Metaphor Strength Poems

  As heartrose epitaphs
swathe earthly echoes
   with swelled up  w a v e s
  of spiritual sirens,
sea-fairies collide
  with...

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I settle not 
within the belly 
of the tempest
nor shall I surrender
to the hounds of hellebore 
foreshadowing the darkest whims 
I can only bare to...

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Abusive rotations percolate
down; broken and cast away.
Warmth brightens in a moment.
Snapping heat darkens the next.
Even cooling age brings distant rage.
No escape from the Mighty God.
Hands...

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Deep in my shrewd mind, a storm rages on 
Dark clouds gather as the wind howls till dawn
A tempest of thoughts, I cannot control
A battle...

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I'm an emerald
echo of earth's
caterpillar, a
camouflaging
hiatus of muse
midst karmic rainstorms.
Enslaved to jealous
stars flaming within 
infernal wings,
I yearn to spellbind
sacred heaven's throne, 
chasing subconscious 
liberty in...

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That was strike two but you’re the only one keeping score
I didn't realize there were heart strings attached
You know I have trouble listening 
Yet you're...

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What is it,
to be a broken thing?

A glass, carelessly chipped
on the edge of the sink; or
a plate, smashed in anger.
To be placed at the back...

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Over white waters, a vessel
She goes dipping and bobbing,
'Cross the deep blue trestle
Her captain nearly sobbing

Hands at the helm
Still, she does not steer,
Just navigates this...

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Immeasurable is the growth possible in being understood
An acorn takes decades to produce usable hardwood
A pupil of hard lessons am I, just as anyone else...

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Today,
there are no rubber ducks
or mother's marigold skirts
to hide behind
as we once did.

In their place,
lurking dark and hoary,
a bathtub mist
updrafts thick with loose spores,
and mildew...

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Do all the words that I've turned?
Define me to all the enemies I've earned
Slowly as I ponder this
I will not trade the pen for the...

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Selected unknowingly
unwillingly
To protect and provide
for the world ahead
Expected towards greatness
at no fault of his own
Yet selfish ranks are ineligible
unfathomable 
The careless mixing
A job for unrefined...

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"No Surrender" 

The party line
was thrown 
a loop

no surrender

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
...

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Seek refuge in God, broken, for he'll repair
         Repeatedly struggling to break free 
   ...

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I held on to my past 
That should never have last
Flashes of life's horror 
Running through my head 
As I stood in front of a...

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