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Protest: Fever

Like spoiled children, We take and take. Land, air, resources, More and more. Than we need, Or handle. Factories pumping smoke out,...

Prose Poem: Walking Skeleton

Spindly appendages like spider legs. A walking skeleton lost in the living world. People gawk and glare. As if they could never be me....

Sound: 11:35 in Brussels

11:35 the sun is now setting. Splashing crystalline gold, Over everything the light’s touching. Streets filled with buildings old, The...

Structured: Night Triolet

Eyes grow heavy and slowly close, While the sky gently fades to night. Outside life is still yet wind blows. Eyes grow heavy and slowly...

Sculpture Haiku

Her figure deformed, She's an abomination, But she's my mother.

Ekphrasis: Life in the Midst of Art

The sky a pool of hues, Above my head, Swirl from blue to yellow. Women’s perfume, And the scent of warm bread, Occupy the air. Ambitious...

Extended Metaphor: Night is a Lady

Night is lady, Dressed in black velvet, Wearing it as a flowy dress. Beginning her waltz, Her sway lulling people to sleep. Her feet...

Time Is

Time is an hourglass, each grain representing it passing Time is a marathon Time is a race

Unexpected: Blind Love

Long have I yearned, For a princess to love. To make my heart churn, And feel free as a dove. One day in the woods, I heard her sweet...

Intense Imagery: Day in Japan

Dark brown roof, white walls. People pushing to see the buddha statue. The old structure gives off an aged scent. The sky, baby blue....

Autumnal Verse

Leaves of orange and red fluttering in the breeze. The crunching sound of the fallen ones under your feet. Warm colors in contrast with...

Narrative: The Watcher

I lie awake in bed at night, I can not sleep a wink. I see him in the corner, I dare not even blink. He stares with glowing eyes at me,...

Persona: The Sun, The Moon

My keen eye watches over those in the day. They laugh and play and work, As I protect them from the bitter cold of space. I awake them...

Place: The Passing Time

Narrow streets worn down, From hundreds of compact cars, Passing by. Concrete buildings with chipping paint, From the numerous of...

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