Month: August 2021
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Crying Out In the Night
Those beads recalling all the things I dread Old incantations from surrendered knees Filling my mind with words I should not have read And I cannot hear the whispering breeze…
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New Hope
The gala of light brings new hope To wintered vale and mountain slope, The Snowdrops peek at waking light, The spring is coming into sight And in the pasture lambkins lope…
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No Sympathy
The land burns in new age waves of extreme heat Scorching the grasses and simmering our feet…
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Malayan Fireburst Notes
Originally posted on Jezzie G: Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc ddAdditional parameters: 3rd line in each quatrain must be feminine rhyme Example Remedial Action by Larry Eberhart Removed from urban crush his cabin sitsabove where finally the sagebrush quits.His land abuts a…
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Slow Bits
Within the rushing world that’s lost to time, The time to sit and wonder why birds sing, Or read a book of prose or charming rhyme; No time to whisper love or simply ring…
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Release
We left him there Upon the lawn While skies were bare Of clouds and scorn Was he aware Or still forlorn…
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Malayan Sonnet Notes
Originally posted on Jezzie G: Structure: aaba bbcb ccdc ddMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: Three quatrains and a couplet Example Shamanic Rhythm by Jez Farmer Delicate feet dancing on the parched landWishful prayers summoned with opening handWith a soulful voice calling out for rainAs the summer burns the green grass to sand.Shamanic rite written in…
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Friends
Remember when we were best friends The hours we spent just talking through The night. Our dreams of love, fears too, In all life’s hurts we’d comprehend As broken hearts begun to mend…
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Two Sisters
To friends that dance in darkest night They raise the power of witches’ spell As voices chant in candle light In ways of wise they know so well…
A Garret Poet 