HEAVEN IS VERB AND NOUN
... Heaven, synonymous with
Heart in its becoming of
the New Human ~
perception, perceiver and perceived
when merging incubates an
anechoic reality________
all els...
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Categories:
unconquered, allegory, allusion, beauty, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Walking the land
...# Walking the Land
I walk this land
inspired not by what I want from life
but by the constellation of possibilities
unfurling before me
I walk this land
driven b...
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Categories:
unconquered, bullying, child, dedication, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
The Road to Maximus and Winter’s de-Reckoning
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“The Road to Maximus and Winter’s de-Reckoning”
Winter pulled me into Her
like I was Her new season
and cooly stroked my fevered skin
like the contours of my body
we...
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Categories:
unconquered, muse,
Form: Narrative
Friendship
...I was speaking to a friend
She said nothing had changed
But her eyes revealed
That nothing was the same
I stood looking at my friend
I had known since just a child
She indicated...
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Categories:
unconquered, best friend, confidence, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Tilted Laments
...Is it my grief?
That i behold?
That i knoweth ongoing sorrow
Waterless doves?
None other, a city?
Just? As a city dweller?
Dwelling, in mired filth?
Unconquered mime, play!
At once! Be tainti...
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Categories:
unconquered, allegory, america, class, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Reality of dreams
...stumbling, my way through the maze,
for what purpose and going where?
evening is thickening in to darkness,
a vague fleeting thought of where am I?
no one to call to, no one to share life with,
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Categories:
unconquered, allusion, conflict, dream, feelings,
Form: Free verse
The Teacher's Lament
...In the classroom, a battlefield unseen,
I stand, a warrior with chalk for a sword.
My armour, compassion; my shield, devotion,
Fighting for minds yet to be explored.
But the enemy advances, col...
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Categories:
unconquered, education, endurance, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Upon the wings of time, we intertwined our spirits
...Upon the wings of time, we intertwined our spirits,
Seeking the harmony of eternity, a gentle ocean of song.
A kiss unfurled the creed of ancient silences,
And in a waltz, we joined, with sufferin...
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Categories:
unconquered, love,
Form: Free verse
Violins
...Violins plucking strings
of horsehair, satin ribbons
violet violate a dark
foresaken world
like a beautiful dream
romance unravels
the sweet pain
comes undone
then those wild horses
dance...
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Categories:
unconquered, muse, sensual,
Form: Free verse
She, the solitary woman, mistress of the shadows of silence
...She, the solitary woman, mistress of the shadows of silence,
Hides in the depths of your mind, like an evanescent moonbeam,
A specter that watches in the dark, like an unsaid secret,
In the labyri...
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Categories:
unconquered, solitude, women,
Form: Free verse
Mystery of May
...I was an unfathomable mystery writer, producing novels for ardent readers,
Much like a mystery of vanishing pearly moon, as sun comes up to greet her.
My days were spent devising fresh plots, lik...
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Categories:
unconquered, fantasy, imagery, may, missing,
Form: Couplet
Fate
...fearless I stand strong
In the midst of wrath and tears~
master of my fate
darkness all around,
yet I rise, unafraid, strong~
captain of my soul
In the clutch of fate,
my soul ...
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Categories:
unconquered, analogy, character, fate, success,
Form: Haiku
The Tree
...The bark was almost the color
of charcoal and too rough
for a boy to grip and hold on
to climb without bare skin
being grazed and scraped
back to bloodied welts.
The trunk was scabbed in gum
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Categories:
unconquered, childhood, seasons, tree,
Form: Free verse
Invictus
...In the darkest depths, without my sight,
A soul unyielding, endless is the night.
Through trials fierce, I stand, I stand alone,
With spirit unwavering, when free I roam.
No matter storms that ...
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Categories:
unconquered, 12th grade,
Form: Concrete
The Showdown
...'Twas an ominous moment when rode into town
To its marshal defy and outdraw and gun down
A notorious, murderous varmint named Slade
Who had widows and orphans throughout the west made.
The ...
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Categories:
unconquered, adventure, history, humor, parody,
Form: Quatrain
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