Peace of Mind
...
In the mere blink of a nightmare, I found myself rechained
and trapped where my peace of mind had once before
collapsed.
The die has been cast, an old challenge from the past, one
I ...
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Categories:
tassels, anger, anxiety, endurance, faith,
Form: Free verse
Summer Nights
...I recount the nights of faint, distant glows —
the dimmed party lights of summer —
of silenced streaks of fleeing light, tassels of clouds
adorned in fleeting whites,
on the broad balcony of the ...
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Categories:
tassels, night, summer,
Form: Free verse
Meat tassels
...You cannot force somebody to love you
but by God haven't we tried to...
at least a half dozen times in our lives.
Likewise, nobody can force you to love them
but by God haven't they all tried
at...
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Categories:
tassels, anxiety, love,
Form: Rhyme
I spotted her in the enchanted forest, where the trees whisper tales
...I spotted her in the enchanted forest, where the trees whisper tales,
She stood there smiling, like an ephemeral and mysterious star,
Exuding an ethereal elegance, in a white veil that swayed gentl...
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Categories:
tassels, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Mister Golightly
...... is wearing his tall white top hat
Where his brains should be
Wearing his rainbow bow tie
Where his vocal cords should be
He fancies his dragon cane in his hand
No surprise h...
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Categories:
tassels, fantasy, world,
Form: Free verse
Ivory Flakes
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While powdered flakes gently spill from heaven
Like embroidery of gold tassels kissing buds
And hawthorns ,the frost twinkles and drifts
Into winter’s beautifully formed marquee,
ta...
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Categories:
tassels, animal, beauty, mystery, snow,
Form: Personification
Vassals Espinela
...As I collapse on this pillow
I find that place I can run to;
The hidden path I’ll always know;
Past the stars! Follow midnight blue!
A step from the sea’s undertow
shrouded in dreams I build...
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Categories:
tassels, dream, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
Double Double Words , Twilight Gleaming
...
T Tassels of stardust flicker across
clouds ' awninG
W Where beams radiant flaunt their
heavenly appeaL
I Igniting nightfall to weave more hues ,
ornatE :
L Livening twilight...
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Categories:
tassels, beauty, eve, light,
Form: Acrostic
Festival
...Giant golden castle
Fire dragon with tassels
Lanterns tell story...
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Categories:
tassels, appreciation, art, poetry,
Form: Haiku
The Submisive Loser Dominant Victors Shower Of Rage
...The Naked brazen placid blue
Meets its foe the dark forbidding nemeses
Who unleashes his growing anger and fury
Obliterating and defeating his enemy
Proclaims a victory and unrolls his miserable ...
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Categories:
tassels, anger, birth, conflict, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
chartreuse
...oak's chartreuse tassels
giving off their rich pollen....
squirrels winter meals...
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Categories:
tassels, animal, nature,
Form: Haiku
Featherless Angels
...Quote by author: Angel feather colors hold no meaning,
if the messenger of God is not a paragon of virtue.
Every year she wore the plumage with such grace
and her beauty raptur...
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Categories:
tassels, analogy, life,
Form: Haibun
Knowing Mamie
...Mamie has a rather shabby coat, it is a mainstay
We all know it; green with tassels, a bit scraggly
It was her mother’s coat, she will never get rid of it
It still smells like her, she tells us.
...
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Categories:
tassels, women,
Form: Prose Poetry
Farmers
...My father and his father were Farmers. It wasn't told to me,
but I suspect that my Great Grandfather was also a Farmer.
My wife's father was also a hard-working and successful Farmer.
However, in ...
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Categories:
tassels, pain, prayer,
Form: Verse
Early Spring
...First rose blossom of the season
Spring most definitely here for a reason
Woods now display varied green shades
Tree blossoms and tassels fade
Inclement weather on a mass fast marc...
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Categories:
tassels, nature,
Form: Couplet
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