Tag: poetry
group name: casualwhere
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March 20, 2007 12:29 PM EDT --
It is a sunny yet frigid day, here in Upstate New York.
"It is time to get up Dad" she says. Still licking her breakfast fork.
I watch her from the bathroom window, . . . more
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May 24, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
Bringing out my old "pity party" poems from long long ago (thankfully).
For most of my childhood things were good .... . . . more
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June 24, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
RENGE
Haiku
Pure lotus flower
its blossom opens cleanly
revealing its heart.
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August 16, 2007 01:30 AM EDT --
Note: I am hoping for constructive critique on this poem and hope those who have some background in the varying styles of poetry will take the time to give me such.
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October 28, 2007 01:32 AM EDT --
My eyes are heavy
behind half-closed lids
I peek unto the screen
and see words
appearing.
I wish it was my
inspiration
that had brought
these words to life
but I know it's . . . more
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October 28, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
Perched on a dining
room chair, by the window,
she sits in wait.
The long, sleek tail
winding and twisting,
off the end
of her seat.
Her head rocks
to and fro watching . . . more
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October 29, 2007 02:22 PM EDT --
The car makes its' way
up the steep colossal hill.
Screams errupt going down.
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November 03, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
Frozen breath escapes
through my indigo
lips. I pull
my pullover closer
to my neck. Leaves
march beside me
pushed and pulled
by the wind
that chills me.
My hands feel icy
as I hold my collar . . . more
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September 02, 2007 05:48 PM EDT --
Never alone (revised)
From his promontory,
space divides the emptiness beyond,
permits a blinded soul
to look upon . . . more
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May 06, 2007 03:22 AM EDT --
Last night an angel spoke of you in my dreams
I awakend, startled, with an urgency to scream
Taken aback by the sight of her angelic wave
I reached out, vying to understand all she had to say
With . . . more
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August 19, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
(In her piece on Loving an Enemy, Carolion Grailbear perhaps unwittingly unleashes further reflection on the title of an old popular song, "What is this thing Called Love?" My effort here, . . . more
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March 19, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
Four years of war. I can barely comprehend how many lives have been lost. When I was a child, one of my earliest memories is of my mother crying when she learned the Vietnam war was over. I couldn't . . . more
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October 28, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
Sunlight shines through frost
collected on the glass of
my dirty windows.
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October 29, 2007 01:19 AM EDT --
A cold settles
around my heart as you sit
in your chair
and think of another. My mind
races as I think
of ways to cage
you. I'll take you
away from temptation
and keep . . . more
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November 03, 2007 12:36 AM EDT --
Darkness falls over
purple panzies outside my
door, turning them black.
I was going to change it to "pansies" but I think I like the "z"... it's just like . . . more
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February 03, 2007 03:20 AM EST --
"Your poems are too personal," he says.
"Remove the you; the I. What is left? That's your poem."
Imagine this poem
without you, without I.
Maybe it exists in
the vacuum of space. . . . more
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December 29, 2007 08:49 PM EST --
Catch a lover by the toe
steal her treasures
let her go
miss her
kiss her
catch her
keep her
pull her close
can't have or leave her
Reject him
want him
toss and retrieve . . . more
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April 26, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
there was a time
that i shined like the brightest star
and i thought that when the flame went out
i'd go with it
now the flame is gone
and i'm still here
and the world moves on
it doesn't stay . . . more
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August 27, 2007 12:00 AM EDT --
Never project emotion.
They will only mistake
anger for arrogance
tears for weakness
If you show fear
they will strike.
Smile. Smile. Smile.
Shake hands.
Make eye contact. . . . more
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November 17, 2007 09:23 AM EST --
Words are too much to
bare as we sit in silence
after she calls you.
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