The Two-Cent Daffodil
...The Two-Cent Daffodil
My Nana Pat, with a careful hand and eye,
Would've loved this stamp, a piece of sky.
Two daffodils, sun-kissed and so bright,
Held in a square of soft, creamy light.
I ca...
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Categories:
tweezers, daffodils,
Form: Ekphrasis
Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment
...Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment...
analogous to where
the fountainhead of knowledge
gushes forth unstoppable
as a result after Atlas shrugged
his head and shoulders
loo...
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Categories:
tweezers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Lies I never told, but never clarified
...They with masks and scalpels
rewatch
the seconds I was given without consent.
My breath hitches
as warnings stillborn in my throat.
At this moment,
I am but
a body
opened
for overdu...
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Categories:
tweezers, truth,
Form: Free verse
Concrete Hearts, the Deep End Keys and the Miniaturist's Poetry of Sleep
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“Concrete Hearts, the Deep End Keys and the Miniaturist's Poetry of Sleep”
Following the Babel paths,
where footprints progress
like rough-hewn braille,
temptation shows i...
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Categories:
tweezers, muse,
Form: Narrative
Splinters
...More and more splinters in my palms.
Sometimes you don’t realize.
Plucking out the splintered wood with tweezers.
And hearing a growling sound.
My family-
Called out to me.
As if they are...
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Categories:
tweezers, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
X Rated - bawdy
...With my girlfriend in tip top condition
To film sex scenes for late television
She got sick in bed
So I went instead
And was heckled with spiteful derision
Well their laughter had made...
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Categories:
tweezers, humorous,
Form: Limerick
the resilient whisker
...With resolve in my soul
I went after the resilient whisker
On the left side of my old chin
He has been removed three times
But he is back, to torment me.
I could not believe he was here again ...
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Categories:
tweezers, humor, humorous,
Form: Narrative
A Trip to the Dentist’s Office
...Manslaughter, murder and massacre is one
But a visit to the dentist is another
The eerie smiles hidden behind the masks
The twinkly eyes filled with plots
To offer they have lots and lots
Oh… th...
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Categories:
tweezers, humor, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
SANTAS LITTLE SKELF
...Santa’s Little Skelf
Santa Clause is here again It`s almost Christmas day
But Santa has a problem he can’t sit on his sleigh.
Every time he sits down he jumps up from his seat
He`s been stand...
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Categories:
tweezers, childhood, christmas, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Butterfly Venom
...Was it worth
Butchering the butterflies
We gave each other?
Were they not
Pretty enough?
Or were they just too fragile
For your unstable world?
Your world of
Mismatched jigsaw puzzl...
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Categories:
tweezers, butterfly, color, feelings,
Form: Free verse
The Fire, the Flood
...You’re the headless horseman running on half a heart
You shouldn’t know where to go but you just do
And you’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached to you
Lost puzzle pieces, collecting dust, wa...
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Categories:
tweezers, anger, betrayal, hate, how
Form: Free verse
A Short History of Underarm Hair
...Under her arms
was a tangle of hair
It was quite easy
to get trapped in there
But thanks to the razor
the tweezers and laser
Drops of sweat now
love to betray her...
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Categories:
tweezers, body, hair, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Apropos Preponderant Passion Penning Poems
...À propos preponderant passion penning poems...
posited puzzling apt aperçu...
While pondering particular
theme to address
amidst tangled wide, whirled
webbed mental skein
today November thir...
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Categories:
tweezers, 12th grade, assonance, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Surgery 9
...Francis saw the lights and heard the approaching sound of the Harley.She was at the entrance when Suzanne and Arlis pulled up .He slumped behind Suzanne leaning upon her as she maneuvered the bike to...
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Categories:
tweezers, courage,
Form: Free verse
Fleeing Unseeing
...Last night I dreamt of them
Fleeing under the cover of darkness
Liars, adulterers, murderers and thieves
Terrified of the monsters on their heels
They flew into an abandoned house and began push...
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Categories:
tweezers, evil, horror, imagination, magic,
Form: Free verse
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