Of Paper Moons, Foxes, and Blood Oranges
...I. Sighting
I saw you
through refracted light-
a prism of chance
splitting ordinary into spectrum.
Wind-tangled hair
terra cotta and rosemary beneath your nails
th...
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Categories:
verify, dream, innocence, journey, loss,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Dilemma of life
...Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
~ Henry Louis Mencken
Who cares if I but di...
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Categories:
verify, heaven, life,
Form: Quintain (English)
Trust Him Anyway You Can't loose
...When you think God spoke to you.
Write down what he said to do.
Do you feel peace in your heart?
If so that's where you need to start.
To verify the voice you've heard.
Does it line up with God'...
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Categories:
verify, bible, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
God always talks to me
...I have something good to say.
It happens to me everyday.
God talks to me.
Whenever things in my life go wrong.
I go somewhere to be alone.
So, God can talk to me.
In life there are times wh...
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Categories:
verify, 9th grade, anxiety, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Inner Tides and Outer Moons
...Inner Tides and Outer Moons
Just like Earth and her moon
Our own body-mind fluxes
With and within the cycle of tides.
Up-down, strong-weak, high-low
We swell and contract in a rhythm
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Categories:
verify, grandfather, wisdom,
Form: Narrative
Genuine Question Are You Paying Attention yet?
...What else, what obvious opposing lies and information would you otherwise prefer to get? The world is full, it is inundated with Establishment propaganda of fear - insulting your intelligence with an...
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Categories:
verify, betrayal, childhood,
Form: Prose Poetry
Sophistication of sinister online skulduggery
...Sophistication of sinister online skulduggery...
lurks within the outer limits of cyberspace,
where dark shadows eclipse edge of night
indistinguishable from the twilight zone.
Within the Int...
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Categories:
verify, analogy, angst, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Fading Photographs
...
Among her photos were a special three
quite faded in their vintage blacks and grays.
A man and woman- one of a small child;
not all together- each of them alone.
I look for answers in...
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Categories:
verify, confusion,
Form: Blank verse
Love is Blind
...I was a marvelous ophthalmologist, impacting how others saw this world,
As tomorrow one day sees yesterday, on lanes where hued leaves swirled.
I corrected hazy, crazy vision problems, wi...
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Categories:
verify, family, fantasy, friend, growth,
Form: Couplet
An Age of Transcendence
...We are evolving towards a higher level of conscience! all of us
You and me
There is no escaping this truth
There are no poles to climb out of this reality.
We are in a changing world that we b...
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Categories:
verify, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Dear Mr Reagan
...Note: Although Mr. Reagan was alive when this was
written, unfortunately, Mr. Reagan never received
this letter. It got misplaced and was discovered
years later.
Dear Mr. Reagan.
I wish you ...
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Categories:
verify, leadership,
Form: Prose
A Different Alphabet Soup
...
Actions are said to speak louder than words,
Because a word without spirit is lifeless,
Containing no fuel or faith to ignite.
Diseases, for example, strive without cures.
Evils persist where...
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Categories:
verify, poetry, usa, words,
Form: Abecedarian
What to do about news fakers
...We seek them here ,
We seek them there,
These will-of-the wisps that quickly disappear,
Only to reappear again to whisper into a different ear,
These clever sods who can make anything appear real...
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Categories:
verify, abuse, addiction, age, analogy,
Form: Burlesque
Free Delivery
...Have we become mindless shoppers
Arriving home
Wondering
“what’s in that bag”
Pushing the “reorder” button
On a “saved” grocery list
Waiting for a “text”
To verify your existence.
The “nu...
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Categories:
verify, fear, food, irony,
Form: Free verse
Three Tribute Poems, Composed By Me, For Longfellow Blog
...Three Tribute poems-- composed by me,
For Longfellow blog….
(1.)
Glory Of Faith's Triumphant Golden Crowns
The rays of morn took their first golden breath
Dispersing powers of nig...
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Categories:
verify, art, creation, dedication, deep,
Form: Rhyme
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