a bird and a boy
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one day as a boy I went down to the sea
clambered o'er rocks way out to the bluff
stopping to search in a tide pool for shells
senses awakened by strong briny smells
warming, ...
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Categories:
trilled, allegory, analogy, bird, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
TRILLED LAMENTATION
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All birds mourn sadly
when all the flowers are gone -
at end of springtime...
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Categories:
trilled, allusion, bird, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Jesting Jack, Jinxed Jill
...Jack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green;
And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene.
They did daily chores on a farm, in ...
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Categories:
trilled, children, fairy, fantasy, farm,
Form: Couplet
Reverence for Earthen Things
...Quietly, I walked along the pine needled path
as a pair of larks serenaded the morning sky.
They trilled from branches high in the trees
until I sneezed from pollen flying on the breeze.
I'd ...
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Categories:
trilled, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Songs of Soul COS No 1: AABB
...As the blade searches for the life of me,
The torment glides the blade with certainty,
Deeper the journey as my body writhe,
The pain lingers as I'm denied relief,
Suspicion mingles with the bloo...
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Categories:
trilled, analogy, character, emotions, hurt,
Form: Sonnet
Sheba Island
...Sheba appeared on a gorgeous September day
An island in the middle of the water
Shaped more like a woman than a real woman
With markings that made the trees sigh a bit
No one in the forest knew...
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Categories:
trilled, september,
Form: Free verse
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and Gaoled
...Self destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive di...
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Categories:
trilled, 2nd grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Fibonacci Sequence
...Today in silence, let’s glean,
ratio of golden mean;
a Fibonacci design,
with which all life forms align.
Examine the human face,
as this secret code of grace;
nature displays life’s imprint,...
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Categories:
trilled, god, mystery, nature, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
The Puggles Dream
...There was a cute puggle who snored up a song
When joeys hopped up bridging along,
Emu chicks joined with boom notes and grunts
Whilst dancing along with top wild stunts.
Penguins marched in for...
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Categories:
trilled, animal, dream, music,
Form: Rhyme
Danger Danger Child At Pond Edge
...Grasshopper was the first to sound the alarm.
Small child at the edge of the cattail pond.
Danger! Danger! Where is this human’s mommy?
Beetle and ant crept by for support.
Who is strong enough t...
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Categories:
trilled, animal,
Form: Narrative
Soma Sonnet: Posthumous Soliloquy
...*Image of Popular DJ Avicii (cutting himself & bled out)
AUDIO: from the film Gladiator, "Now We Are Free"
"Sometimes in life, we're just not cut out for it, hoping people see the poi...
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Categories:
trilled, addiction, anxiety, death, depression,
Form: Sonnet
A Nightingale Sings of Dawn's Glory
...Yet another surly night staring at a haloed moon,
until I heard a nightingale sing the glories of dawn.
Pastels painted the sky as he trilled an ariose tune.
To the mellifluous sound of his vo...
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Categories:
trilled, bird, song,
Form: Rhyme
Rush of Summer's Breeze
...Love songs softly flow on a Summer's breeze,
Lyrics trilled by doves in sweet melodies.
My vagabond heart meanders no more
for you've given yours to me, mon amour.*
Your kisses assuage my h...
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Categories:
trilled, love, summer,
Form: Sonnet
My Feet Were Screaming
...My feet were screaming about the concrete walk.
I ignored them totally, they are prissy and always squawk.
Better pay attention! Trilled a passing loud beaked chicken hawk.
I rolled my eyes. I kno...
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Categories:
trilled, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Dancing To the Moon
...Oh man, oh stupid moron twerp,
how could you be so bigoted and intolerant?
For I too saw her every blessed night
dancing in the glade, a youthful dance,
moon rays shining through dark boughs,
as...
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Categories:
trilled, dance, feelings, judgement,
Form: Free verse
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