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The Echo Verse

an echo in repeat
changing meaning to rhyme
with homonym or slant
a poetic devise
Greek in its origin
meant to be read out loud
troubadours preferred song


Written 10/21/2020

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In Memoriam of Anne Frank

trapped in history
memorialized horror
a smiling cherub

Copyright © Nicole Like | Year Posted 2022

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October's End

tangerine dreamers
clustered in fields awaiting
scarecrow in moonlight

Copyright © Nicole Like | Year Posted 2020

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Susurrus of October

Spindly limbs are softly sighing,
Undulating in the chilling breeze.
Sunshine dwindling, slow comes the night,
Uncovering hidden mysteries of Harvest old.
Rampant in the glistening dew,
Rise reflections from a crystal moon.
Untimed music rustling in the leaves;
Sunset pandemonium come alive.

October's murmured wishes dazzle with
Fragments of golden light escaping.

Outstretched flames of Amber and Bronze
Calmly swirl down to dampened paths.
Twilight draws near, a reveal
Of untroubled beauty, and
Bares its beguiling enigma.
Excite in the regal ease of Autumn's appearance;
Rumor of a love letter to Winter to come.


Written 10/4/2020
Title Chosen: Susurrus Of October
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh

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Ode To a Tree

Imposing green
A lonely stretch
Into the streaking sky.

Strong and steady
Never wavering
Even in the gales.

Crisp leaves
Flutter and shift
Always reaching up.

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Time In the Sun

Day pulses within budding blue eyes.
She lays solo in the rickety bed -
a hand-me-down from a cousin removed.
Dust bunnies swirl and dance overhead
in the early morning sun, beckoning her awake.
A chill in the air sends goosebumps
past her threadbare nightgown 
worn years past it's expiry date.
Peeling off her sprawling quilt,
she joins the already burdened dawn.

With noiseless footfalls, she creeps 
to the crippled chair in the corner
where her favorite grass-colored smock 
hangs - a token of love stitched 
by cramped aged fingers, now silent.
Creaks echo, sounding as bullets, awakening
the aching chamber housing two generations.

The task to break their fast falls to her:
the sizzle of scent surrounds the kitchen berth;
A familiar routine partaken in duet.
Gratitude is given, utterances exchanged,
then abandoned to her role of domesticity.  
Lather and rinse, plates come clean
- a grind that is chanted again and again.

Deepening her breath, a sigh is summoned out.
Slipping away is a fixture encored:
a record scratching in her head.
Bypassing the large crack in the porch,
she tumbles down the steps of grandfather's house.
Each clip and clop wrench draining blows
to the descending wooden flight.
She walks down the pebbled driveway,
scratching raw the bottoms of her unshod feet.

A solitary spot calls from an aged oak tree 
- branches droopy and weighed down
with a verdant embrace of an ivy blanket. 
Ideas and dreams flare here, spent and shaped
- a sagging memento of her station.
Hours drift by, the warm summer day
aids like a balm to a frayed heart.
Swinging from her childhood tire swing,
careworn from similar seasonal passing,
she waits for her time in the sun.

Composed 4/21/2021

Copyright © Nicole Like | Year Posted 2021

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I'Ll Sing For You a Symphony

I'll sing for you a symphony
    and strum the strings in beats
    an inspired grandiose melody
    of lifelong rhapsody entirely
    four movements my heart completes.

I'll sing for you a chanson
    full of lyrics affecting and pure
    my solo voice defies easy scansion
    to develop an embracing expansion
    admiration is mine to ensure.

I'll sing for you an anthem
    devotion to you alone
    your sacred being beyond fathom
    ardent, I'm held for ransom
    devotion to cherish and own.

I'll sing for you a love song
    every word flows right and true
    to croon an acoustic-filled levity
    with a phrase ensured in brevity
    for your heart I will win anew.

Copyright © Nicole Like | Year Posted 2021

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Autumn Fairy Harvest

tiny winged maiden
flies in the night
dancing swirls in air
when the harvest moon is bright
sprinkling ribbons of dust
over prairie fields
vines curl and wind
around tawny clustered yields

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Captive

a veiled, hollow cage
guarded peeks of cloud and brine
sheltered from the world

Copyright © Nicole Like | Year Posted 2022

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Autumn Splendor

Auras of assorted color
Undulating with the breeze
Tolerating the alchemy
Until the seasonal period
Maintains demands for
Naked limbs diverged of their burden.

Splashing downpours
Playfully cascading upon
Lovers enveloped in a sweet
Embrace. A breath of
Novelty in creation
Discovering a balance
Of order in the
Ripening buds for contemplation.

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