Memorial Day
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For soldiers who died in the service of
my nation, there was made a holiday -
a time to show them remembrance and love
strewing flowers on graves beneath which lay
corpses gone to bone but not ...
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Categories:
strewing, war,
Form: Sonnet
a day of recogning
...A Day of Reckoning
Forenoon, it had been raining during the night
the wizened winter landscape was now green
and amongst olive trees long-legged sheep grazed;
their pastor and, on occasions, ...
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Categories:
strewing, abuse, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Blank verse
- Haiku X 314 - pink flowering -
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gems in abundance
the cherry tree's sacred breath -
spring strewing flowers...
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Categories:
strewing, beauty, nature, spring,
Form: Haiku
Sundrops
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Sundrops dapple umbrageous trees
strewing uncut diamonds, littering the path
with ambient flickers of what lies beyond.
Sundrops freckle ocean's surface
accenting the ripples that pa...
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Categories:
strewing, environment, insect, nature, ocean,
Form: Tristich
Extraordinary Beauty
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I must admit I like pigeons cooing,
while seeds for them I am strewing;
I adore their pretty feather hues,
the shades of green, purple and blues;
I love how they bob their heads ...
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Categories:
strewing, bird,
Form: Rhyme
I'd like for us to spend the night together
...I'd like for us to spend the night together,
Within the dark fabric of the sky where stars are sparse,
To deeply inhale the mystery of a world concealed,
And to fly voiceless into a dream that nev...
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Categories:
strewing, love,
Form: Free verse
tarred by the same brush
...Tarred by the same brush
In the ongoing slaughter of Palestinian children
one misses a voice from Israel, so far, it is silent
The expectation is for Jews witnessing this horror
falling back t...
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Categories:
strewing, blessing, books, care,
Form: Blank verse
Summer Came Softly
...I was a zealous environmental scientist, preserving green on our blue planet;
To benefit all animals, plants and people, under sunset skies of pomegranate.
I strived hard to reverse pollution, fo...
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Categories:
strewing, color, fantasy, green, imagery,
Form: Couplet
Dazzling Cosmos
...Written: September 22, 2023
No 1242 New Poem Only Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand
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Jewe...
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Categories:
strewing, analogy, appreciation, beauty, stars,
Form: Other
Stardust Serenade
...Written: September 10, 2023
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In the tapestry of twilight's shroud,
Where dreams and wonders are allowed,
Jewel winks, s...
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Categories:
strewing, analogy, beautiful, beauty, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Whispering Praises Without a Tongue
...WHISPERING PRAISES WITHOUT A TONGUE
how can I praise Him
without a tongue whispering
beneath my chin my voice box
opens resurgent’s
strewing out atrocities
whisperings without a tongue?
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Categories:
strewing, irony, meaningful, metaphor,
Form: Sedoka
Vaporised Self
...pristine awareness
a vaporised bliss mist
offers desire no niche
onto which it may anchor
thereby becoming still
in the void of no-thingness
the distillation process
yet continues relentles...
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Categories:
strewing, life, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Music To My Eyes
...I was a passionate, aspiring musician, striving quite hard to be a success;
As nature lovers try hard to succeed, at living where pretty flowers press.
Rosy days teemed with activity and planning...
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Categories:
strewing, beautiful, color, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Couplet
On Bullying
...Jesus did teach us to turn the other cheek,
But never suggested we ought to be weak
In those instances of obvious wrongdoing
He sent the moneychangers gelt strewing,
And he called out...
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Categories:
strewing, anti bullying, bullying, perspective,
Form: Couplet
No Longer In Possession
...I was an active and happy person, whose sole hobby was collecting treasures,
As night collects vast amounts of silver, with its precious moonlight measures.
I loved to amass unusual items, like f...
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Categories:
strewing, dream, family, fantasy, fire,
Form: Couplet
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