my eyes turn back
...
I …
have courted luck in countless ways
against ragged judgments and self-umbrage
I still draw breaths, counted
and the mirror has been charitable
most I meet deem me forty
(I’m not about t...
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Categories:
unmistakably, analogy, introspection, love,
Form: Free verse
Call it Presence
...Call it presence
Solidly empty
Infinite time and space
No-movement moving
And none of the above..
But unmistakably present
As all of the above..
Call it presence...
...
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Categories:
unmistakably, wisdom, words,
Form: I do not know?
HALLOWED HALLS
...
Striking, revered portraits line the massive, hallowed halls
Reflecting the faces of the Founders; those who have given all.
These Heroes focused on peace and were positively sure.
They knew e...
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Categories:
unmistakably, america, courage, patriotic, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Mercedes
...Mercedes for fast
Or powerful Mercedes
Maybe fly like Mercedes,
Or with Mercedes prestige!
Probably sleek Mercedes,
Or could be cute Mercedes,
Or just plain Mercedes,
But definitely not old M...
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Categories:
unmistakably, muse,
Form: Spoken Word
The Other Side
...To those people who spend most of their life
surrounded with worldliness its cares and strife
this piece is dedicated it is my duty to convey
without any effort not to I'd be left in dismay.
On...
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Categories:
unmistakably, dedication, education, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Recognition
...Bliss beat’s divine chime slows down flow of time
but how may this be articulated,
for words are but symbols,
offering not the taste,
of this sublime elixir that in-pours from heaven?
On meldi...
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Categories:
unmistakably, silence, spiritual, truth,
Form: Free verse
Embodying Beauty
...Your love is a force of nature, unparalleled and extraordinary. It transcends the norms of our time, shining brightly amidst the shadows of doubt and insecurity. Your pure soul, so often hidden from ...
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Categories:
unmistakably, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
See Me
...See Me
I want, desperately, to Impress
Why
I don't know why
Hmm
I just, despairingly, want to Impress
I, sincerely, wish you knew why
Why, pray tell
So, interestingly, I may want to Impress t...
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Categories:
unmistakably, 12th grade, identity,
Form: Free verse
Gold Bitten
...
"Gold Bitten"
delinquent minds
call the creative in
gold bitten terror bites
he thinks he’s a poet
she thinks of other things
not so equivalent
she thinks she’...
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Categories:
unmistakably, muse,
Form: Narrative
Oscar 2002 To 2015
...Before I knew the day, the time
He’d die,
I came home to him,
My little smile, knowing he’d
Be there, he was always there
Always aware I was his
Defender, his reminder that
Some of us were wi...
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Categories:
unmistakably, animal, dog, friend, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Whispers Battle
...Whispers are battling with my soul’s delight,
Shining on half of my senses in time.
Mute the translation in its rhythm away from the drum beat in my mind.
What the micro vibratos may mean to thi...
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Categories:
unmistakably, appreciation, change, courage, desire,
Form: Free verse
A Gift That Keeps On Giving
...“I’m going to give you the same gift,” her grandma told her on her 7th birthday,
“that my grandma gave to me.”
Then she took her to the backyard and pointed to a tree.
“I don’t see a present,...
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Categories:
unmistakably, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Kissed By the Breeze
...One still summer day,
I lay in my garden of pondering
From where I could not see the sun
And the light was somewhat vague
Yet, it was summer
J...
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Categories:
unmistakably, beautiful, butterfly, garden, june,
Form: Verse
Stricken With Anguished Nausea
...Stricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courte...
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Categories:
unmistakably, abuse, age, analogy, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Mexican Dance of Romance
...Mariachi beats are unmistakably Mexican, sassy as salsa
Hot and spicy, the sombrero on the floor hops up and down
Carnival dance battle begins with the traditional janabe tapatio
Crowd marvels at ...
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Categories:
unmistakably, dance,
Form: Free verse
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