Next Generation
...Alas! Alas!
Season near past…
Age all but gone,
youth comes waddling
on our heels along: new lingo, with
movements, though awkward
youthfully strong – Alas! Alas!
Fogies must step aside~
gr...
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Categories:
youthfully, age, humor, introspection, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Time
...Would we could turn back the hours;
transport rearward that small hand,
take back a few we wasted,
perhaps youthfully misused.
Yet, if it was made be so,
of which past hours to erase?
For eac...
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Categories:
youthfully, time,
Form: Blank verse
Tilting at Windmills
...("Dark Pool Nebula #3", 2011, original oil)
Tilting at Windmills
In this modern world, in these modern times
adventurers of the spirit are looked down upon
at least among my family and...
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Categories:
youthfully, adventure, art, introspection, life,
Form: Narrative
Lee Retiree, 66 Remix
...Lee Retiree, 66 Remix
Never one to be lazy,
Lee’s energy astonishes,
Clarity hallmark avoids the hazy,
Kristie et. al. he garnishes,
Materials investigator a la Dick Tracy,
Friends, Lee never t...
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Categories:
youthfully, appreciation, birthday, brother, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
Abecedarian Because It Is Good Practice
...avid arm-wrestling against awesome Allie
brave Billy Bouncer balks a bit at Ballet.
cocky courage cancelled, civic concentration.
during Des Moines Diamond demonstration
energetic efforts enthuse...
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Categories:
youthfully, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
Abecedarian Because It Is Great Practice
...avid arm-wrestling against awesome Allie
brave Billy Bouncer balks a bit at Ballet.
cocky courage cancelled, civic concentration.
during Des Moines Diamond demonstration
energetic efforts enthuse...
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Categories:
youthfully, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
A Sullen Silken Star
...Stiffly staring
from a faded
frightened far
is a sullen
silken star.
Scornfully
scattered behind
it’s skittish
skin of scolded
scowling scars.
Youthfully
yearning
for a life
contentedly
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Categories:
youthfully, care, dream, missing,
Form: Alliteration
I Did
...I did
I
Apparently
Blindly
Cautiously
Delicately
Enthusiastically
Falteringly
Gracefully
Haphazardly
Innocently
Jokingly
Kaleidoscopically
Lamentably
mostly Masterfully
no...
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Categories:
youthfully, celebration, change, cool, fun,
Form: Rhyme
A Nurse Remembered
...Angelic, Benevolent, Caregiver
Determined, Energetic, Friendly
Generously Helped Indigenous Juveniles
Kindhearted, Loving, Merciful
Nursed Older Patients
Quintessential, Remarkable, Sama...
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Categories:
youthfully, appreciation, uplifting,
Form: Abecedarian
Dark Glasses
...Memories sweet or pity
May be seen through dark glasses
I cherished the memories of the time we once spent together
When we are young
The scenery shimmered through the morning haze
The blue sky ...
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Categories:
youthfully, memory, morning, mountains, sea,
Form: Free verse
Vows of Love That Time and Distance Can Not Deny
...Vows Of Love That Time And Distance Can Not Deny
Beyond the ocean and high clifftop ledge
Across great expanse of water and skies
Two lovers far apart gave loving pledge
vowing truest of lo...
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Categories:
youthfully, art, kiss, love, passion,
Form: Romanticism
Fathers Day
...F riendly faithful, flexible, far-sighted, fulfilling favors…
Fabulously
A ltruistically available, adaptable, and attractive…
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Categories:
youthfully, father son, life, love,
Form: Acrostic
The Good Old Days
...my Father’s smile is a memory dear to me
smelling freshly made bread and seeing frost on the trees
playing outside and feeling youthfully free
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Categories:
youthfully, family, memory, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Poem Speech- Yyyummmahhh
...yyyummmahhh
yyy u mmm ahhh
you understand meaning as historical.......
yet...unless memory agrees...helpfull
years underlying millennial ages hopefully
yelp until mind accepts handiwork
yie...
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Categories:
youthfully, absence, games, sound,
Form: Free verse
Age
...When one reaches a certain age
it is difficult to move far from
death – I mean, to counter, such
negativity, I make it a point
to see every sunrise as my best –
making, luscious, painted vases ...
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Categories:
youthfully, age, creation, growth, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
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