Juxtapositions of Soul
...Sponsor : Regina Macintosh
submission : 2/7/25
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Categories:
soundlessly, allusion, change, character, deep,
Form: Epic
Silvery Dreamscape
...With your silvery dreamscape ajar,
I catch glimpses of the stars.
Let me be dotted in your constellation—
not a star, just dust in your imagination.
But never tell me I’m your aberration.
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Categories:
soundlessly, sky, space, star,
Form: Sonnet
The Face In The Mirror
...Visage stark and eyes of steel
He shares my thoughts and what I feel
And seems to know more than I’ve known
The face in the mirror sees through me.
He knows my faults, my secret sins
And bears...
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Categories:
soundlessly, confusion, fear, hurt, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Only love knows
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When the stars send their gentle glow, whispering
winking, flirting with the shadows cast over the night’s sky
breaking through the horizon – strewn haphazardly
sometimes so careful to rip...
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Categories:
soundlessly, appreciation, god, hope, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The Starling
...When I was small
the starlings roosted one by one
on grandma’s party line wire
(like jittery black clothespins)
to bandy their gossip back and forth
until the wire hummed
with their inanities....
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Categories:
soundlessly, bird, childhood, death,
Form: Free verse
Persuaded
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During the worst storms, when the heart mourns and warns, there comes a hope for more, hope for love that is beyond our knowing, love that is overflowing, love that is soundlessly growing
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Categories:
soundlessly, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
The Butterfly
...“If we sit down and gently gaze at a butterfly
With a tranquil mind and calm spirit free from stress
Like happiness, it may come and rest on our palm
Heedless for a while, and then part away like...
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Categories:
soundlessly, appreciation, beauty, butterfly, happiness,
Form: Couplet
A Beautiful Breathtaking Evening
..."As the setting sun pours colors on the firmament and the evening dresses up in shades of amber, let hearts sing of the beauty of nature and praise the master craftsman who designs everything" ~ By P...
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Categories:
soundlessly, appreciation, beauty, eve,
Form: Alliteration
Spring also known as vernal equinox arrives March 20th, 2025
...Spring (also known as vernal) equinox arrives March 20th, 2025
at 5:01?AM in Northern Hemisphere
out of hibernation,
sans mancave, I will climb
eastern standard time,
when calendrical, celesti...
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Categories:
soundlessly, adventure, beautiful, bird, birth,
Form: Free verse
echoes of the silent shore
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soundlessly reverberations travel
from root to crown and beyond any pitch
send laughter and tranquil adventure
accord to the spine like poetry’s chant
ring in the presence void from
previous ...
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Categories:
soundlessly, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Arthur Rimbaud translations of Antico, Reve Pour l'hiver and Dawn
...Arthur Rimbaud Translations of Antico (“Ancient” or “Antique”), Rêvé Pour l'hiver (“Winter Dream”), and Dawn
Antico (“Ancient” or “Antique”)
by Arthur Rimbaud
loose translation/interpretatio...
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Categories:
soundlessly, body, dream, flower, heart,
Form: Free verse
Shattered dreams of New Canaan
...Shattered dreams of New Canaan
no longer land of the free home of the brave,
original rightful occupants hoodwinked, petrified,
where diseases xeroxed
ambushed, crushed, extinguished,
squashed...
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Categories:
soundlessly, allegory, america, analogy, animal,
Form: Free verse
When winter speaks
...When winter speaks to us speechlessly, The whole world is very beautiful,
Workers' work the least day hours by feel us, ...
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Categories:
soundlessly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Life's Calling
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sipping cider, and pumpkin spice
nurturing joy, autumn’s sweet price
blessing my heart, leaves keep falling
raining grace on my life’s calling
warm thoughts caress my soul’s int...
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Categories:
soundlessly, autumn, beautiful, christian, inspiration,
Form: Kyrielle
Soul Speak
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When the soul stirs from the silence,
Like tears, trembling with yearnings,
So deep, so powerful, flowing soundlessly,
On rivers of muted reflections, intimate…
on hearts, resti...
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Categories:
soundlessly, appreciation, christian, faith, gospel,
Form: Free verse
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