UNBOWED “Gather quickly out of darkness all the songs you know and throw them at the sun” ~Bouquet by Langston Hughes Where have all the children gone? gone off to chase rainbows and dreams with sunshine and innocence to where nightmares grip the unwary one can only wish he could hold more than his breathContinue reading “FORM FOR ALL: THE GLOSA”
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FADED
“Faded,” some may say of these feathery dandelion spheres courageous to stand before the world stripped of the raw beauty the pride of its bloom now clothed with the frailty of advanced age. “Just look! at those silvery threads hanging by a breath upon a bed once velvet ribbons taunting the wind challenging the sunContinue reading “FADED”
BEYOND THE GRAVE (My Poor Ghazal)
DVERSE Poets’ featured form is the Ghazal. The Ghazal is an Arabic poetry that originated in the 6th century. To my ears, it has the rhythm of a tolling bell. The Ghazal has its unique rhyming and metering scheme which I do not think I accomplished. But I had to try anyway…. For better examplesContinue reading “BEYOND THE GRAVE (My Poor Ghazal)”
LIFE MUSIC
What music does a heartbeat make that it defines the rhythm of the song we sing or the melody of a bird’s trilling? a laugh, a smile, a tear the sorrows and joys we hear all of these from a heartbeat the music that life makes makes the world a richer place. What life doesContinue reading “LIFE MUSIC”
THE LONGEST CRY
Weep no more, little child the evil time has passed that syringe on your head had done its work at last. I’m sad birth didn’t turn out the way it’s supposed to be your mother had other plans she gave you up to be free. You can now stop your struggles yield to me yourContinue reading “THE LONGEST CRY”
ILLUSION
Night and day he worked that he will earn his keep his needs have all been met it did not give him sleep. Day and night he worked to have more than his keep. His house became a castle his wealth started to pile there is food on the table yet at night, he wouldContinue reading “ILLUSION”
LIFE IS A BED OF ROSES
Life, they say, is a bed of roses and I suppose it is true. Consider the thorns as crosses the blooms, joys that are due. It has its time and season as roses obviously have. They both have their reasons for which they need to strive. Roses adorn the garden delighting the human eye. LifeContinue reading “LIFE IS A BED OF ROSES”
