In The Waiting Womb Thereof
In The Waiting Womb Thereof
(Apropos Of Poetic Onement)
Thanks for being here with me
in the waiting time of the birthing
flow from the poetic womb thereof:
We mind-pregnant poets have all experienced
that spacing time reality of which poets must be
in waiting for the waiting poetic womb to give birth:-
At times, we’re forced to realize that we, too,
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Categories:
thereof, allegory, extended metaphor, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
In Grace Thereof
In Grace Thereof
Like the babbling brook
The spirit yearns
Of quiet moments
The heart discerns
To deny the flesh
And feed thy soul
To hear the voice
Still and small
Like flowering Love
A King Of Kings
Of Knowledge and Wisdom
If to believe
A gracious promise
Set forth in love
In quiet moments
In Grace thereof
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Categories:
thereof, beautiful, beauty, giving, god,
Form: Lyric
The Dancing: the Return Thereof
Prelude
After banishing my foe off to hell
The Lord took pity on my soul
And returned it to my undead shell
Again, I was alive and whole
But the consequences of a second chance
Meant that I would have to lead a life Godly and good
Now more sins and women would I romance
The dancing is afoot…
I used to drink
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Categories:
thereof, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry Pondered: For One In the Art Thereof
A Wordsmith’s pen
Is mightier than the sword
For he can turn a tricky word
Into a verbal weapon
And win the day against the hoard
The words of the Bard
It’s not very hard
The turn of a friendly card
The changing of the old guard
The wicked witch is feathered and tarred
The sky above is dark and starred
It’s feeling out loud
The dancing
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Categories:
thereof, allegory, allusion, analogy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
The Lack Thereof
The walls have melted, but this distorted world is still beautiful to me.
Some spiteful god is plucking away at the threads of my existence,
But the world is still beautiful.
The clocks watch my wasted time turn to tears,
But what the clocks fail to see is shattering stability.
They say the world is amazing, just try harder.
I'm
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Categories:
thereof, corruption, family, fear,
Form: Free verse
Sleep, Or Lack Thereof
Fingers go numb and twitch with impatience
Please make my eyelids dance with visions
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Categories:
thereof, dream, nostalgia, sleep,
Form: I do not know?
In the Season of Hope Thereof
IN THE SEASON OF HOPE THEREOF
In the season of hope thereof,
There seems to be
Little justice, peace and love
Meted out to you and me;
Except for what comes from above.
Yet, let us not allow the deceivers
Sway us to be as erring as they—
Let us not be duped by Wall St. persuaders
Out to make a profitable mockery
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Categories:
thereof, allegory, analogy, christmas, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
Was Fullness Thereof
Was fullness thereof
That is in Jesus's love
Sent from up above.
Wanted from the start
Now I have God in my heart
We will never part.
Thankful yes am I
That for me Jesus did die
See Him by and by
Back from cruise to Southern Caribbean
on Holland American Oosterdam.
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
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Categories:
thereof, encouraging,
Form: Haiku
Hope Or the Lack Thereof
I keep my eyes closed
because there's no hope in sight,
there's no hope inside.
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Categories:
thereof, depression, hope, loneliness, sad
Form: Haiku
A Day Reserved Thereof Their Remembrances 2k13
People, here as we tend to glance about,
we find ourselves gathered this Summer's day.
For there isn't a speckle of genuine doubt
that blue sorrow still lingers here today.
Yes, therein the hearts of many does it so,
tho' yet it's onwards which we shall all go,
go within memory's realm to reflect
and seize a memory or two from the
volts
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Categories:
thereof, dedication, family, friendship, memory,
Form: Rhyme