Betrayal
...I watch your exuberant glowing eyes as they shimmer in the radiance of your joy,
False, false joy,
The tears of your desperate smiles break from the icicle of confusion,
Confusion I cannot expl...
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Categories:
unobstructed, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Wandering Particles
...Wandering Particles,
Wandering in amazement,
At everything I see.
Nature, She holds such beauty,
Even the bark of the tree,
Are the same particles in you and me.
They go on living and breathi...
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Categories:
unobstructed, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Hawaii's Night Sky 1973
...I was driving to my grannies country home after the end of a dinner invite with friends in town, about 40 miles away.
There was news of the oddity prior to my first visual contact, that entertaine...
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Categories:
unobstructed, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Hindsight
...Hindsight gives you an unobstructed view:
unveiling what was once invisible,
hidden truths are now rendered visible.
You cannot change your past: only review
it, for it's not something yo...
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Categories:
unobstructed, angst, anxiety, betrayal, emotions,
Form: Hybronnet
A Day In The Life: OF THE SUN
...In a weightless state of tranquility,
paraphrasing relentless thoughts of motion
in my head into words, which 'til now
have laid dormant in unsung verse, waiting
for you to shine brightly upon...
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Categories:
unobstructed, imagery, introspection, meaningful, sun,
Form: Free verse
Major Love
...
"Major Love"
My dear Major Love,
are You following me yet?
all the sunrising storms read?
soliloquys too many to mention
my very brave Major Love
You’ll find ...
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Categories:
unobstructed, love,
Form: Free verse
Observe, do not analyze
....
Observe. Do not analyze.
Abandon all temptations
without analysis Observe.
Observe sans conclusion.
No arriving at conclusions
Never stop at a conclusion.
Observation, it is per...
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Categories:
unobstructed, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Twinkling Star Wish
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Written: April 06, 2024
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Dandelion, damselfly, do you pray.
What sort of topics do you often display?
A lovely wind blows, oh sweet ...
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Categories:
unobstructed, star,
Form: Rhyme
Sarah
...You are my spring.
You make me feel alive!
It is as if I haven't been breathing
And you are my first taste of forest air.
The ringing of your heart
Is like the sounding of a tiny bell
That wake...
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Categories:
unobstructed, appreciation, heaven, how i
Form: Free verse
Thankful For Accurate History and Maya Angelou
...May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word of thanks…
and thoughts of gratitude.
Today I’m thankful for ...
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Categories:
unobstructed, history,
Form: Rhyme
Pied Piper
...Pied Piper in the village square – a man
With a wooden flute and a golden plan –
Whatever are you doing here?
Did the elders panic, call you in
To purge the town of salt and sin?
Are you here ...
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Categories:
unobstructed, music,
Form: Rhyme
A Small Lake
...A small lake
There was a lake not far from the white-washed hamlet
in the interior of the Algarve; on hot summer days, witnessed
by my dog, which shuddered at the thought.
It was a small lake su...
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Categories:
unobstructed, color, devotion, history, romantic,
Form: Blank verse
Moon Flowers
...I was a questing, experienced astronaut, on the way to languid, red Mars,
The huge, white sun was my companion, and unobstructed views of stars.
I was enjoying the continuous, pleasant journey, l...
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Categories:
unobstructed, beauty, fantasy, flower, moon,
Form: Couplet
Deconstructed Christmas
...Growing up in Ohio it was easy to find my Christmas spirit with the snow and cold within my reach…but after moving to Florida I wondered how I’d ever find my Christmas spirit in the warmth or on the ...
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Categories:
unobstructed, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
The Night Club
...For years I was an aspiring singer, performing in trendy nightspots,
And I sang my heart out each evening, in all of the local hotspots.
Among the enthusiastic locals, at long last I'd made mysel...
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Categories:
unobstructed, bird, career, fantasy, nature,
Form: Couplet
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