Herculean hero
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Our towering talisman…glowering totem…manic volcanic Viking King..
The flowering genesis of a powering nemesis…
Herculean but Sisyphean struggles showering..
The penury of injury…intrigue ...
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Categories:
tinging, spoken word, sports,
Form: Ballad
Lost
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Lost
The sun sinks low, the shadows grow,
No moon...
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Categories:
tinging, extended metaphor, inspirational, life,
Form: Verse
Sunset
...Stunning scenery in surrounding twilight
lists lissomly, touching corners of my mind,
bringing promises of the forthcoming night
with billowing breezes, of the serene kind.
In muffled ...
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Categories:
tinging, beauty, dream, environment, love,
Form: Rhyme
Candied Dreams
...We peek from ‘neath a January frost
Through windows tightly shut against its chill
Count a mitten and a hat among the lost
And carry on by simple force of will
The glint of light grows longer e...
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Categories:
tinging, february, valentines day,
Form: Sonnet
Needle of the Compass
...The road suddenly divided
I needed the river
Her two arms replete
with hyacinth of
empathy
Emptily
I kept looking at, now
at one direction
then at the other but
the envelope didn't pa...
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Categories:
tinging, river, rose,
Form: Free verse
Smell of Autumn
...Smell of Autumn in the evening dusk
Decaying leaves slowly becoming dust,
Scent of that Sixties patchouli musk
Smell of Autumn in the evening dusk.
Breezes becoming somewhat brusque
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Categories:
tinging, autumn, nature, seasons,
Form: Triolet
Songs of Tranquility
...Playing my guitar
playing Christmas songs
songs that echo from my childhood
songs of memories made
made in fantasies
made in dreams
dreams built from flavors
dreams built from stori...
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Categories:
tinging, christmas, holiday, music, poems,
Form: Blitz
September Song
...Who knew September would bring
A morning such as this.
Cool, breezy and a coming rain.
My lover waiting for his kiss.
Locked in a quarantine, not knowing
When we will ever meet our new neighbo...
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Categories:
tinging, autumn, hope, red,
Form: Rhyme
Silver Bells
...silver bells ringing
holly bright among the pine
merrily dinging
bringing Christmas cheer to all –
scent of the outdoors
tint-tinging clapping
etheric among the greens
happy holid...
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Categories:
tinging, celebration, christmas, holiday, poems,
Form: Tanka
Life's Basic Rule
...Global warming's changing our world,
as deserts increase, farmland shrinks.
And ancient glaciers have no ice,
the sea's dying and the air stinks.
Weather upheavals forecast gloom,
as ...
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Categories:
tinging, angst, change, environment, how
Form: Quatrain
Small Cabins For Rent On Lovegrove Lake
...Small Summer Cabins for Rent on Lovegrove Lake
by Barbara C. Agarwal
I left my chance when
A chance I did not take
When I saw you long, long ago
At Lovegrove Lake.
Do you remember per...
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Categories:
tinging, fishing, for him, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Notebook Pages Become Soggy
...The sun rises on the distant horizon
Sending rays through gray clouds
Tinging them to a somber cobalt
Waiting to shine red and proud
The sound waves vibrate from crickets
As they rub their...
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Categories:
tinging, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Love In Poetry
...How do I write my love in poetry?
Spin it around a needle’s company
I succumb to the wishes that’s displayed
Straight into my heart, a bed that is made
Words that focus not on the wo...
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Categories:
tinging, love, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Listen To the Stars
...At night I like to listen to the stars
They are like millions of tinging pieces
Their sound beautifully formulated
I listen to their sound enhanced thesis
Ping a ting a ling all around th...
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Categories:
tinging, life, light, stars,
Form: Quatrain
Agent Orange Eclipse
...Agent Orange
Tinging lush, green foliage
Breath-taking shadow
Swallows mercurial moon
Invisible orb hovers
October 11, 2012...
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Categories:
tinging, education,
Form: Tanka
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