Free will to wield or just chill
...Problems when ply in,
To some it is a stop sign,
To some a guideline
From a well-wisher genuine--
To follow and feel so fine.
A beautiful girl,
To boy, a beauty to meet,
To wolf, meat to eat...
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Categories:
whiling, dog, garden, girl,
Form: Tanka
Sad Tuesday
...Without making a single sound,
a ball of yarn, my cat unwound.
Meanwhile, my dog had more to say,
whiling away the gray Tuesday.
Barking loudly, he buried a bone.
I whispered sadly on the ph...
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Categories:
whiling, animal, sad, sound,
Form: Couplet
STORM
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Twilight displayed spectacular spectrum
Sun rays pasted colors on sky-album.
Startled shuddered on sudden storm
Gust in lust on thrust brought fragr...
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Categories:
whiling, storm,
Form: Rhyme
One must possess the patience of Job,
...“The patience of Job” applied as an idiom that means to have great patience or endurance in the face of suffering. It's used to describe someone who perseveres through many problems or hardships.
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Categories:
whiling, 12th grade, adventure, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Whiling Away The Hours
...Atop yellow sunflowers
a dragonfly and a fairy
were playing, whiling away the hours
romping and being merry.
It is generally believed
that fairies protect sunflowers;
plans to pick one ...
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Categories:
whiling, fairy, fantasy, flower, flying,
Form: Rhyme
Tight lines taut
...A poet who fishes, wishes for tight lines
with fish hooked, caught and ready to play.
The poet wishes for taut-line inspiration
while whiling away the hours of solitude
in the quiet peaceful wild...
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Categories:
whiling, fishing, poets,
Form: Free verse
Aftermath from this er
...Aftermath from this er...
attempt to break thru Hadrian's Wall
while roam'n across cyberspace of urban sprawl
dark shadows spill across
the outer limits of the twilight zone
whereby edge of ...
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Categories:
whiling, absence, age, allegory, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Whiling the Years Away
...
‘In God we trust,’ for he trusts us
to represent him on this earth
Fashioning humans in his image
He relies on us to give birth
But more and more folks today
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Categories:
whiling, baby, education, god, money,
Form: Rhyme
Boy
...Intriguing hollow log
Boyhood, sunshine, smiling
Slippery, slimy frog
Summer days whiling
On undulating grass -
Beauty so beguiling
Cloudy memories, alas,
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Categories:
whiling, child, first love, memory,
Form: Other
mundane
...rising from bed in the morning
seeking shelter when it's storming
idly whiling stray hours away
dreaming there will be better days
fabricating a self-image
with a more prominent linage
doodling...
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Categories:
whiling, culture, endurance, humanity, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Time
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Time Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Ink Empress
2nd Place
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Know the value of time…
Whiling it away is ...
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Categories:
whiling, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Attitude with latitude
...Attitude with latitude
originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic
Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested...
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Categories:
whiling, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Come With Me
...First Memories - Come with Me
As sure as it must, a dark sky breaks.
Come with me, in the new day’s sun,
We’ll gladly give whatever life takes,
Whiling our time, till daylight is done.
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Categories:
whiling, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
A Word Against A World Going Wrong
...
How would I have the upper hand
as all around in chaos got drowned
How would I stick to a single stand
when upheavals the soul do confound.
My words whiling away an abiding journey
diggin...
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Categories:
whiling, anger, conflict, deep, heart,
Form: Rhyme
When the Time Stands Still
...The saplings are growing into plants
and the plants are ageing into trees
They stand tall and stagnant
getting bored of the cool sea breeze
?Whiling away the days and nights
they strike a s...
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Categories:
whiling, destiny, environment, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
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