Whenever The Soldiers Go
...These thoughts will follow
whenever the soldiers go...
to be with them into the battlefield,
reciting the shortest prayer
to protect them as a shield
in moments of uncertainty and fear!
A hea...
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Categories:
undistracted, anxiety, courage, death, emotions,
Form: Narrative
The Lobster Hunt By Omar Rayyan Omar
...Have its lobster claws times two pincered off
One way sticks of this crustacean’s underwater trap?
Eight leggedly it gallops off among arthritic, bulbous trees.
And waves its spiny tail to cover u...
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Categories:
undistracted, animal, art, fantasy, humor,
Form: Free verse
The Labrador
...If I wasn't there,
the rain swollen clouds
would have still dumped
their dark weight over the bay
and through a gaping tear,
let down a curtain of sunlight
to start the day.
And if I wasn't...
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Categories:
undistracted, care, creation, dog, earth,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Joy
...Destined for the hopefulness of dawn,
Dewy eyed, mist like tears forced themselves
From the corners of sorrowful eyes, resting
On the sunrise, briefly elated by the melody –
Music in colors, grac...
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Categories:
undistracted, autumn, beautiful, november, october,
Form: Free verse
Availability
...In my mind
Seeing you was the perfect form of communication.
To watch the expression of depth.
Every wrinkle that crinkles the side of your nose.
The sentiment grown from standing so close.
Eyes...
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Categories:
undistracted, black african american, black
Form: Free verse
Behind the Shadows
...She hides her feminine charms
behind a veiled silhouette
allowing unobstructed
undistracted views
of nature’s abundant gifts.
Yet, instinctively,
furtive wandering eyes
skim hurriedly from ...
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Categories:
undistracted, nature,
Form: Free verse
Make Love To Me In That Ancient Place
...The Bedouins, bequeathed with the sacred beauty of paradise harsh,
trusted guardians of jealous gorges and gifted groves
lead me from the Wadi Musa to the humble ingress of Petra,
saying with thri...
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Categories:
undistracted, adventure, desire, history, love,
Form: Epic
The First Snowfall
...Would the scent of winter,
the smell of fresh snow
mean much to me
if I'd been down south
breathing the scent of the sand
in a better climate since a child?
If i found snow at fifty
I'd dan...
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Categories:
undistracted, nature, snow, snow,
Form: Alliteration
Wherenever the Soldiers Go
...These thoughts will follow
wherever the soldiers go...
to be with them in the battlefield;
reciting the shortest prayer
to protect them like a shield...
in moments of trouble and fear!
This h...
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Categories:
undistracted, devotion, inspirational, sympathy,
Form: Ballad