Silhouette of a Stranger
...The bloody stranger stank of rank grass and
Animal grime and strutted unnoticed on
Our threshold on a long, misty night.
Lightning, unaccompanied by rain,
Exposed his grisly image,
Comprehende...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, horror, society,
Form: Free verse
poem number 10 from saltmilk
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… do you love me, woman
it is cloudy in this street
as that sandalwood perfume
stretching between our arms
here everything of it is gone
with the floods and good
you...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, anger, angst, anxiety, character,
Form: Free verse
Fireworks
...They rise and sparkle and crackle,
Shaming the nakedness of the skies
And the city, with one frightful flame of
Youth,
Burning with the zest of
Seasonal lore.
At Christmas, they salute the days...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, anniversary, celebration, christmas, easter,
Form: Free verse
ABYSS
... ABYSS
Abyss, a Place of Redemption
solace space curling then unfurling
here we sail drowsy dark seas
no boats or oars, unaccompanied
converse with walrus and whales
black shimmer...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, allegory, change, character, color,
Form: Free verse
Sceaweres
...Foundation.
Mixing Old English within the 21st Century.
Titul:
Sceaweres
(An all ana voice hwisprian's)
For although our pæþe
Are divided by Wyrd
By The Great In-Betweonum
Also...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Echo Returns Not
... I sailed an olive boat
into the center of the sea
alone
to find a cure for my loose heart
not the spring-back type, noble with elasticity
but leap-forward lecher-wild
binding to any skirt...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, conflict, irony, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Hermann Hesse translation of 'The Poet' and 'Without You'
...The Poet
by Hermann Hesse
translation by Michael R. Burch
Only upon me, the lonely one,
Do this endless night’s stars shine
As the fountain gurgles its faery song.
For me alone, the lonely ...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, hair, lonely, love, night,
Form: Free verse
Seagulls and Saints of Emmaus
...Seagulls and Saints of Emmaus
David J Walker
I see Seagulls and Saints
And icy sills of Window’s
Restraints of blurred realities
And unaccompanied Complaints
But clearly every pray ends
I...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Sappho Translations XIV
...Sappho Translations XIII by Michael R. Burch
In these translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if they are used i...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, dream, father, girl, god,
Form: Free verse
PLAINSONGISTA
...unaccompanied*
liturgical
melodies
sans
notation
universal
utterings
of
musical
uniformity
with
glee
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Categories:
unaccompanied, music,
Form: Didactic
May Day
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Oh, the memories of yesteryears
Many were filled with happy tears
Unaccompanied by painful fears
Laughter and chatter filled our ears
Time must not be allowed to steal
Those sacred tim...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, childhood,
Form: Couplet
Winter Sonata
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Like the breathless air of twilight,
As the moon softly rises and tempts the stars
Into the quiet revelations, admissions
Grace, splendor, magnificence…
Painting the dreams with a quivering i...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, love, romance, winter,
Form: Free verse
Air France Unaccompanied Minor Policy
...Send your kid aged 4 to 11 for air travel alone under the Air France unaccompanied minor policy, and for 12-17 its optional....
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Categories:
unaccompanied, 10th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Observations
...As he sat unaccompanied I saw no ring on his finger
Trouble in paradise perhaps
Lines at the edges of his eyes which still sparkled
the same brilliant blue as before
his cheekbones a bit more pr...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, age, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
In Memoriam Quietly Always Close
...In Memoriam Quietly Always Close
Are they whispers, then, settling
So gently upon that slightest breeze wending
Over the granite crosses and statues of cradling angels,
Which stand in...
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Categories:
unaccompanied, grave, heaven, love, memory,
Form: Free verse
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