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Safe Shores

...A languorous morning 

Nestled in between warm duvets, a goose feathered pillow or two…a luxury 
A striped kitten, a beautiful shade of grey, on a windowsill grey too; purring, gentle breaths, aut...

Categories: workhorses, allusion, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

Newmarket

...People and horses

The Newmarket was the oldest market in town
farmers came here selling potatoes and other greenery
Their women-folk sold thick, long underwear 
winter can be cold when the Nort...

Categories: workhorses, cinderella, dance, devotion,
Form: Blank verse

Sanders the Clown In a Circus of Democrats

...Clowns at the Abyss

I’m not a communist,
I’m a Democratic Socialist
Cries the independent Elitist

It’s a right to have healthcare
It’s a right to have welfare
Yet, funding for these generou...

Categories: workhorses, america, conflict, corruption, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Cycle To Recycle

...Shoulder to sturdy shoulder
  solid white workhorses
    soak, whirl and twirl
      water whooshing
        suds slushing

Gleaming metal centrifuges
tumble, toss and turn stiff rags 
  thei...

Categories: workhorses, clothes, history, technology,
Form: Rhyme

A Haiku Anthology

...feathered wanderers
how far… what lands you espied
moonlight guides you on
~
feathers… how many
would it take to lift me… fly
a dreams worth… magic
~
the crow the raven
black as pitc...

Categories: workhorses, nature,
Form: Haiku

America

...America
Well you should have seen turkey Sal
She fills herself with packs of Pall Mall
And not to forget about Coonskin-Cap Jack
Always a-travelling with a riffle on his back
The greatest thing ...

Categories: workhorses, america, thanksgiving, usa,
Form: Epic

Empress of Ireland

...THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

Two mighty workhorses, colliding Titans,
Leviathans of the Saint Lawrence river.
Devastation’s maritime wrecking balls,
Slamming head on, even after the warnings 
Sounding, ha...

Categories: workhorses, boat, death, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

A Silk Purse Made From Sows Ear-W

...Laws are made by Congress for public
Public suffer by virtue of its click
Law maker keep loopholes
As they don’t have souls
Claim to be more than equal to check.

No lack of *Napoleon or *Snowb...

Categories: workhorses, political,
Form: Limerick