Queen of Hearts
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I’m strung out on another world —
a woman wired tight.
Music spills from my fingers,
runs down to my toes.
One pill —
and it all slips away.
I tumble down the rabbit hole.
But I’m not Al...
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Categories:
tumble down, crazy, dream, heart,
Form: Free verse
Through the Eyes of my Son
...My younger son is my best judge, I believe,
Having spent more time with me, he can assess me better.
His random statements about my personality,
I believe are uttered with sincerity, ...
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Categories:
tumble down, appreciation, life, mother son,
Form: Ode
Patience Allied with Perseverance
...“With patience and perseverance
We can win the hardiest race.”- By author
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Patience and Perseve...
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Categories:
tumble down, endurance, inspirational, life, motivation,
Form: Sonnet
Tears of a clown
...In the halcyon hush of twilight meadows,
a clown carves laughter from hydrangea elixir,
his smile — a fuchsia epitaph,
hidden behind a dazzling white glow.
Sparkling countless orbs drift...
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Categories:
tumble down, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Purple Prickly Pear
...Spirits of the woodland deep.
Gather, please, at gate.
Shadow, dark fire, through me seep!
Hummingbirds can hate!
Where the prickly pear was grown?
Deep beneath a lake.
Where the angry god wa...
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Categories:
tumble down, baptism, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
everybody's dying
...everybody’s dying
everybody’s dying, everybody’s dying
in this world we call insane
and nobody knows it,
‘cause it’s part of the game
and there is no resurrection
once ...
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Categories:
tumble down, betrayal, bible, christian, eulogy,
Form: Free verse
Miramichi Afternoon
...Miramichi Afternoon
The sloping shoulders of the river
tumble down rock on rock toward
the wind-riffled, slow flowing water.
Alder and grass creep down the slope
but will be ripped out once aga...
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Categories:
tumble down, day, earth, fishing, nature,
Form: Free verse
Leaves
...You once were connected
You had your place
As vibrant green
The sun did face
Now tumble down
The wind she shakes
As click you land
Connection breaks
So is it true
That life revolves?
Th...
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Categories:
tumble down, autumn, leaving, life,
Form: Rhyme
September Falls
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September Falls
Since the days of creation of seasons
Earth has witnessed the splendors of nature
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Categories:
tumble down, analogy, appreciation, autumn, september,
Form: Acrostic
A Delightful Hike
...The high hills hummed in praise of their Creator,
As we recklessly rushed down all the rough rocks,
Careful not to tumble down the treacherous
Uneven paths that led to the vast valley.
Here and...
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Categories:
tumble down, nature,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Leaves
...How silently they tumble down,
And come to rest upon the ground,
Yellow, red, and brown,
The tree sheds its crown,
Twisting, turning is through the air,
Till all the trees stand dark and bar...
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Categories:
tumble down, autumn, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
The Sun is Shining Again
...The sun is shining in the east with petals opening bright, spreading its fragrance into the light and an epiphany of hope resting on the branches swinging from limb to limb while my heart entertains ...
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Categories:
tumble down, america, body, change, community,
Form: Narrative
A Flap of Crows
...The bare branches were shaking,
twigs rattled like ill-fitting teeth.
I thought:
'any moment now
the coal black lumpiness of them
will break a bough,
and all tumble down or up,
creating sk...
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Categories:
tumble down, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Tapestry
...I stood up on the table to see what was there and the ground began to shake throwing objects all over the place; the tall building collapse and sinks instantly into the ground the house fell on its s...
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Categories:
tumble down, absence, beauty, business, community,
Form: Narrative
Rock and Fall
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You fall and tumble down the hill
and leave your rock to roll alone
Yet vacant is your fleeting thrill
Declaring you’re a rolling stone
This path is but a one-way track
A fall from all you'v...
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Categories:
tumble down, loneliness, mountains, nature, word
Form: Kyrielle
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