Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many
...Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many
(A Native American Food Source)
Hard-cast shell
flung down in Fall,
food for man and beast
nuggets of forested treasure,
Nature
sprinkles its bounty
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Categories:
tannic acid, creation, history, humanity, native
Form: Verse
It Was the Third of June
...June Second at the beach we played scrabble
He protested the use of “ode”
I told him of the “Ode to Billy Joe”
With friends we laughed the entire way home
And when they left, Daniel proposed...
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Categories:
tannic acid, lost love, dog, dog,
Form: Free verse
Dregs of the Cup
...Straining to swallow the remedy,
Thick like blood with the stinch
Of gall mingled with death
And the after taste of pleasure-
None running out the corners
Of his mouth- the Physician drank
The ...
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Categories:
tannic acid, death, faith, forgiveness, hope,
Form: Prose Poetry