A Flower Vase on Top of a Piano
...My neighbor's piano swirls around her finger
likened to a keyed car where scrapes linger.
She teases out a tune as we both try to hum
along with swirling keys her fingers drum.
The naturals a...
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Categories:
whirl around, insect, music,
Form: Rhyme
The Night Before
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Twas the night before Christmas, yahoo!
I'm stuck in a snowglobe with you;
our bright Christmas Eve with a view
alone beneath our sky of blue.
And when the snow stops, it's our cue
t...
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Categories:
whirl around, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Apologies and Roses
...we don’t appreciate
the sun until it r a i n s,
warmth of gentle rays
that subtly stroke
distressed skin
when time was f r o z e n
smiles were s t o l e n
and hope yet again
remain...
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Categories:
whirl around, emotions,
Form: Free verse
I Got a Stupid Clipper Ship
...I inherited a worn out clipper which made me mad.
For the rest of the cousins got riches, big and bad.
One got emeralds, another got diamond rings.
I got a clipper ship, without the pirate loot of...
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Categories:
whirl around, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Word Salad
...Beautiful, belonging, banging, booming.
Noisy, noisome,
Scary sounds are coming for me.
And the connections whirl around me.
Scary, sounds, steaming, swirling.
Banging, clanging.
I...
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Categories:
whirl around, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Apple Snake Opaqueness
...Trillions of planets whirl around a trillion suns.
Some, nestled within the lavender hearth.
Of the haloed goldilocks zone.
Are we alone - are there infinite sprigs of life.
Somewhere in that...
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Categories:
whirl around, universe,
Form: Free verse
Orpheus
...Slang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade =
brooke = gorgeous
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”
Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School is OVER, COVID is over. We’re...
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Categories:
whirl around, humor, mothers day, new
Form: Free verse
Not All Birds of a Feather
...NOT ALL BIRDS OF A FEATHER
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When I hear the whooping cranes
Singing their glad refrains
I know the seasons are changing fast
And we can enjoy a spring at last
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These sand ...
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Categories:
whirl around, analogy, beautiful, bird, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Strawberry Ice Cream For the Queen of Hearts
...The Queen of Hearts was quite fed up.
"The tarts no longer are my scene!
Strawberries should drizzle down
The chin of a dainty Queen.
The tarts are firm and therefore fail
To give the stra...
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Categories:
whirl around, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Snake
...Snake
You may be poised to celebrate
As shadows whirl around us
I feel you might be premature
As destiny has found us
The children cower in the dark
But hope will flick the light on
The po...
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Categories:
whirl around, easter, eve, evil, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Long Suffering
...I am exhausted from this dance with misery.
I feel faint at the intenseness of my tribulations.
My sudden spirit lingers in the shadows of despair.
I no longer want to whirl around in the tu...
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Categories:
whirl around, religious,
Form: Free verse
Cleansing
...Light lemon colored skies to see
On the horizon, so pretty
Across the white, snow covered land
Peace amidst more than I can stand
Problems whirl around like a storm
But here, it is the quiet nor...
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Categories:
whirl around, creation, peace, sky,
Form: Rhyme
Have You
...Have you ever felt pain
way deep inside
That it touches where
your happiness hides
Where your joy once had
lived in peace
Making your get up and
go now cease
You stop trying to hide
behi...
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Categories:
whirl around, depression, sad,
Form: Rhyme
You Hide Beneath the Cross Your Sins
...in the corner
of smoke filled pool hall
you sat peering
as you quaffed another beer
your umber eyes
locked in the beryl
of mine
lost temporarily
in the depths
you flashed a smile
that s...
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Categories:
whirl around, abuse,
Form: Free verse
All In Due Time
...A step or two slower
Expectations lower
You don't fit in so well
Withdrawn in your shell
Your colleagues look younger
You don't have their hunger
More frequent, your blunders
Boss s...
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Categories:
whirl around, age, relationship, sick, time,
Form: Rhyme
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