A Devotional song
...Thou a console graceful reign upon a heartache, serenity
Thou, sun danced virtue is a longing of mine, silly me
the darkness that knew me for so long.
reign upon a heartache, serenity
Thou a cons...
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Categories:
translucence, devotion,
Form: Free verse
A Flower Vase on Top of a Piano
...My neighbor's piano swirls around her finger
likened to a keyed car where scrapes linger.
She teases out a tune as we both try to hum
along with swirling keys her fingers drum.
The naturals a...
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Categories:
translucence, insect, music,
Form: Rhyme
Humanity
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4. Quantum Superposition
. A particle can exist in multiple states or places simultaneously until measured
Are humans waves or particles?
Even an entire human being, under the righ...
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Categories:
translucence, humanity, science,
Form: Free verse
By Now you Know
...Clinking, clinking
I heard the clinking in
repetition
what could
cause
whatever object this is to
make this clinking sound.
Clink!
The loudest sound
yet.
peaking my interest
one's honest ...
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Categories:
translucence, business, celebration, culture, endurance,
Form: Ballad
Descent And Ascent
...I fall a raindrop from stratus to stratum
birthed from clouds pregnant with thunder
a lion’s roar —a pride in the sky— fierce!
armed with lightning’s rip and slit
the scythe of claw and tooth fin...
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Categories:
translucence, conflict, freedom, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
i'm jet-lagged listening to Tina Turner
...it's three in the morning
i'm so awake it's euphoric
i want to feel this way forever
drunk on translucence
the creases in the pillow beam at my exhilaration
God-fearing doughnuts and coffee
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Categories:
translucence, anxiety, books, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
CASPER AND SPOOKY
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Spooky the tuff Little Ghost liked to BOO,
Knew he was scarier than scary that’s true,
Enjoyed scaring people out of their wits,
Often did he do this, used to go on a blitz
Letting them think h...
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Categories:
translucence, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse
Atrocious!
...An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind
They become thy home, a home that thou can't even find
Seems like seamless love, that doesn't involve mind
Staring without eyes, faceless yet wild...
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Categories:
translucence, angst, art, conflict, first
Form: Free verse
Magnification
...Close up I study it.
A tiny chip of mineral,
Through my powerful microscope.
Excited to learn what I will see.
The light is poor,
The tiny chip glows.
It has an irregular pattern,
Of multi co...
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Categories:
translucence, color,
Form: Free verse
Layers
...I'm immersed in deep thought pondering circular
shallow things
Our world is a shallow but deep place with many
layered fire rings
Are we in hell dreaming of heaven waiting for a
chance to be r...
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Categories:
translucence, life,
Form: Rhyme
Lady Dragonfly
..."Love weaves a mysterious magic spell"
Lady Dragonfly
Masculine and prickly, the proprietor of a gambling house,
Wispy wings finesse her dress, its translucence will arouse
A Dita ...
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Categories:
translucence, analogy, character,
Form: Rhyme
Celestial Gaze
...Ballads and candles of lyrical light
in stemmed yearning
breezes of ethereal pearl
shimmering translucence
in a velvety damask
A celestial serenade ~
glittering gold, a halo ...
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Categories:
translucence, appreciation, sky,
Form: Free verse
She Dances
...She Dances...Come With Me
Her gliding translucence~heaven’s kiss
Leaping lightly aswirl in twilight’s sweet mist
Her sprite easy leap~grandious pirouette
Into the night she blends in a dar...
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Categories:
translucence, beauty, dance,
Form: Verse
Pomegranate
...Arid, bony-shanked carapace.
Shiny, weathered patina
tells of desolation,
Belies any promise of richness;
Yet when inverted,
Becoming regal.
A tatty, crown implies
The ancient purport.
T...
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Categories:
translucence, desire, fruit, life, passion,
Form: Free verse
Parting
...Waves shore-bound break in a calm jade translucence
Our time together fades into tranquil eternal bliss
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Categories:
translucence, analogy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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