Prose Poetry
My First Hour
...*Image from my family collection.
My First Hour
*Mom's hospital bed/private room
There
straight quite yond, mom's free passage
where
blooms dyed green, ...
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Categories:
sonance, birth, emotions, family, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Sense In Sensual
...The redolence of tropic garden orchids
A hush of tender whispers in my ear
The tang upon my lips of your amrita
A tingling on my skin as you draw near
Your fra...
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Categories:
sonance, emotions, feelings, love, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Grandma's Harmony Lives On
...Whistling bells through the wind bring me ease,
like melodies that bestow perfect tunes in harmony.
Through the breeze it’s music to my longing ears,
an aria of beauty that has become a rare ...
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Categories:
sonance, grandmother, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Visitor - Part 2 - a Collaboration With July Morning
...The Story so far continued from 'Visitor'…
An attractive extra-terrestrial female researcher sent to a remote island to observe earth and beam back her findings is struggling with unfamiliar,...
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Categories:
sonance, adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
Reparation - For Memorial Day
...A bent knee ...
Cloaked in black nylon, a briny drop from
The smooth cheek, contingent baptism
For a closed hand, it's precious cargo,
Now consecrated by circumstance and
Fate, moments befor...
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Categories:
sonance, appreciation, bereavement, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
Sonnet of Paranoid Sonance
...Sitting in silence 'neath cellar ceilings,
Creeping creeks crack in corners' crevices,
Whose acoustics are brushing my feelings,
With suggestions in sounds of a presence.
"Who goes there?" I dema...
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Categories:
sonance, fear, house, sound,
Form: Sonnet
Painting Voices
...Painting Voices
by Odin Roark
How indelible
These frequencies abounding
Filling our senses with color
Defending our spirit with aura
Voices speak
Sing
Chirp
Bellow
Cr...
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Categories:
sonance, passion,
Form: Free verse