The Wait
...In an old thatched house,
In an inhabitated corner,
Of a ghost village,
Lived an old woman.
Aged not in years, but in struggles and tears,
guised with prematured grey hair,
Empty mouth, wrink...
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Categories:
unsupporting, africa,
Form: Free verse
Dull Tea Sojourn
...Wanting to get Away...
Needing to get Home.
Are they all dead?
Fantasticals, Fantasy, Phantasms?
Fantastic Rascals.
Masters. Hmmpphhh.
Tin-roofed.
Straw-sided.
Dirt-floored.
Mundane.
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Categories:
unsupporting, death, mountains, mystery, myth,
Form: Free verse
The House Dark
...Kismet yanks the rug I'm standing,
Shocked it barely sways my stance.
Should have been a back-side landing,
Unexpected happenchance.
Anger follows loud reporting.
As for me, my silence ho...
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Categories:
unsupporting, allusion, analogy, break up,
Form: Rhyme