Lost in the Woods
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Lost in the Woods
Strolling in the midst of a dense forest
With emerald green trees spanning the sky,
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Categories:
waded, appreciation, inspirational, life, self,
Form: Verse
Taken by the Off Ramp
...When logic fails,
something within me undeniably stirs,
something that was always there,
in the silent void,
waiting for me to veer off,
and let go.
To stop thinking,
start feeling,
and open...
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Categories:
waded, faith, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Breathless, Then and Now
..."I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean."
from the song "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack
When I first saw the ocean as a child,
I was in awe of its waves, ...
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Categories:
waded, appreciation, nature,
Form: Etheree
my soul in foreign lands, forgotten 2
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A soul's etched cartography
compasses spins a needle frantic
above a parchment of skin.
A map…
Each line a river I've drowned in,
blood I waded and divide
each faded scar
a language s...
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Categories:
waded, allegory, art, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
tuesday morning laundry
...tuesday morning laundry
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he had waded out into the waters
del mar in the morning was quiet
and he certainly was not on the sea of galilee
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he had a pole in his hand
and stood quietly ...
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Categories:
waded, faith, fishing, forgiveness, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Echoes of the Silent Shore
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Beach Music, Pat Conroy’s voice in flavors
Of raspberry ice and chocolate paradise
Mists blowing across the waters, soundless
Yet aching so that every heart felt blessed
By his melancholi...
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Categories:
waded, appreciation, beach, feelings, love,
Form: Free verse
Rosy Granny Magic Glasses
...I walked along route 58
There was Mumbai dreams and Harbor Freight
A hippie guy sold sunglasses from a stall
One had a rosy tint, I paid 5 dollars, that was all.
There was a warning label with it...
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Categories:
waded, allegory, crazy, emotions, extended
Form: Lyric
Learning to swim
...Sitting on the hot asphalt blacktop in miles of traffic, feeling lost and alone.
People around me doing the same, everyone seems so sullen and confused.
Cell phone junkies don't know if its day or ...
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Categories:
waded, beauty, bird, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Magical Mix
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A merger of holidays was proposed
Young hearts for it
The elderly opposed
Fiercely debated
Bitter grew the divide
Neither young nor old
Could speak ...
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Categories:
waded, friendship, holiday, love, together,
Form: Rhyme
A Carpet of Gold
...Just ‘round the corner,
A carpet of gold,
From the branches of ginkgos,
Was there to behold.
The lovely-shaped leaves
Also covered some cars,
So you couldn’t tell Hondas
From sleek Jag-u-ars...
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Categories:
waded, appreciation, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Jesus Please Save Me
...My car was flying in the air upside down
Off the freeway, headed toward trees
I had never heard of black ice, had no idea about it
I was only twenty-eight-years old
But I knew I was going to die
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Categories:
waded, jesus, religion,
Form: Narrative
Sunday
...Today the boy, wanting to stay tuned, grabbed the VR
Sweating profusely, needed a washcloth bathing
Boys don’t enjoy Sundays but they do after all
The class in awe of Revelation, wanting more
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Categories:
waded, day,
Form: Free verse
Trick-or-Treat
...In the hush of twilight's purple bloom,
I wandered, where the old oaks loom,
On All Hallows' Eve, in masquerade,
With a bag in hand, through the mist I waded.
The streets were lined with jac...
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Categories:
waded, halloween, horror, scary,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Place Not Meant To Be: Part I
...A Place Not Meant To Be
PART: I (810 of 1487 words)
#1: A Day Begins
Sand grains station elevated for want
in the cool starless relics spell of dark
a sun behold horizo...
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Categories:
waded, analogy,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD Part 3, from THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD
...CONT ... from Part 2
THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD Part 3
Through frowning ululating flowers
of full colours she waded
for hours.
She sc...
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Categories:
waded, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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