My Friend Is the Ocean
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My friend is the ocean, waters that glide,
Rustling my footsteps and tousling my hair;
Many the times that we walked side by side,
A spark and forever, joined as a pair.
Always a cloud there la...
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Categories:
tousling, abuse, allegory, friendship, innocence,
Form: Sonnet
Lay, Lady, Lay
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Come, loved one... stay sunlit grand
Let birdsongs from those lips croon to me,
Of radiant morns holding your blooms
And leaves aglow winging carefree ,
These lustrous scenes...gifts of...
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Categories:
tousling, devotion, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Ambivalence of Life
...“Never spend your time in anticipation of a future, procrastinating and thinking that we have so much of time ahead and many more opportunities on our way. But nothing is certain, only the present ti...
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Categories:
tousling, life, time, wisdom,
Form: Carpe Diem
Half Past Midnight's Darkest Hour
..."If I could have put you in my heart,
if but I could have wrapped you in myself,
how glad I should have been.
And now the chart
of memory unroils again to me.
The course of our journey ...
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Categories:
tousling, bereavement, death,
Form: Elegy
Alone on the Seashore
...On a rocky shore she sits alone under the darken skies, a flock of gulls glided away in search of food supplies.
She stares ahead in time to see the sun before the rise. She was amazed to see its ...
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Categories:
tousling, beauty, freedom, happy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
JUST
...I just needed to be
That young woman in the red, cable-knit cardigan one more time
Who mama had to make excuses for…
“She’s very intelligent.”
And there were silence and blank stares all around t...
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Categories:
tousling, angst, introspection,
Form: Free verse
A Wayward Wind Now Guides Me
...Breaking my chains
expanding horizons
swerving past roadblocks
escaping cages I once died in
A wayward wind now guides me
tousling my thinning hair
Beads of sweat blind my c...
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Categories:
tousling, beauty, journey, river, wind,
Form: Rhyme
Rainbow
..."Fresh rain a gift it leaves, a blending of primary colors on a canvas of blue background. God's blessing." Quote by poet
Fall wind gradually moves beneath eaves,
lacing in one side a...
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Categories:
tousling, rainbow,
Form: Couplet
Kissed By the Passing Breeze of Awakening
...I was lost, thoroughly lost and sat brooding.
Dejected and desperate with no one to share,
Withdrew into the dark caverns of my own shell,
Snapping all connections with the outside wor...
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Categories:
tousling, angst, beauty, confidence, inspiration,
Form: Verse
Arise, Awake
... Early light penetrates the shroud of mist
Awakening the drowsy Earth from sleep
Birds are heard trilling their sweet songs
Amid the soft tunes, stands out
The house wren’s loud sopr...
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Categories:
tousling, cheer up, morning,
Form: Free verse
Ride the Wind
...Ride the wind ...
Wherever she blows
Whispering wildly
Roaring restfully
Tousling hair
Caressing skin
Tinkling chimes
Rattling panes
Killing candlelight
Birthing flames
B...
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Categories:
tousling, change, encouraging, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Embracing a Magical Moment
...With stiff balmy sea breeze tousling our hair,
We used to walk barefoot along the shore,
Feeling the water over our feet and the sand
And admire and wonder at the crabs
Date: 04/20...
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Categories:
tousling, memory,
Form: Free verse
A Drizzle of Memories
...Sometimes when my mind is restless and stressed,
From the humdrum of the daily grind,
I feel refreshed and chilled
By a cool drizzle following a soft breeze:
A drizzle of memories from the ...
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Categories:
tousling, childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
Whistling Wind In My Hair
...tunefully tousling
where I go you shall follow
summertime caress...
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Categories:
tousling, hair, nature, nice, song,
Form: Haiku
Part Time Poet
...When I can, I try to find time to write?
My days are very busy with an eight-
Month-old boy and a small Yorkie.
Before the day is done, I feel kind of dorky.
I start my day walking the dog, fe...
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Categories:
tousling, baby, dog, feelings, muse,
Form: Free verse
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