Tag: mindful poetry
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January 03, 2010 05:04 AM EST --
drinking
befriended
hate
dead
social
meaning
It's too late in the evening, you've been drinking. Now as you slam the car door, you wonder who you've befriended. He slides out from behind . . .
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January 02, 2010 06:05 PM EST --
Did you ever open your Bible and read a passage over and over until it no longer made sense, until you were dizzy with choices? How to interpret something that sounds straightforward, but in fact . . .
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March 24, 2009 11:30 PM EDT --
Gardening nourishes body and soul.
Sweet corn and cantaloup, cucumber vines,
Radishes, carrots and beans on a pole,
Daffodils, tulips and red columbines.
Sweet corn and cantaloup, . . .
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May 11, 2009 08:53 AM EDT --
We danced until the dawn devoured the dark
While drums and music ruled our glide and sway
We swirled and dipped and bowed and held and touched
The music danced . . .
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November 06, 2009 11:50 PM EST --
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Alleluia the chorus
Bellows loudly
Clearly sounding
Differently as it is heard
Everywhere sent
From . . .
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February 04, 2009 10:46 PM EST --
Please won’t you feed me now?
My life depends on you.
And I recall your vow.
How can you just allow
The burrs and matting too?
Please won’t you brush me now?
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September 22, 2009 07:00 AM EDT --
Bottle gentian
Attention to
Mention autumn
Each September
Remember dogs
Spread burdock seeds
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October 26, 2009 10:49 PM EDT --
Utopia?
She wonders
Since her death
Could this really be
Heaven?
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November 23, 2009 01:52 PM EST --
Act blasé.
Craft deftly.
Earn fabulous gifts however I justifyingly know.
Lasciviously mention names of people.
Quickly read salacious tales.
Utilize voluptous women.
X-tasy: . . .
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September 12, 2009 05:41 AM EDT --
Than-Bauk
The cat got high, pawed his eye red, don't cry, better?
Sweet little girl, laugh, dance, twirl, hugs, a swirl of love.
Bake the cookies, all with ease, yes? Oh please, come on! . . .
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November 07, 2009 12:09 AM EST --
Alleluia becomes clearer, different everywhere, from God's high invincibility
justifying kindness, looking more noble, often Peace quietly rises, sounding
trumpets used, verifying when . . .
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January 16, 2009 12:05 PM EST --
Sonnets befuddle me. I know one thing, in part thanks to Billy Collins , a sonnet contains fourteen lines. There are many different variations of the sonnet. You'll see in mike . . .
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November 01, 2009 09:07 AM EST --
ambivalence blooms crystalline daily
even faith goes hungry
i just know love must never over promise.
quiet........
rancorous sentiment . . .
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September 23, 2009 06:00 AM EDT --
Forty seven
Year adventure
Heaven sent her.
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August 09, 2009 03:45 PM EDT --
The Zoo
I want to know why you don't love the zoo. I stole a snake, a mink and a kangaroo. They were here for a day, then they ran away. Now, I'm in a cell just like the ones at the zoo! . . .
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August 11, 2009 07:46 AM EDT --
Limiricks
A limerick is a five-line poem with a set form. The rhyme scheme is AABBA. The third and fourth lines (the 'B' lines) are shorter than the rest of the lines.
There was an old . . .
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August 11, 2009 08:21 AM EDT --
I wanted to try my hand at writing a Limerick. It was harder than I thought. Here goes:
I look at my golden yellow striped cat.
An extremely lazy sleepy feline, at that. . . .
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September 19, 2009 01:20 AM EDT --
"A Than-Bauk, conventionally a witty saying or epigram, is a three line "climbing rhyme" poem of Burmese origin. Each line has four syllables. The rhyme is on the fourth syllable of the first line, the . . .
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September 28, 2009 08:30 PM EDT --
Than-Bauk
Missy
You're cute, funny, my honey, sure! Sunny, all love.
Little kitty, a pretty girl, Missy, all ours.
mn - 2009
Posted for Mindful Poetry , Susan Budigs group, . . .
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October 24, 2009 10:53 PM EDT --
My dramatic monologue is too long to upload to Gather. I've put it on Youtube; you can watch it there if you'd like.
Corner of Juniper and Fourth
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