Tag: poetry
group name: triplenameclub
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April 26, 2006 12:09 AM EDT --
You,
go ahead
push open the gates
they're not locked
they're waiting for you
You,
who years ago
betrayed me with a kiss
a lie, cheated and lay with her
You,
look in the mirror
and heal thyself . . . more
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February 28, 2008 10:49 PM EST --
February's snow fell gently
praising the green verdancy
of the holly on the side of the house.
Snow did not fall with the diligent message
of the unexpected power of nature, nor did . . . more
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July 12, 2007 05:57 AM EDT --
In the quiet of the dark, I arose. I arose to pitch black slid to grey, hoping for a water color wash. I looked up, hoping for rosy dawn, but did not find her. The impatiens on my balcony opened, . . . more
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May 02, 2006 02:59 AM EDT --
Breathing is life.
It is involuntary.
We cannot will ourselves to stop.
But we can will ourselves to breathe faster or slower.
But even this feat cannot last forever.
In the end, we must trust enough . . . more
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April 17, 2008 10:51 PM EDT --
On the occasion of our anniversary, a tribute to my beloved wife Neal Ann
She Buys Me Tools
I catch myself boasting inside
About my prowess
When the . . . more
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May 02, 2006 09:11 AM EDT --
Like a dandelion to the wind he goes
from hearth to school
come September
youth's first bloom
a tall 5-year-old
last night, his 18th birthday
our son
life of dreams
promised hope
no longer child, but . . . more
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November 13, 2006 11:43 PM EST --
I love you when you're shedding tears
When you're sailing in the sweetest ways
When you're laughing at something nice
When you're blue because of burden to bear
When you're reminiscing . . . more
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May 12, 2008 09:04 PM EDT --
last month, cold snowrain out my window danced,
pushed crocus further toward the mantle;
still, I await the hush when sunlight streams,
world stops, holds its breath! in eternity,
while purple . . . more
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April 04, 2007 03:35 PM EDT --
Judging others and pointing out,
their long list of faults,
we should stop and list our own.
Compare the notes with,
who we judge;
We will soon see they aren't alone.
It seems so easy to,
point . . . more
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June 06, 2006 07:28 PM EDT --
pure evil
that painted
whore
in our bed
her children, bound to ours
that dark night, your soul
thrashes upon a sea of unknowing
your black soul cries misery
upon your bones wracked in pain
now
your torment-knotted . . . more
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July 04, 2007 09:44 AM EDT --
Today, July 4th - I will be Featuring the strongest of articles that relate to a holiday. Not just Independence Day, USA - but Canada Day, any National Holiday, or any other holiday, anywhere, of your . . . more
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June 27, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
On Wednesdays, I will be featuring the strongest of the content that comes into the group. The group's stated genres are the following: fiction, poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction, . . . more
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July 06, 2007 04:12 AM EDT --
Run to the mountain, the pond, to Walden: run on two-year old legs that crouch in the sand as we laugh and scoop sand-buckets for sand castles. Run fast before time steals, shifts in my mind's eye. . . . more
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February 11, 2007 10:35 PM EST --
I need an extreme makeover
I want to take over
My body
And give it instruction
On it’s function.
It is not
Supposed to eat
Everything sweet.
Nor is
Wonder bread
How it is supposed to be . . . more
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July 24, 2006 07:39 AM EDT --
A poetic comparison
...and the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers,
is always the first to be touched by the thorns.
Thomas Moore
But he that dares not grasp the thorn
should never . . . more
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April 10, 2008 07:22 PM EDT --
For Boris G., bozlich.gather.com , a poet who dreams poetry, then makes poems of his dreams. You will be amazed when you read some of his articles. I particularly recommend: REVELATA CELESTIA . . . more
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September 17, 2006 09:56 PM EDT --
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon
The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.
As for the Greek theatrical tradition
Which represents that summer's expedition
Not as a mere reconnaissance in . . . more
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February 22, 2008 06:12 PM EST --
Once more I want to ride the carousel,
whose galloping ponies' bright-painted thighs undulate and sing to my core,
and yet fear shrieks: hold fast the pole, hold fast the pole, hold fast the . . . more
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August 02, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
Yes, Friday Writing Essentials is Ed Nudelman's day, but he is busy and he asked if I could sub for him today.
So, in the spirit of 21st century angst and my recent foray into authors this side of . . . more
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February 08, 2007 12:23 AM EST --
The kids play and eat cheese crackers, taking the tops off to scrape the filling with their teeth into their mouths.
These children are not yet near that age when they might question their direction, . . . more
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