Gran's Place
...Gracious old stone homes, lofty rooms full of nooks and crannies
Snoe-white linen and antimacassars embroidered by our grannies
Cool wide verandahs, wrought-iron lacework draped with wisteria
Old ...
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Categories:
verandahs, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Peace On Earth
...Hearts hankers for true peace
earthly peace a dry season drizzle
coming suddenly then it vanishes
even the little evaporates like fog
Hearts yearn for peace made in heaven
knees are corrode...
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Categories:
verandahs, allegory, destiny, political,
Form: Sonnet
Just To Remind You
...She did not choose to be sick,
to be admitted in that hospital,
to be in pain that wont go away,
to live a life in that wheel chair.
He did not choose to be blind,
to use that walking stick,
to not ...
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Categories:
verandahs, life, sleep, mum,
Form: Free verse
Ancient Anthills
...They ate the carcasses of worms, drunk the blood
Of ants, pests and rodents;
So did this people who dwelt in these anthills.
Till their ailing bodies wreaked, smothered with
Pain and unrest.
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Categories:
verandahs, faith, history, hope, imagination,
Form: Verse