I AM POETRY
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I AM POETRY
light penetrated dark, sound birthed
the Word ~ p o e t r y
a superlative emitting that which changes
emerging when ripened as verse
speaking to people f...
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Categories:
swivelling, allegory, character, creation, deep,
Form: Free verse
Murder of Drone Crows
...Stare
Stare
A murder of Drone Crows
Swarmed above the protest
Swivelling above the crowd
Pausing on targets identified
Hacking into their brain implants
"Disperse!"
"Disperse!"
Message...
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Categories:
swivelling, political,
Form: Free verse
Tyke Voices
...She grabbed at the quarter full pop bottle neck,
cream soda from Marsh’s,
and held like a truncheon, in the harshest
of voices
produced an otherworldly sound, GETOUT!!
“Give me a chance” and h...
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Categories:
swivelling, anger,
Form: Prose Poetry
Unconditional Acceptance
...Feeling hurt owing to belied expectation
The earth entity floundered hither and thither
Spiralling gloom causing consciousness contraction
The wound cut deep since he relied upon his trans...
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Categories:
swivelling, forgiveness, muse, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Village On the Water Iv
...Thump-thump of stiffening fish contorting
In the bilge beneath the gunwale;
Lidless, bulging, reddened eyes, swivelling upwards,
Protruding horribly from the straining sockets,
Express ...
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Categories:
swivelling, appreciation, culture, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Another Man's Treasure
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"Another Man’s Treasure"
Jetsam tumbles
broken doorbells
no one
answers
anymore
ironing boards
pressing to imprint
something of signifi...
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Categories:
swivelling, baptism, romance, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Hawai'I Nei
...Wahine hula dance all night
Swivelling hips beneath moonlight
But comes the dawn
Bikini on
They surf the waves like dynamite!...
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Categories:
swivelling, culture,
Form: Limerick
Talk To Me
...Would you please tell me where I wronged you
Said I to Love
As we sat close to each other
Yet,
Distanced!
Would you please tell me
As I understand not,
After all,
I simply obeyed the skies...
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Categories:
swivelling, hope, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
To Love Or To Battle
...The sunset was amazing,
Blinding,
Divine, wonderful!
Yet, standing on the ocean bed
Was a warship
Loaded, armed,
Ready to attack!
It felt like life on Earth had become hell
Now,
To fight...
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Categories:
swivelling, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Having To Fight
...You will have to fight to survive
Whispered the guardian angels
Watching over me
As I was swivelling in between the folds
Of consciousness lapsed in deep sleep!
You will have to fight
Even i...
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Categories:
swivelling, death, faith, hurt, life,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Leaves Meditation
...OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW IS A BRILLIANCE OF LEAVES SWIVELLING AND
DANCING ROUND AND ROUND. THE SKY IS THE COLOR OF MAPLE SYRUP.
THERE IS A HINT OF BURGUNDY ETCHED ON EACH GOLDEN LEAF (B)
YOUR HE...
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Categories:
swivelling, nature,
Form: Free verse
Small Town Fantasies
...It makes a heart glad to know
there are still, small country towns
like Woodford, where homes
with large old trees,
sit scattered between small shops
and local businesses
To think the sp...
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Categories:
swivelling, fantasy, fun, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Winter Fantasia
...Winter Fantasia.
Snowman, his coat a trillion frosty threads...crotched by Jack,
the naughty mischief maker.
Each crystal cast perfect by Boreas. #
Blizzard bullies, b...
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Categories:
swivelling, beauty, fantasy, happiness, nature,
Form: Narrative
The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Fifteen
...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Fifteen
She dreamed a dream all unfulfilled all through the dragging day
Even while she tossed and grumbled half-starved and in dismay
Two lives she lived as...
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Categories:
swivelling, allegory,
Form: Rubaiyat
Tuna On the Cob
...Scented ember a moulted smoulder
Skied as crackling softness
Spied and felt thru a film of dexterity
Uncalibrated, solvent, translucid
Trance and dance
Street fleet, guttering inhabited by creased ...
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Categories:
swivelling, metaphor,
Form: Fibonacci
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