Just for You
...My love for you didn't come by how
I felt
But it was in my heart by His impartation
Then I felt its pulsating surge overhelmn
Me
I wouldn't let go again like a delirium on high
It kept ...
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Categories:
wavered, celebration, for her, love,
Form: Ballad
Idyllic
...The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." Hellen Keller
Snow-tipped mountains ranged around the prairie,
Smal...
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Categories:
wavered, flower, imagery, mountains, nature,
Form: Free verse
father's day
...Zero.
I imagine you watched,
With awe and wonder
At the image on the screen,
My movements
In black and white,
As the sonographer moved the wand,
Up and down
The belly of my mother,
Showing...
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Categories:
wavered, child, daughter, father, father
Form: Free verse
A golly whopper's catch
...There was a young woman who yearned for a mate.
Sadly cat food was all that she ate...
The cans with seafood she clearly favored and from
this diet she never wavered.
Many thought her an attracti...
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Categories:
wavered, cat, fish, humor,
Form: Light Verse
soar
...for I soar the unrestricted skies
a terrestrial to bring my demise
how lowly of me to die by the sword
such a small forgiving creature abhorred
drive the wavered blade through my diapsid
...
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Categories:
wavered, absence, allegory, angel, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Now with the echoes of the storm
...I sat facing the east in supplication and meditation. My soul rose like an eagle, piercing the spiritual realm, its wings unfurling over a sky of clouds alive with unseen forces. When a storm struck,...
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Categories:
wavered, extended metaphor, imagery, imagination,
Form: Prose
Laura Norder 2 - New Balls Please
...Laura Norder took her gun and strapped it to her thigh
The skirt she wore was so damned short she had to strap it high
And stood there on the corner where the street lamps dare not tread
She waite...
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Categories:
wavered, courage,
Form: Narrative
Twas the night before Christmas
...Twas the night before Christmas, all snug in my bed,
With visions of sugarplums dancing in my head.
But little did I know, a surprise was in store,
As my cat, Mr. Whiskers, knocked over the ...
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Categories:
wavered, animal, cat, christmas, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
QUIRKY TURKEY
...
T’was the night before Christmas, my favorite night,
Excitement, the Christmas tree, presents wrapped bright,
Preparations in full swing for Christmas Day,
Midnight service, carol...
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Categories:
wavered, bird,
Form: Rhyme
The Finish Line
...I’m on my knees, hands clasped together under my chin.
He’s standing above me, looking down to meet my gaze. The look of concern washing over him.
We’re so close you can almost see the heat from my...
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Categories:
wavered, anger, christian, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
My Prayer For Today
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My Prayer For Today
Miracle Man
10/15/2024
Before today’s sunrise I awoke feeling blessed,
ready to do bidding with some new day’s test.
In prayer, I ask you, to make me an advancer,...
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Categories:
wavered, blessing, faith, god, love,
Form: Sonnet
'Forward Brave Souls' Victims of Ambition's Merciless Will
...“Up men to your posts! Don’t forget today that you are from old Virginia.”
– General George Pickett
Beneath Gettysburg's sun a merciless blaze
Stood Pickett with his face etched...
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Categories:
wavered, death, history, slavery, violence,
Form: Ballad
A Saigon Story
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We lived in Saigon many, many moons ago
Of which I have a tale to share
About a pair of my husband boots
His favourites…. the ones he loved to wear
A shoe shiner came to the work office
A t...
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Categories:
wavered, feelings, hope, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Supine, Looking at the Sky
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Supine, Looking at the Sky
Back from two days` intensive care
After an open heart surgery,
...
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Categories:
wavered, feelings, god, heart, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Know That I Too - For Mental Health Month
...To You, With Love, From Me
Please know I too have felt there is nothing left,
been afraid, and out of hope.
Please know I too have felt there is nothing left
and did not know if I could cope....
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Categories:
wavered, depression, hope, i love
Form: Rhyme
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