Schools are Changing
...Gates once locked with poverty's rust
now swing on golden hinges
Every child a key-holder:
the girl whose fingers paint light from darkness,
the boy who dreams in mother tongues and thinks in mat...
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Categories:
workshops, appreciation, books, care, change,
Form: Free verse
Said in the Same Breath as Freedom - May 8
...“O’!, work, work, work away,—ignore your thirst
and shovel steadily—keep nourrishing the coals
of locomotive life!(the cost is but your souls);
All other occupations?—to hell dispersed!
“Amen! ...
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Categories:
workshops, america, freedom, irony, jobs,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Who are they?
...Who are they?
Under the shadow-filled sky, where the stars are only question marks,
they weave invisible webs, devaluing our dreams of gold and silver,
they hold us in chains of invisible debt, li...
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Categories:
workshops, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
They got the whole world in their hands
...They got the whole world in their hands
Worth north of a trillion dollars,
(plus or minus a billion dollars here and there),
the unnamed obscenely rich,
(which top 15 billionaires
projected to...
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Categories:
workshops, america, anger, angst, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Footprints of 2024
...Dawn files gather here
Meeting notes and plans unfold
Like spring's first petals
Through corridors decisions
Flow swiftly as mountain streams flow
CSR dreams take shape
Schools transform da...
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Categories:
workshops, thanksgiving,
Form: Free verse
Homage To The Leaf
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Homage To The Leaf
Miracle Man
10/28/2024
From buds they sprout in early spring,
providing the tree with its summer wear.
They shade the songbirds as they sing,
and provide an escap...
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Categories:
workshops, god, nature,
Form: Lyric
A MINISTER RETIRES: SOLILOQUY
...A MINISTER RETIRES :
SOLILOQUY
I arise as infant Phoenix
from Akasha ashes
counterparts frozen
with foibles intact
a still Arctic of death
sheath for recalibration
Source Light bre...
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Categories:
workshops, change, character, emotions, extended
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I am A Beer Taster
...I am a beer taster it's an odd job
Beers are like nuts, they're tasty, nuts do soothe the hops
I drink a lot of beers , I drink them with cheer
My skills i learned with glee at many worksh...
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Categories:
workshops, food,
Form: Ottava rima
In the odyssey of my soul, I have sailed seas of uncharted destiny
...In the odyssey of my soul, I have sailed seas of uncharted destiny,
Embarked on the ship of time, under the flag of a stormy youth.
Six years under the starry sky, I forged myself among the wave cr...
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Categories:
workshops, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Literary Gardeners
...In the realm of words, where knowledge thrives,
Teachers guide with wisdom, where the ink arrives.
Enhancing writing, a guiding light they bear,
To elevate students, their written tales to share.
...
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Categories:
workshops, teacher, thanksgiving,
Form: Bio
The Retreat: Part 9
...The Retreat: Part 9
Coming Down The Hill
We were warned
That the high upon high
May not hold or be well-received
By the mere mortals below
Yet Cliff's Band of Merrymen
And bonus babes
Ma...
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Categories:
workshops, addiction, appreciation, courage, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Old Belfast
...OLD BELFAST
No hooters belch and screech in the mornings anymore
Industry has disappeared from the City’s working core
The Factories have all closed their gates a long, long time ago
Now silent...
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Categories:
workshops, city, depression, history,
Form: Rhyme
That Salad Went Right Through Me
...That Salad Went Right Through Me
I've always wanted to write a poem called
“That Salad Went Right Through Me”.
And I would wager upon its best destiny:
To begin with, there is the Universal...
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Categories:
workshops, assonance, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
The Art Gallery Test
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Art galleries are to me ...
a) like coming home as it always feels right
b) it is a place to let go of all tension
c) it inspires my mind in so many positive ways
d) and makes my mi...
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Categories:
workshops, art, history,
Form: List
The Workshops of Nirvana
...I’m the Seller of Rainbows
Purveyor of such Delights
Adding joy and pleasure to
So many Rituals and Rites.
Sliding through the portals
In connected webs of space
Physically always staying
In ...
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Categories:
workshops, allegory, art, beauty, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
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