Flying Ace Kills It
...Snoopy was slamming through the skies
At top speed, stealthier than the other fliers
Flying ace of the year, he assured anyone who would listen
Tweety bird sat in the co-pilot seat, knowing he’d b...
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Categories:
stealthier, dog, dream,
Form: Light Verse
Twas the Night Before Cexmas
...This poem was submitted for a work competition at CEX
Twas the first day of CeXmas, and all through the land
The taverns were a buzz as grog was in hand,
Participants were giddy about the quests...
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Categories:
stealthier, character, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Rumi Translation: the Field
...The Field
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lazes in such lush gr...
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Categories:
stealthier, earth, green, islamic, rights,
Form: Epigram
Rumi Translation: Birdsong
...Birdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry...
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Categories:
stealthier, bird, music, poetry, poets,
Form: Verse
Electric Hum
...The electric hum never stops
Even when the lights are dark
And my thoughts are unleashed
To traverse every known world.
An undeserved sentence from
Those not any the wiser
Has sent me here, thi...
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Categories:
stealthier, grief, missing you,
Form: Free verse