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ChivalryCoupled, they brave the storm
and critical exposure
forced by the storm to form
a perilous enclosure.
Under its salvo, they
press shivering shapes together
to limit the foray
of such unholy weather.
Embedded thus, they dare defy
the higher forces. Yet
his chivalry is...
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Categories:
time, caregiving, smile, spring, storm,
Form: Rhyme
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?I must have been in a coma
Not to see time passing by
So can you explain to me
The mysterious reason why
How did it happen?
What’s my excuse?
Did I suddenly go blind?
Was I really so obtuse?
I wasn’t prepared...
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Categories:
time, age, dream, grief, image,
Form: Rhyme
I MissI should have when I could have but did not,
In retrospect I missed a chance or two.
I see it now! If only then I knew -
I would have given life a better shot!
But...
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Categories:
introspection, life, time,
Form: Rhyme
Time ManifestsThe more time spent worrying about a problem
The less time for thinking of a solution.
The more time spent worrying about others
The less time for your own happiness.
The more time spent worrying about tomorrow
The...
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Categories:
encouraging, feelings, time,
Form: Free verse
transcend dents of timeopposite my upstairs relaxation chair
window-corner be a pendulum clock
...above a low shelf-cabinet
and below a black and white
buddhist meditation image...
the pendulum keeps swinging
but the reading doesn't change
...reflecting that a time reality
be as our heart keeps ticking
and...
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Categories:
adventure, time,
Form: Free verse
Don't Dream, Don't CryDon't dream, don't cry...
don't let be something
of your daily living;
as you know dreams
don't last more than a single night!
Don't dream, don't cry...
don't shiver under your sheets:
wish for the guy who held you tight!
Don't dream, don't...
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Categories:
time, anxiety, desire, dream, happiness,
Form: Lyric
In My Pretty Garden
In my pretty garden,
I see a new blossom.
Each morning the flowers,
welcome me with their silence.
I love to see the swirling butterflies,
going in for a kiss from the flowers.
Following close behind,
I see a big...
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Categories:
time, beauty, flower, old, silence,
Form: Free verse
The Dance of Illusion and TruthIn a world of synthetic dreams,
Where nothing is quite as it seems,
Emotions emanate and rise,
Painting stories across the skies.
Swirling thoughts in a misty haze,
Drift through memory's rustic maze.
A timeless dance...
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Categories:
silence, time, truth,
Form: Free verse
Barding TimeCan you put the past
behind you
is there nothing left
to learn
Can you look toward
the future
your dreams no longer
spurned
Can you ask that
final question
that unanswered
sets you free
Can you step inside
the moment
to be or not
— to be
(The New Room:...
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Categories:
time,
Form: Rhyme
Devildevil
spread half truths
to followers
who see the raven fly
devil
hide your face
under the moon
and as we dwell, leave us
this path through hoards
of history's gold
watched by years
of rising land
and waters fill
and empties whole
and time is...
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Categories:
death, life, nature, time,
Form: Free verse
Afternoons Aplentywe spent the afternoon
throwing ourselves off castle walls
jumping into moats we spent
our time pierced with swords
having arrows hit us and many more
miss us in aching arms in shields
that's what we did sharing blood
and last breaths...
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Categories:
time, death, life, meaningful, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Where did the Time Go?Inspired by the Glenn Hughes song, "Where Did the Time Go?"
Where did the time go?
We meet again! Were we young and foolish then?
Now, what do we know?
It was love at a glance.
We had a fight. ...
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Categories:
time, age, lost love, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Memory AnswersLife is precious
and people die
and people die
and people die
One day closer
a last goodbye
a last goodbye
a last goodbye
Questions asking
forever bide
forever bide
forever bide
Memory left
to answer why
to answer why
to answer why
(The New Room:...
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Categories:
death, life, memory, time,
Form: Rhyme
Arm-in-Arm Awaiting
‘I shall multiply your seed as the stars of heaven
and as the sand on the seashore’*
...
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Categories:
time, children, father, future, god,
Form: Rhyme
To Walk the Land of My Fathers
O, to walk the land of my fathers
to trod their sacred paths
Grant me strength to...
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Categories:
time, bible, father, god, history,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Time Poems
Read wonderful time poetry on the following sub-topics:
change, christmas, death, harvest, passing, precious, rhyme, running out, war
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