A True Story
...One need only open an old chest, or turn on a light in an attic, to journey back in time. Every scrap of clothing, old photograph is a life and a history. Essence remains.
As I often write at n...
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Categories:
tacitly, death, gothic, imagination, romantic,
Form: Prose Poetry
like a breath of fresh air
...like a breath of fresh air...
and all things considered,
broadcast on national public radio
Frequency: 90.9WHYY-FM,
I (a liberal democrat)
counted myself as an avid fan
particularly listening...
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Categories:
tacitly, absence, adventure, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
I weep for me
...I loathe what I have become
Things I tacitly permissed
Weigh me down with water
Shameful of my tears
That I am thin of heart and humour
Quick to temper now
Hard and dark, where once
Was sof...
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Categories:
tacitly, hurt, lonely, sad,
Form: Free verse
The Door of Uncertainty
...“Let`s greet everybody with love,
We know not when and in what shape
We may meet the Almighty Lord.”-By Author
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Categories:
tacitly, appreciation, bird, blessing, life,
Form: Rhyme
Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed
...Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed
Pardon my hyperbole if in fact such embellishment can be sifted out amidst the pretentious poetry and/or prose NOT aired to appear superior, but more so ...
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Categories:
tacitly, anniversary, appreciation, birth, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Invested
...A peeping eye, like pendulum, swinging through the keyhole.
Just to pass the time.
It's a curious thing.
Flicks transfixed betwixed the clicks of the ticks of the clock as it shifts.
What is it s...
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Categories:
tacitly, dark,
Form: Free verse
Nay Say I
...Nay say I
the cart
will not
be put
before the horse
wisdom as old as time
I will therefore
not
tacitly
or
overtly
tip the nod
in “bro” fashion
in support
of your comments
abo...
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Categories:
tacitly, humor,
Form: Free verse
Vernal Equinox
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In the frozen grip of winter's chaperone,
Cinderella gets walzted in like a dirty faced hussy.
As light and darkness stand side by side
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Categories:
tacitly, art,
Form: Ode
Through the night's veil, in whispers, I moved my steps along
...Through the night's veil, in whispers, I moved my steps along,
Somewhere, a light within the darkness, sparked a straight and fiery throng,
The secret of time, always hidden beneath pointless repri...
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Categories:
tacitly, creation,
Form: Free verse
Yuletide pageant merry go round
...Yuletide pageant merry go round
Panoply of mystical elements of holly day style
breathe prez sense frostily exhaled aired
per millennia athwart
(this terrestrial spaceship planet Earth)
two ...
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Categories:
tacitly, angel, appreciation, birth, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Seek Shelter
...Will you come, Oh merciful Lord?
To touch and heal my bleeding heart.
When I sob in suppressed agony,
Ease my heart so torn apart.
I entreat with a voice distressed,
To the one w...
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Categories:
tacitly, angst, god, inspiration, sweet
Form: Rhyme
Culpable
...Written for Ink Empress' 'Unwritten Absence' Poetry Contest.
C(ulpa)ble
Your unwritten absence unravelled much
Disrobing piteously your impure intent
Starkly exposing a ravaged soul as such...
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Categories:
tacitly, anger, emotions, hurt, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
The Finis Sing Touches Touche
...The finis sing touches touché
Knead dull brows knitted;
belief system I cogitate
gearing thee ordinary bipedal hominid
acquiesces to deck the halls
of the mountain (dew) king with boughs
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Categories:
tacitly, 12th grade, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Beddie Bye Boo Ski Time For Yours Truly and Or the Missus
...Beddie bye boo ski time for yours truly and/or the missus
Found us abed thee twelfth day
of December, cuz yours truly
still felt dehydration, physical
fatigue and soreness,
which possibly li...
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Categories:
tacitly, angel, december, dream, good
Form: Rhyme
Ordinary Hero
...There goes my hero, he’s ordinary,
like in the Foo Fighters song
Carries no airs or graces,
makes me feel like I belong
A family member perhaps,
even a workmate, or friend
Someone who can...
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Categories:
tacitly, allusion, hero, people,
Form: Rhyme
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