Category: Poetry

#Haiku: Snow

Posted on December 18, 2020 by

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a murder of crowslittering brilliant white snow–near her small footprints Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge: No. 203

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Tattered and Grey

Posted on December 17, 2020 by

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I looked for you today, I thought I saw your face there– among tethered winter clouds But when I looked again, they became another memory cloaked in tattered grey shrouds Then came longing, the painful ache of missing you in harsh– brilliant sunlight breaking through And upon my soul ensued,… Continue Reading “Tattered and Grey”

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Queen of Shadows

Posted on December 16, 2020 by

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“Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)”  ― Horace, The Odes of Horace In a dark glen of an ancient forestthere lives a wicked old cronewho feasts upon tender humansthat through fate, happen by all alone Her name is Queen of Shadowsfor to… Continue Reading “Queen of Shadows”

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In Praise of the Sun, 2

Posted on December 15, 2020 by

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Milk glass clouds kiss a turquoise sky as tangerine sun arisesCrisp cold breeze welcomes with easesweet dawning of a new day Mother earth breathes deep as song birds in time peep the overture of fresh mornAnother brilliant day comes as black night succumbs to… Continue Reading “In Praise of the Sun, 2”

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Burning Embers

Posted on December 14, 2020 by

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Come linger with me in the inglenookwhile we cuddle by the crackling firereading love sonnets from a tattered bookas flames and words stoke our burning desire With fiery eyes reflecting ardor for one anotherWe kiss– setting our thumping hearts aflutter dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille… Continue Reading “Burning Embers”

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The Year of Whiting Grey

Posted on December 13, 2020 by

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“How many loved your moments of glad grace,  And loved your beauty with love false or true;  But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,  And loved the sorrows of your changing face.”  ― William Butler Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats They say… Continue Reading “The Year of Whiting Grey”

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Ode to the Sun: 2020

Posted on December 11, 2020 by

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    There arose a cri de coeur high atop the tallest trees Songbirds begging to the sunshow us your lovely face please Wash away grey winter’s hazewith your brilliant bold light And we will sing of your praisefrom dawn until moon’s light We… Continue Reading “Ode to the Sun: 2020”

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