The watch man
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realms defence launches
dice, reckless soul hoarder
upturns death hourglass...
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Categories:
upturns, death,
Form: Free verse
Freesoul
...Beneath the fury of sun
Wades a wobbly nun
Stomping on thorns
Watch the teary ferns
Scars on her skin
Carrying wounds engraved
Curse devious grin
And snakes she once craved
She sucked and...
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Categories:
upturns, for teens, journey, nature,
Form: Free verse
Woven
...Beneath the fury of sun
Wades a wobbly nun
Stomping on thorns
Her soul burnt and torn
Scars on her skin
Carried wounds engraved
Trust, her sin
So were snakes she once craved
She sucked an...
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Categories:
upturns, betrayal, emotions, time, woman,
Form: Free verse
the collective hubris of our indifference to ants
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We walk the earth as lords of all
only judeo-christian types of course
We crush the weak and heed no call
history is written by the winners
We think ourselves the smartest rac...
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Categories:
upturns, anxiety, appreciation, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Reechoes of Vertu
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A-mid shared thoughts,
shuffled 'cross mortal uncoil,
no central judge;
choices re-sound, choices spoil.
Principles form an unspoken pact,
reciprocity in action, a silent (re)act.
In...
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Categories:
upturns, crush, endurance, friend, friendship,
Form: Free verse
The Clearing
...The sordid thought thicket thrives
within the dungeon of the dark mind,
where the web of tormenting roots wriggles,
entangles all the escape routes,
as qualm deconstructs life’s forest path.
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Categories:
upturns, analogy, inspirational, life,
Form: Free verse
Echo Return
...Echo return contoured by consciousness
Oft ignores our interconnectedness
Sternest rebuff being indifference
In a poignant, painful, time stretched silence
Mitigating our innate blissfulness
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Categories:
upturns, innocence, love,
Form: Rondeau
The Pathless Path
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Ego upturns, so we learn to discern
Urge of mind-body versus cry of soul
For God we yearn, as love for love does burn
In midst of action, playing our life role
Ceasing to weigh an...
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Categories:
upturns, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Kundalini
...Ida
Pingala
Sushumna
Or nebula
Cold breath
Hot breath
No breath
Know breath
Three known channels for the flow
One burns, one cools, one is mellow
All provide a connected glow
In pris...
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Categories:
upturns, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Noises Off
...ducks cluck
bulls buck
gnus munch
bugs buzz
surf
lulls
as shrubs bud;
dusk
suns
cummulus
unfurl
curls
uncurl
tumult
upturns
as
crush
sucumb...
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Categories:
upturns, sound,
Form: List
Oblivious To Chills
...As mauve of autumn waves her velvet cloak
Each treetop, each leaf upturns a glazed hue:
That between dusk and morn, the winds evoke
A heartbeat tempo of evening’s debut--
Oblivious...
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Categories:
upturns, autumn, beautiful,
Form: Ottava rima
The Little Magnetic One
...From stiletto heels to flashy coiffures
whether in braids, crochets or something new
They never ceased to shimmer in view
and there, there, these beauts I see...
Three dames a...
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Categories:
upturns, baby, beauty, birthday, for
Form: Rhyme
Acrostic Man: a Collaboration With Ken Duddle
...Form: Acrostic
Don’t walk by,pretend not to see
Outside in the cold is no place to be
Whistle to yourself,think glad it’s not me
No-one can escape their destiny.
No-one can prepare ...
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Categories:
upturns, adventure, community,
Form: Rhyme
In Quicksand
...It is the truth which
never was. After many
deaths I will come to you
to repeal my verses.
The festering earth was
making the rains green,
to suck the dry sands
thrown by the angry win...
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Categories:
upturns, art,
Form: ABC
Acrostic Man
...Don’t walk by,pretend not to see
Outside in the cold is no place to be
Whistle to yourself,think glad it’s not me
No-one can escape their destiny.
No-one can prepare for all trials o...
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Categories:
upturns, anxiety, depression,
Form: Acrostic
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