Tag: verse
member name: poetrandy R.
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January 20, 2009 04:49 AM EST --
a hospital stay didn’t go my way,
a test didn’t turn out well yesterday,
a scare like this is all one needs.
we all are living on borrowed time.
some verdicts . . .
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March 31, 2009 02:52 AM EDT --
Survival’s secret lies not in
outlasting life’s challenges,
not in battles won or lost,
nor in the joys and sorrows
we all experience.
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September 10, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
black white or hairless
some tall fat thin big or small ~
our enjoyment
those fickle felines
give us love furry or not ~
all are bred . . .
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July 20, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
I feel warmth, fullness
summer's here, then so am I
days lengthen to night
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September 06, 2008 02:02 AM EDT --
This poem is dedicated to my sweet daughter, Jenna. It's theme is literally taken from a visit to her back yard garden.
We have always had birds in the garden, . . .
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September 08, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
father had sky blue hair to match his eyes.
mom was coifed in very light green hair
with hazel eyes and always wore
a sepia house dress with a matching
flower . . .
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July 14, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
incidents of daily life are a dance
in time, a pirouette in learning,
a waltz of happiness, a procession
of confusion, or a jig of
sorrow and shame, the steps
of the dance . . .
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July 20, 2008 02:49 PM EDT --
neighbors, acquaintances, friends
hors d'oeuvres, cold, hot, tasty
deserts and petite fours
finger food and coffee
conversation, . . .
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July 20, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
picnic at the park
intimate meeting at their home
dancing with my wife
seeing them listen to the music
kayaking on the lake
swimming in the club's . . .
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June 17, 2008 10:59 PM EDT --
Grandpa Joe had eighteen cats,
kept in a dark never ending
cavernous place he called the barn.
These feline fiends ran like race horses
when approached.
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June 30, 2008 01:19 AM EDT --
I published 20 rules for
writing modern poetry,
here's a poem that just
can't follow those rulez!
rule one: never use words
with . . .
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September 09, 2008 01:33 AM EDT --
quincy quail’s extended family
lives under the mugu pine bushes
in our front yard. flimflammery
is their main weapon against predators.
the quail familys display . . .
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August 25, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
will wonders never cease!
they did it again, with a splash!
apple just released another winner!
the newest iphone is here,
in your local cell phone store!
the new apple . . .
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . .
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June 08, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Senryu 1
those girls talk too much
when they gather together
excluding all boys
Senryu 2
time has come to stop
complaining . . .
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June 13, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
summer's solstice starts
desires sexual, physical,
emotional attractions
pleasant longer days
shorter nights filled with
lust, desire, temptation
summertime . . .
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July 01, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
for Donald Hawley - 7/1/2008
soothsayers, seers and saints
have a corner on the future,
perhaps scientists do not,
stuff happens, no longer a dream. . . .
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June 11, 2008 12:47 AM EDT --
silence is an owl ready
to kill, its talons on a branch
alert for prey, flies away
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September 09, 2008 05:18 PM EDT --
strange things happen in my garden.
magic tricks occur there, too!
indescribable beasts, creatures
and fantasies inhabit my garden!
my garden holds many secrets
some . . .
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September 16, 2008 02:40 AM EDT --
I am the White Dragon of Volsungi,
daughter of the great Gold dragon Volsunga!
I have been adopted by the surviving kin of that great dwarf
King Fraenir to defend their kingdom . . .
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