Party
...standing
playing a part
apart at the party
out of water
fish swim together
forgot that
there are no balloons
just arty talk
the occasional sing
at blue collar america
elbows sharpen...
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Categories:
wineglasses, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Party
...standing
playing a part
apart at the party
out of water
fish swim together
forgot that
there are no balloons
just arty talk
the occasional sing
at blue collar america
elbows sharpen...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wineglasses, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Ring On the Table
...The foot of the wineglass
Left a ring on the table
The table was scarred
By the foot of the wineglass
The ring on the table
Was left there, rejected
Next to the ring that the wineglass
Left...
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Categories:
wineglasses, heartbroken, lost love, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
You, Me and Her
...I know
you will think of
her in your
altogether empty
room tonight again
your hands will long
for her
your eyes will dream
of her
your longing will
fall down to the
palm of your hands
k...
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Categories:
wineglasses, sad, sad love,
Form: ABC
Between Dawn and Birth of a Song
...People are dancing on the rooftop,
I can hear the wineglasses
kiss cheek to cheek.
Music drips down
to the sidewalk with laughter,
wrapping itself around neon lights;
And It did not stop at my
outstr...
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Categories:
wineglasses, lost love, me, heart,
Form: Free verse
Texas
...TEXAS
Is a vast place, bigger than France, and in many ways much more interesting.
El Capitan reef, the Pecos, the Panhandle, all conjure up more imagination
Than a truckload of Monma...
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Categories:
wineglasses, places
Form: Light Verse
After the Party Is Over
...Wineglasses stained
red
red-rimmed eyes
needing sleep
After the party is over
the patrons depart
leaving behind memories
Did anyone know why
they were there?
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Categories:
wineglasses,
Form: Free verse