Trapped Breath
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Written: August 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Mark Toney
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Corset of steel tightens—ratified pain,
Vestigial breath trapped in ischemia thrall.
The...
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Categories:
tulle, analogy, character,
Form: Free verse
Night Tears
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Skies sparkled with snow diamonds drifting through
the magic that surrounded the effervescent darkness.
The tulle breath of the forest spirited the moonglow
in a spritely capricious demeanor an...
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Categories:
tulle, fantasy, humanity, night, sad,
Form: Free verse
The Dance of Forgotten Dreams
...like
shadows in
a slow-turning
waltz, they drift—
soft, unsummoned sighs
from corners of the mind
where d...
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Categories:
tulle, dream,
Form: Concrete
easter sunday memories
...Lavender gingham dress
Teensy tiny cotton checks
Laced pinafore with dotted Swiss trim
Thick scratchy twirling tulle petticoat
Lacy white Sunday school gloves
I twirled my dress in my shiny pate...
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Categories:
tulle, memory,
Form: Free verse
Dancing with Shadows
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Dancing with shadows in my room, dispels all
specters of gloom.
I envision the young Panagiota,in tulle ballet gown.
Bowing gracefully to her aud...
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Categories:
tulle, celebration, dance, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
...Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made...
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Categories:
tulle, 12th grade, addiction, adventure,
Form: Free verse
why?
...(a story in Senryus)
I can’t figure out
why everything doesn’t
happen like I want.
I brush my teeth and
floss regularly, I wash
my roommates dishes,
I am generous,
I don’t run ...
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Categories:
tulle, fashion, friendship, humor, life,
Form: Senryu
Than-Bauk
...He taught his bird
A bad word then
Wife heard the word
She had bad sight.
He was quite scarred
Just right for her
He tried to spell
Can’t do well, sighs
To hell with it
New clothes to...
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Categories:
tulle, sad,
Form: Than-Bauk
A Faraway Bouquet
...Written: September 23, 2023
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In a faraway land, as the sky hits the field,
Amidst a land of shades, a country concealed,
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Categories:
tulle, analogy, angst, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Snake In the Wedding Dress Store
...The large black rat snake established residence inside.
When we try to scoop it up she is keen enough to hide.
She slithers and swishes in a kind of frantic frenzied glide.
I hope she does not app...
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Categories:
tulle, animal,
Form: Monorhyme
Jealous Mean Cousins
...What a gorgeous hat for the Derby someone whispered to Lee
Several cousins turned to stare, they seemed jealous to me.
Using words like persnickety, nasty, ridiculous and such
I thought they were...
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Categories:
tulle, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
Had No Idea She Could Look Girly
...Lilian invited us to her recital
she was a quintessential tomboy
We could not imagine her in a skirt
Or as a dancer
We attended anyway, for she was our friend.
We had always seen her in bulky ...
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Categories:
tulle, women,
Form: Prose Poetry
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz Ham
...Fork git about spooner hiz ham
And join (singing the words
in the next paragraph) whether alone
in a traffic jam
basting, cooking, then eating a lamb
prepared by thee missus
a superb culinar...
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Categories:
tulle, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Inevitable Death Defines Afterlife Trois
...Inevitable death defines afterlife - trois
So all I ask, would be
inviting, offering, and ushering me to
top secret cygnet committee
to give this average sized
chapped sticky man
spinning t...
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Categories:
tulle, absence, allah, analogy, angel,
Form: Rhyme
The Missus Served Me High Test Coffee
...The missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesqu...
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Categories:
tulle, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing,
Form: Free verse
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