The Unseen Bloom
...Not every blossom greets the sun,
Nor every triumph shouts it's won.
Some flowers bloom in silent grace,
Unseen by crowds, yet touched by faith.
They grow in corners most forget,
Where pain an...
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Categories:
unpraised, inspirational, school, silence, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
Possibility
...I fantasized of a possibility we couldn't foresee,
a reality I would grasp between my dusted fingers
before it slipped away into the reaches of beaches,
in the shorelines' bays of an emotion that ...
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Categories:
unpraised, longing, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
A Lukewarm Child of God-
...Father I'm your Son
lately I've been lukewarm, though
please forgive me Dad
I am unspoken
sometimes it's hard to cry those
the tears do subside
as I open mine
eyes I'm blin...
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Categories:
unpraised, analogy, anxiety, child, god,
Form: Haiku
Love Is Overrated
...Love is overrated
Misunderstood, miscalculated.
It is the morning mist,
A dew rested on the grass.
In the warmth, it ceases to exist.
with the heat of the sun, it's gone.
Love demands caring, ...
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Categories:
unpraised, lost love, love, love
Form: Free verse
What Have We Done
...Why do we only see inequalities of the human race,
are we fair with our nature?
The origin is unpraised
and, we try to search for life on other planets.
Little do we know about the earth and its ...
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Categories:
unpraised, animal, earth, environment, future,
Form: Free verse
Inviting Journeys
...It seems more obvious
good humor and aggressive violence
do not require linguistic nuances
to convey their fundamental Positive and Negative faith.
Messages of eco-centric privilege and underpr...
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Categories:
unpraised, caregiving, community, culture, earth,
Form: Political Verse
Ah, Unpraised Soldier
...The tall veteran
wears a camouflage faded cap
and dark shades to hide
his smooth, scarred face: doesn't he wish
that somebody shook his hand...
ah, unpraised soldier!
Written on 6/10/2017...
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Categories:
unpraised, america, emotions, hero, identity,
Form: Haiku
New Odessey
...Stepping onto foreign soil
I take my first newfangled breath
"Here skies are blue
And dreams come true" -
They say, this is success.
With every step I take, I see
My peers ten steps ahead of ...
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Categories:
unpraised, america, change, discrimination, identity,
Form: I do not know?
The Second Miracle,,,,,,,
...Oh "Great Spirit" hear my words of truth and prayer
Long life for this child, breathing the earths fresh air
Teachers were given this precious gift, from your guiding hands
My grand-daughter they...
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Categories:
unpraised, faith, hope, inspirational, philosophy,
Form: Couplet
Names Known To God
...I SEARCH THE WORLD,
TO FIND EARTH'S MOST HEROIC NAMES,
I SCAN THICK HISTORY BOOKS,
AND PROBE VAST HALLS OF FAME.
I PONDER MYRTYRS,
BURIED BENEATH CHURCH SPIRES AND STEEPLES,
AND I WEPT ...
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Categories:
unpraised, dedication
Form: Quatrain
Teasing
...Tonight
when I come back
clad in wounded memories,
one seed deep
the pod would lie in the forest of hands,
I will wake you up in between
the kisses of moon.
The hawthorn lamps –
let me ligh...
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Categories:
unpraised, adventure, allegory, angst, animals,
Form: I do not know?