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Tinderboxes Poems - Poems about Tinderboxes


Ordered discord

...Smeared In a pattern.
This Rorschach abstraction.
Flowing like satin.
In cascading fashion.

Symmetry, mimicry.
Mirroring the mind.
Coddling, throttling.
Either or is fine.

Full to burstin...
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Categories: tinderboxes, confusion,
Form: Free verse

Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa

...“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”

Spurred by mother dearest 
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tr...
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Categories: tinderboxes, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberTinderbox

...Sept. 11. is a dark and fateful day, 
No one wants to live through.
A plane plummeted into the World Trade Center
And in minutes it turned into a tinderbox.
With a flash of light and ...
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Categories: tinderboxes, death, heartbreak, violence,
Form: Free verse

Son, Say Goodnight To Grandpa - Part 1

...Ages ago bygone childhood delighted 
   especially Florida (sunkist) grandpa
Harris (Aaron) indulged jais nais sais quois 
   kibitizing lovingly, mirthfully
naturally offering pleasing qualities...
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Categories: tinderboxes, fun, grandson, introspection, nostalgia,
Form: Elegiac Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things