To The Other Side
...Out of the blue on this summer day
Richie asks me if I want to swim with him across the lake
Sure what the hell and that is that
I will match the older boy’s vim and whim
Two strong boys armored ...
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Categories:
unrecovered, best friend, endurance, father
Form: Free verse
Leopards Loose in the Domain
...Out of a neon jungle the big cats prowl
the wind in the willows unrecovered,
for when the cats and wind begin to howl
I am stoned and the boys truly mothered!
So I rip in and bowl an insw...
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Categories:
unrecovered, friend, games, sports,
Form: Sonnet
The Pandemic
...Staying home, I'm swamped in my handicraft
Paintings, drawings, all fascinating art
Sumptuous meals, I baked and cooked
My proud dish, I posted in facebook
Puzzles in my newsfeed, I proudly answ...
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Categories:
unrecovered, faith, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Child Trusts No One
...child has puffy eyes
welts on her legs
eyes cast downward
professionally guarded
refusing to talk
trusting no one
closed tighter than an encyclopedia
thoroughly indoctrinated
to not shar...
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Categories:
unrecovered, abuse, school, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Blue Spring
...A feast presented
Rainbow's revival
Yellows, pinks, purples
But colors cure blinds
Unrecovered eyes
Clinging wet clouds
Shadows over
Sovereign spring blooms
Laid at my feet
Sunlit touch
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Categories:
unrecovered, color, depression, seasons,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
For the Ears Only
...All have been said and done
There is a missing link
All have been done and said
There is still a mystery
Filling in the missing words
Its not an easy task
What is been taken
Cannot be filled...
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Categories:
unrecovered, allusion, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Black Society
...Welcome To The Black Society
Welcome to the dead society
I hope you make through it this poem
I hope I make through this poem
I hope gunshots don't make it through this poem
Forgive me black so...
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Categories:
unrecovered, africa, character, freedom, identity,
Form: Epic
The Ballad of the Jacaranda
...Walked six years, that way,
And watched this new suburb’s trend.
Near Mysore Highway,
Close to Bengaluru’s end.
Three storeys tall, stood,
This awesome tree-spread, so pretty.
Blue blossoms, go...
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Categories:
unrecovered, happiness, introspection,
Form: I do not know?
Tygart Flood Control Dam
...To be standing so tall, broad as you do.
With your strength captured, hidden within dew.
Without respect, you protect many things.
Thou, inexistent, until siren sings,
When born, two men fell int...
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Categories:
unrecovered, dedication, education, history, life,
Form: Heroic Couplet