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The Last Leaf
I smile at myself
for being so sentimental,
but how lonely it looks -
the last leaf
on the cherry tree.
Its countless companions
who shared and hung together
through months of heat,
furious winds and battering hail,
have all let go.
And...
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Categories:
autumn, fruit, life, time,
Form: Free verse
Walking Again Down The Path Of YouthTime has wrinkled our weeping faces,
never withered any of the embraces;
oh, how delightful is to walk again
down the path of youth and not fear
whatever fate brings upon us: joy or pain...
nothing can tear down...
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Categories:
time, emotions, feelings, joy, lost
Form: Rhyme
If all there is---isIf all there is …is now
And time but an illusion
Wondering where it went
Causes me confusion
If there’s been no then
Is it all Zen
And the end is
Where it will begin
Is every sunrise
The same one
Or even worse
There wasn’t...
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Categories:
fun, time, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Fate and IrrelevanceIn the grand theater of existence, we play our part,
A journey through time, a tale from the heart.
Life, not short but fleeting, slips through our grasp,
Moments like sand, slipping from our clasp.
We chase after dreams,...
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Categories:
age, life, philosophy, time,
Form: Rhyme
Then, the Good Old DaysThen, the Good Old Days
Better than what’s now, always
This law, all obeys
When, in good times past
Bygones better, Everlast
Nows always surpassed
And, back further still
Even better then, until
The best be all's it’ll
But, this trend is woe
Each...
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Categories:
funny, future, humorous, time,
Form: Senryu
Categories:
time, 7th grade, allusion, extended
Form: Free verse
Directional SynthesisDoes your life then come together
front to back
or
back to front
It takes years to clearly see
that both
directions
are a ruse
Life revolving as a circle
with you
inside
its center
All phases caught in a whirlpool’s tide
that ebbs
and flows
— divine
(The New Room:...
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Categories:
space, time,
Form: Free verse
in processonward in spiral
eternity is viral
where nothing's final
constantly rearranging
existence ever changing
endless living stream
this state which all deem being
in heavenly scheme
riding through expanding space
as part of the human race
constantly a must
to reality adjust
dust to cosmic dust
more than...
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Categories:
time, change, life, sky, space,
Form: Tanka
Relive the Fears
Unlock years inert
Relive the fears that hurt
~ The sun also rises
...
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Categories:
fear, irony, joy, time,
Form: Senryu
The Fight of a LifetimeIt would be fifteen rounds against the longtime champ,
But I was an upcomer, ready to make my stamp.
With an undefeated record, he was well renowned.
I was in good shape, with low weight, hoping to be...
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Categories:
age, sports, time,
Form: Rhyme
Embroidery ArtsEmbroidery arts
Precious heritage of prime
Blend style with time....
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Categories:
age, art, fashion, time,
Form: Haiku
Expansionevent horizon
revealing outer limit
of singular force
swirling cosmic dust
genesis of star’s being
clouds stellar ceiling
space lying between
all that can be felt or seen
formed that which has been
vivid human dream
makes further consciousness seem
outside nature’s scheme
reality found
vast universe comes...
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Categories:
time, creation, history, life, science,
Form: Haiku
Prisoner Of TimePrisoner Of Time
Miracle Man
4/21/2024
At birth, each became,
a prisoner of time.
Our sentence diminished,
with each clock chime.
Hopefully, the time we served,
wrung from us our best.
That we showed gratitude,
for being highly blessed.
As for day’s that have passed,
we...
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Categories:
birth, death, life, time,
Form: Lyric
The clocks tickingTime continues to slip past.
Like a river, a never-ending stream of micro seconds passing by.
You can't slow it down.
You can't halt it.
No matter how much you try to hold it back
It is still slipping past...
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Categories:
time,
Form: Free verse
Zephyr"To everything there is a season." Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger
Through green leaves and golden tresses, blew
Summer breezes when we were two.
Then Autumn, by ones, by twos, by threes
Swirled amber leaves off of the trees.
A white Winter...
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Categories:
heartbreak, seasons, time, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Time Poems
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change, christmas, death, harvest, passing, precious, rhyme, running out, war
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