The Hummingbird Fantasy King
...Mr. Smith sat tiredly, long hours at his desk,
by an old vacation photo, picturesque,
and a stack of papers; another twelve-hour day,
slowly, draining his lonely life away.
He looked at the pic...
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Categories:
tiredly, fantasy, imagination, work,
Form: Rhyme
The Grind
...Endless hallways stretch ahead
A weary traveler hanging by a thread
Meetings blur from dawn to night
Late dinners then another flight
The city lights are far from home
In empty rooms my though...
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Categories:
tiredly, business, travel,
Form: Narrative
On Interstate 5 In A Greyhound Bus
...On Interstate 5 In A Greyhound Bus
mother pauline boards the big greyhound double decker
her freckled son goes before her wearing a cub scout cap
hurry up she says as they climb the stairs to t...
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Categories:
tiredly, america, memory, mother son,
Form: Free verse
Dollar Collar
...My optics are fooling me,
Intuition eluding me,
Life is confusing me.
I step inside to see,
Whats off with my energy,
As this feeling pulls at me.
Facing everyday tiredly,
Fighti...
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Categories:
tiredly, betrayal, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
The Mentoring of Tumors
...Lately, I've cut away hectares of tumors
that engulfed confidence, happiness
self-worth and wellbeing.
With surgery a bit of the good stuff was sacrificed:
A few shallow laughs, some adventure an...
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Categories:
tiredly, teachers day,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT WITH A STRANGER
...
On a cozy night, at home, house
Walking down a lonely road, without an exact location
walking towards a specific direction, just for a companion
One of those boys in my streets, to play my new ...
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Categories:
tiredly, black love, cheer up,
Form: Couplet
Chapter 72 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly: the Date Closes
...The Cascades congregation came
To an end. Dashing Damian and
His crew were out of the vicinity.
On their way home. Polly spoke
"I had me a good time tonight!
Thanks for the invitation."
She s...
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Categories:
tiredly, devotion, emotions, family, house,
Form: Alliteration
Chapter 67 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xvi --Home Coming
...The time was 11:05. Damian
Made the essential announcement
"HAKIM the time is now 11:05
We will leave this place at 11:15am.
That's 10 minutes from now.
So use the toilet, do everything
You ...
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Categories:
tiredly, black love, deep, destiny,
Form: Alliteration
A Stormy Winter Night
...White snow squalls shift to frigid icy sleet and rain
Coated tree limbs dance and sway, crackling in the wind
Sleet pellets pummel metal rooftops like a steel drum
Desolate roads glisten like mirr...
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Categories:
tiredly, storm, winter,
Form: Imagism
One Month Into Summer 2022 Elapsed Here
...One month into summer 2022 elapsed here...
Within Perkiomen Valley, Pennsylvania,
thus far marginal rainfall for season
nevertheless...the hazy, hot and humid dog days
meanwhile (gad) Zeus
t...
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Categories:
tiredly, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Oh Please, Not To Fade So Fast Into the Afternoon
...I.
Oh please, not to fade so fast into the afternoon
The one that is scattering in a goldenly swooning loneliness
The one that is shattering at a purply time of faintness
And the one whose wind...
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Categories:
tiredly, appreciation, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
Farewell Kiss
...His
Twinkling
Kiss hisses
How he will miss
princesses when homeward tiredly he plods.
We see his sweetest farewell kiss; so I'll,
Letting them kiss
As they wish,
Gently
Pass.<>
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Categories:
tiredly, beauty, farewell, flower, kiss,
Form: Tetractys
Fruit Fairies
...Fruit Fairies
Green luscious trees sway gracefully in breeze
humming song sung by work pollen bees
baby fruits cradled not yet ripen to fall
many are ready but some still too small
L...
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Categories:
tiredly, children, fairy, fruit, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Wr2 - Repost
...
It was a miserable existence,
that of a battered wife
It was a never ending cycle
of a hurt-filled violent life
She always walked on eggshells,
avoided direct eye conta...
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Categories:
tiredly, abuse, anxiety, marriage, sad,
Form: Dramatic Verse
When He Comes
...It may be in the evening,
When you are sitting home alone,
And you have time watching the sun goes down,
Sinking slowly over the ocean blue,
As the clock ticks loudly on the shelf,
You listen t...
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Categories:
tiredly, angel, beautiful, bible, christian,
Form: Narrative
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