Etched in Stone
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Etched in Stone
In the soothing serene silence of a shining summer day
Strolling along a lonely alley laid in black stones
Bordered on both sides with verdant ...
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Categories:
sporadically, appreciation, life,
Form: Free verse
Standing With And For Liberty
...If you stand strongly with and for Liberty
I will fearlessly join you
If you stand firmly for Freedom
I will cheer the noble gestures of your kingdom
If you stand enthusiastically for ...
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Categories:
sporadically, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Santa Claus Was Afraid to Pass Through Port-au-Prince, Haiti
...Papa Noël was afraid to pass through on Christmas Day
In the streets of Port-au-Prince. Bullets were being fired in droves
Sporadically, haphazardly. Many people were hiding under beds
Naughty ter...
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Categories:
sporadically, black african american, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Things That Should Grow on Trees
...Things That Should Grow on Trees
Things that should grow on trees include:
big sea birds with
extremely long wings, old-fashioned shoe
horns, tape recorders who
play sporadically cries of
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Categories:
sporadically, humor,
Form: Free verse
The Armorous Blues
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Blessed by Jupiter adorned by Saturn,
reckless and just a bit larger than life;
For desire and a little fire we yearn;
So much of the Universe left to learn
cutting through time with a celest...
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Categories:
sporadically, emotions, feelings, space,
Form: Villanelle
The Cheater
...I gave you my body,
I gave you my soul,
I gave you my heart,
Until we get old.
Your lies and the hiding,
Have all but nearly ruined me,
The lies and the cheating,
The trauma runs through me...
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Categories:
sporadically, betrayal, break up, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Here Come April Showers
...Here come April showers.
Here come the last snow flurries.
The trees are jolly and rejuvenating,
Since the weather is now cool, spring
Is here. Yes, the lilies are blooming.
Here come the fled...
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Categories:
sporadically, beauty, giggle, growth, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
My Body Explained in Metaphor
...My Body Explained in Metaphor
My Life is an ever-changing hill.
I stagger up foot over foot
And hand over hand
If I’m lucky occasionally I trot down
My eyes are two cameras
They focus on wh...
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Categories:
sporadically, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Essence of my Poetry
...How do I praise your influence, oh Rumi?
For you are the essence of my poetry.
Poet's quote.
I was lost in mournful melodies of birds,
until death brought me back to l...
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Categories:
sporadically, appreciation, life, philosophy,
Form: Masnavi
Mind Rooms
...She finds herself
in a room much too small for her mind.
Cigarettes of hope and despair
burn all night.
She eats sporadically,
rehearses her soul-talk regularly.
Her history was once line...
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Categories:
sporadically, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Tapestry of Memory
...Written: October 16, 2023
Changed past Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Fire Bird
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The intricate tapestry of my ...
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Categories:
sporadically, analogy, appreciation, fate, father
Form: Rhyme
Rains Excess
...The rain drops sporadically
hitting every pain of glass
till all is wet to touch
the rain pours down deeply now
splattering up on the grass
till it's too much
the rain runs a steady stream...
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Categories:
sporadically, april,
Form: Free verse
Halcyon
...“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”
Lana Del Rey
Happiness with peace for the masses comes sporadically,
And at times it feels like periods of gre...
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Categories:
sporadically, history,
Form: Acrostic
The Captive Quill
...Written: September 09, 2023
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In the abyss of night, I'm held captive tight.
Addiction to idioms fuels my Phoebus fight.
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Categories:
sporadically, addiction, analogy, appreciation, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Luna Landings
...The measure of immensity
is a small step,
just a footfall
snagged by a tufted hole
in the space-time fabric.
The way you fall is the way
you get out of your bed
when the day is already too b...
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Categories:
sporadically, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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