The Needle
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Categories:
thro, wisdom,
Form: Shape
cynical cyclones carve through a lurid landscape
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Categories:
thro, dark, scary, surreal,
Form: Concrete
Don't Cry Troubador
...Don't cry, it will be alright
The hardest hours are late at night
When dark and silence fill the air
Into a fireplace I stare
Alone and sitting in my chair
Wi...
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Categories:
thro, i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Air Drop
...Little white airplane let's go for a fly
The reason I want to, between you and I
Is not to go cruise o'er the top of the earth
It's to send off a message for someone who's wor...
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Categories:
thro, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
GOOD KNIGHT
...Lanccelot went thro' the lists ticking off heads,
lost count of how many that he'd had in his beds,
handing a garter to the queen was wrong gender,
although he supposed that she could return to se...
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Categories:
thro, gender, soldier, time,
Form: Sonnet
HIS Mercy On Thee
...Thou steppedst into this world with a purpose,
And it's by HIS Grace for Glory,
Each moment HE hath led thee in HIS Care,
All thro' thy twenty years HE kept thee in HIS Bosom,
Each thought in th...
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Categories:
thro, family,
Form: Free verse
A SAINT WITH A TAINT
...For real love, she eagerly waits,
All she could get were several hates,
Her lips even have many open gates,
That deliberately close lates,
Her eyes have several inbuilt baits,
That still...
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Categories:
thro, assonance, beautiful, emotions, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
inception
...Inception
A near accident almost run over by a train
old heart, she collapsed in my arms
wrapped her in a blanket, looked asleep
we drove thro' the long night headlights
made a temporary tun...
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Categories:
thro, abortion, absence, addiction, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
The Flower Seller
...The Flower Seller
Amelia wares un- cuticled painted nails,
She hop scotches a pirate on one leg,
Tip-toeing long sun cast morning shadows,
beneath billowing hand stitched, salty sails; ...
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Categories:
thro, africa,
Form: Free verse
We Wait
...The world awaits with bated breath
pause, listen and most all feel
there it is, a deep sense drumming
in the back ground coming to life.
we all feel it, indeed yearn for it
insistently wait fo...
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Categories:
thro, birth, color, feelings, flower,
Form: Ode
Poe's Untimely Demise
...*Note
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been edited many times over the years. I consider it to be among my bes...
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Categories:
thro, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Sh Secrets About Our Universe
...ShSh!
Secrets about our universe are classified
Normal folks like you and I
We need to dock and hide
ShSh!
Be careful what you know
Don't thread on anyone's toe
Don't boast or show
There are...
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Categories:
thro, adventure, bible, change, creation,
Form: Free verse
Dandylion
...
"Dandylion"
The guy was a
Dandylion
there was
no denying it
full of promises
and making wishes
residing over
this new world
poetically
speaking, he
shone ...
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Categories:
thro, dream, humor, muse, word
Form: Narrative
The King Is Coming
...The Market place is empty
No more traffic in the streets
All the builders tools are silent
No more time to harvest wheat
Busy housewives cease their labors
In the courtroom no debate
Work on ea...
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Categories:
thro, faith,
Form: Rhyme
The Horse of Dreams
...the horse of dreams
I never had a rocking horse, but having read
about rich kids having one, I wanted one too.
On a dump, I found the tail of a rocking horse
fastened the end to the gate into t...
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Categories:
thro, best friend, creation,
Form: Sonnet
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