Tag: words
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 03:28 AM EDT --
tender white blossoms
emerge and stir in spring’s
lively breezes
wind blown palms
outline bare desert hillsides -
noisy ducks flee pond . . .
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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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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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June 11, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
Here are a few terms serious poets should use and understand:
abstract/concrete
alliteration
allusion
anaphora
anecdote
aphorism
assonance
blank verse
cadence
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July 05, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
night sneaks upon us
like a swarm of locusts
invading fertile fields
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July 13, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
lost old poems,
some from high school,
others from college days,
still more about love.
moving like all insults,
allows us to lose these things.
tears and woe, there's . . .
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July 15, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
roses now in bloom
complete with rainbow colors
oh, what a delight
smell the splendid sweet odor
we enjoy nature's . . .
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July 15, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
birdbath
the birdbath guarded
in silence by woodpeckers
other birds denied
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