Lessons

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Beauty, Life, Mind, Past, People, Poems, Poetry, Potential, Thoughts

i am the lover
we won’t part
and dawn holds our dreams

i am the faithful
never part
and dawn clings to dreams

i am the villain
so we part
and dawn shatters dreams

i am the reformed
impartial
and dawn evokes dreams
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5-3-5 syllabic Kelly Lunes (the American Haiku)

Boxes

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Beginnings, Endings, Life, Past, People, Poems, Poetry, Relationships

on the break of day,
i find
our ties severed
with stainless steel scissors.
i dismiss
your promise,
that left a stain
on this hardwood heart,
and unravel
our quilted years;
to be stored
in bottomless boxes.

Weathered Wor(l)ds

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Life, Past, People, Poems, Poetry, Thoughts, Words

when my steps
are fastened to this earth,
chasing stormy days
and howling nights,

i see your face
in heavy droplets,
hitting fevered soil.

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photo credits: google image search

Seasons’ Song

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Beauty, Beginnings, dVerse, Endings, Life, Nature, People, Poems, Poetry, Seasons, Terza Rima

shall we not flourish in the springtime rains?
where liquid crystal moistens earthen tongue,
and green conceals the last of winter’s stains.

will we go far from where our bodies sprung?
past rolling hills beneath a blazing sun,
to vales of summer; youthful songs unsung.

when autumn reigns, will we then come undone?
give up our leaves to mighty gusts of wind,
and slow this walk, that’s only just begun.

have we surrendered; have our roots been skinned?
the joy of life, mere echo in our veins,
and winter’s breath leaves hollowed mind chagrined.

shall we be bound by bitter winter’s chains?
shall we not flourish in the springtime rains?

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Tony Maude over at dVerse Poets Pub invites us to to try the Terza Rima at “Form For All” today. This is my contribution – a Terza Rima Sonnet. Come on over, fiddle with the form and join us at the bar!

photo credits: josephinewall.co.uk

Secret Language

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Beauty, Blogging, Life, People, Poems, Poetry, Self, Words, Writing

like ink
i merge with paper ~
pure and deep,
contorted and flawed;
to relish
this part of me
i do not show
absent pen.

The Fool’s Dance

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Life, People, Poems, Poetry, Society, Thoughts, Work

i dangle
from a jester’s cap,
jingle
with the other bells
and wonder
when the seams
will come apart.

Revelation/Elevation

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Beauty, Beginnings, Life, Mind, People, Poems, Poetry, Transformation

when willows weigh words
far from festering fears ~
truth transforms to tenderness
and announces Aurora.

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photo credits: wallpapret.com

The Selfless Fiend

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Ignorance, Life, Mind, People, Poems, Poetry, Thoughts

we lick our wounds
with bitter tongues
and face a broken dawn

if minds are forfeit
and eyes
turn on themselves,
should we not change
our putrid views?

Future(?) Business

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Future, Life, People, Poems, Poetry, Present, Ruin, Society

the populace
shits bricks.

high society
smirks ~
and uses them
to build even higher towers.

Lun(e)atic

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Beauty, Life, Nature, Night, Poems, Poetry, Thoughts

once again i howl,
sleepless ~
fling my chaos
at your silvery face

i wonder
if you have
a voice of your own ~
this Hollowed One
seems deaf
to your frequency.
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photo credits: guernseyhhharriettes.org.uk