After the Party, I Woke up on a Tropical Island
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It being a holiday, with friends, I went to chill out
In a gregarious company, partying was sheer fun
After a heavy booze, my first-time experience,
I fell flat, plunging into deep ...
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Categories:
tall growing, appreciation, confusion, dream, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Cardinal and the Rose
...Cardinal, a bird of all seasons was seen flying
in a cloak of feathers in flaming red
and a small crest upon his head.
He looked an enchanting sight,
in the blue panorama of the sky
amid cur...
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Categories:
tall growing, bird, flower, friendship, love,
Form: Free verse
Down a Forest Path
..."Has solitude ever led your steps down a forest path . . . "
Quote by Constance La France
On a beautiful afternoon, seeking solitude
I set out on a...
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Categories:
tall growing, beauty, cheer up, solitude,
Form: Verse
The Rolling Humpback Hills
...The rolling humpback hills
dips down into the valley
Fading off into the horizon.
Giving the illusions of vast herds of buffalos.
Roaming and grazing peacefully
Across the sun lite plains,
Ove...
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Categories:
tall growing, animal, dance, fantasy, flower,
Form: Free verse
The Smiles of Spring
...Forerunner winds, spring.
Plants already tall, growing.
Old friendships, showing.
2/3/2022
Rhymed Senryu...
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Categories:
tall growing, spring,
Form: Senryu
The Humpback Hills
...The rolling humpback hills.
Fade off into the horizon.
Giving the illusions of vast herds of buffalos.
Roaming and grazing peacefully across the sun lite plains,
Over fertile fields of...
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Categories:
tall growing, adventure, america, animal, art,
Form: Free verse
Distance Lends Enchantment
...“Distance lends enchantment...”
They say distance lends enchantment and true love
weathers all seasons; but, sometimes I wonder
whether the distance becomes obscured by changing
winds and billo...
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Categories:
tall growing, emotions, feelings, imagery, life,
Form: Blank verse
Two Things I Miss
...TWO THINGS I MISS
Two things I miss - my children and my garden.
Just being there and seeing with delight
That my flowers have enough for all their needs.
Keeping from overpo...
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Categories:
tall growing, family,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme