Tag: poem
group name: twowordchallenge
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July 19, 2007 06:01 PM EDT --
"Why do you keep that old chipped teacup?"
She asked me as we sat down to sup.
"Why do you keep it upon that shelf
Next to the old Santa Claus and his elf?"
"T'was my Grandma's . . . more
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March 27, 2006 01:32 PM EST --
Forgotten people
packed away in suitcase dreams
treasure their lost keys
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August 29, 2007 12:47 PM EDT --
Muffled voices seek to explore
The glorious morning’s rise,
And not disturb the rest of one
Who sees with nighttime eyes . . .
Steam rises happily from cups
As the tender day grows bold; . . . more
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April 05, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
I wrote this with the help of my daughter, Beth ;-)
The memory of that day, a rip in time
I should have walked away
Run toward the sublime
Looking toward . . . more
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May 31, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
I'd thought it divine arrogance
how you winked at me, made nicely,
so much your elder, surely wiser,
none's fool. But you truly
thought it sexy how a little
dab of whipped . . . more
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April 11, 2006 04:24 PM EDT --
Gathering Thunder
spoke my name and I replied
kneeling before him
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July 16, 2006 07:30 PM EDT --
citrus aura
presages her arrival
vanilla essence
emanates from her skin
pomegranate lips
part in a sigh
chocolate eyes'
worldless entreaty
bite me
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February 20, 2007 01:11 PM EST --
Flesh torn in the quest
Beneath rock rippled water,
The salmon, silent,
Sentence without pronouncement,
Milks laid roe before his death
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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December 23, 2007 02:44 AM EST --
The rocket awaited
Word from the boss for lift off
As Santa revealed
New travel plans for the team
Somewhat swifter than the sled
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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February 20, 2006 07:08 PM EST --
I've never really thought of this
Said the portly hippopotamus
Breakfast is my favorite meal.
There's just no other way to feel.
I love bacon; I love eggs
Orange juice and jam,
Butter . . . more
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March 04, 2007 07:10 PM EST --
Twenty pigeons pecked
Leaves piled for winter's compost,
Yellow beaks bobbing
With hope for a wormy meal
You knew lay squirming beneath
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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February 27, 2007 12:10 AM EST --
Forbidden Dream
In the corners of your mind
And the core of your design,
In the pout of your lips
And the sway of your hips,
You are a forbidden dream-
You are not what you seem.
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July 17, 2006 02:25 AM EDT --
"Bite me!" said the apple hanging on the tree.
"Bite me," hissed the snake "It will make your mind run free."
"Bite me;" said the woman as she gave it to her love. . . . more
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June 10, 2008 11:03 PM EDT --
Shaved Head
I should've cooked, done housework.
But I didn't know how angry he'd get,
At first I thought he was being a jerk,
and that's all it would be.
He'd . . . more
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February 02, 2006 03:40 PM EST --
It holds my thoughts
My hopes, my fears
with vivid dreams
and certain tears
Bearing the words
we spoke as one
Carrying the prayers
that had been sung
Across the seas
it drifted . . . more
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March 13, 2006 10:05 AM EST --
Mud season dampness
settles into my bones,
keeping deep sleep at bay.
Fever rages,
coughing,
sneezing,
pharmaceutical dreams
making me restless,
covers twisted,
sheets damp from sweat.
I drag . . . more
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March 28, 2006 06:43 PM EST --
We open the boxes
Pandora dared not touch
Where beneath the lids
We are buried.
All our achings
In this dusty place
Written on hearts
like dusty scraps of paper
between linnens.
Now, we try to . . . more
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July 30, 2006 10:46 PM EDT --
Frustration at Work or Play
A couple dozen times a day
I fix a smile upon my face
Instead of crying out, "Oy vey!"
A couple dozen times a day.
I want to scream and run away
But patience is my . . . more
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March 04, 2007 06:45 PM EST --
You Knew
By David Beall
When I was at my wits end,
And looking for a way out.
You knew.
When my heart was empty,
And my mind was full of doubt.
You knew.
When the . . . more
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May 29, 2007 09:58 PM EDT --
Standing there
So cold, untouchable
Disdainful
An alabaster goddess
Flawless
Immortal
His passion's object
Rejecting, renouncing
Divine Arrogance
Breaking his heart
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