Holiday Greenery
...The Cloisters is a special place,
Medieval and austere,
Assembled from five monasteries
Brought from France to here.*
Within its walls are gardens,
All meticulous and neat
And to celebrate th...
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Categories:
swags, appreciation, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Memorial Day 2024 origin of holiday
...Memorial Day – 2024... origin of holiday
Strong and brave men and women
gave their level best
crème de la crème
strongest and bravest
leaving grieving significant others
with emotional ago...
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Categories:
swags, absence, america, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Tapestry of Life
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January 22, 2024
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Divergent viewpoints can arise
Whilst triumphant variously savor
Glorious tune of achievement,
Gain glo...
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Categories:
swags, analogy, appreciation, beauty, dream,
Form: Free verse
Greenling Elegy - Revision
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clouded omens across code
the objective fact of the atmosphere here
starves even the most modest
ambitions of fish outside their home waters
journey of yearning mundane
day-glow gradients ...
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Categories:
swags, animal, betrayal, death, extended
Form: Suzette Prime
A Seance In Lancashire
...The air was damp inside the house, chill creeping through the walls
Swags and Tails with dusty eyes seep through the faded falls.
The garish group sat silently hands splayed upon a table square
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Categories:
swags, dark, funny, halloween, hilarious,
Form: Rhyme
Twisted
...Twisted
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Horrie's words became confused and twisted
though careful people (like me) thought we understood.
What I could not understand
was his appearance -
that golden beard become...
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Categories:
swags, character,
Form: Free verse
Four Cafes
...High above the quiet, darkened streets of January, the night wind begins to whisper secrets through my apartment window casements. Far below me lie four cafes, all in sync as they awaken from daytime...
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Categories:
swags, character, drink, eve, humanity,
Form: Prose
The Devil Also Pray
...In all your doings, acknowledge your weakness.
For all to count, subscribe to His power.
Forget the current situations' bleakness,
For favour shall outpour breakthrough's miraculous shower.
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Categories:
swags, addiction, art, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
The Harmless Walkway
...Walk for peace as quiet as a stranger
Tread softly without digress on this road
It does look so lovely to endanger
So, neither jump nor leap like a smart toad
Switch left or right if that is ...
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Categories:
swags, anxiety, art, emotions, fear,
Form: Sonnet
Cellphone Or Book
...I suppose no speech or pen can reveal.
Hidden mysteries of the cell buzzer.
Whose sleek screes fit conjointly like a deal.
To boast about such a complex shudder.
A thin membrane tha...
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Categories:
swags, analogy, books,
Form: Sonnet
Shooting Star Across the Sky
...Christmas fills the air
With scent of goodies to share,
Pinecones, poinsettias weaved swags;
Wishes in stockings and Santa's bag,
Kitties snuggle and puppy tail wags.
A Christmas W...
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Categories:
swags, christmas,
Form: Lyric
The Broken House of Lady Lick-Penny
...I have always lived in this house.
Yet, these floors I don’t seem to remember.
From parlour to pantry there were once rugs
from Persia and Minton tiles of cherry in the halls.
Now the boards are ...
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Categories:
swags, beauty, dream, innocence, lost,
Form: Free verse
Cymbric Vale
...I believed that I was rural … that I lived in country style,
where the city was close handy … that big distance was a mile.
Trains and buses ferried daily; a freeway ran close by …
comforts of the...
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Categories:
swags, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Sleep
...tiger stretches legs
tail swags back and forth in breeze
eyes closed in slumber
January 25, 2021
Poetry soup syllable counter...
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Categories:
swags, adventure, animal,
Form: Haiku
From My Hammock
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I turn off the spicket of daily business
From inside the cocoon
Of my hammock
My world seems different
As I gently sway, caressed in suspension
No effort needed
To watch the gracefu...
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Categories:
swags, art, creation, muse, writing,
Form: Free verse
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