Unleash your arrow dipped in space and time
And let it fly for twelve long months of time:
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Bullseye
31 Dec 2012 4 Comments
in Ghazal, Poetry Tags: Poetry
Light of Life to Dark World Shining
27 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: Amelia Anthony, Olivia Bankard, Poetry
O great is our God; sing choirs the same,
Who heals with His wing and gives us His name–
Extend invitations, oh send out the call:
This blessed salvation is given to all!
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I Still Insist So
22 Dec 2012 14 Comments
in Double Meaning, Haiku/Senryu/17 Syllables, Poetry, Word Prompt Tags: Poetry, snow
Kids sledding with smiles
And adults shoveling say
This weather’s snow good!
Bruschetta is Better, but Liquor is Quicker
21 Dec 2012 16 Comments
in Kyrielle, Poetry Tags: Dos Equis, meme, Poetry
A little liquor liaison,
Some eggnog for the occasion–
Poor Joe drank all within his reach
And thus began his stab at speech:
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Ecce Moneta
20 Dec 2012 31 Comments
in Kyrielle, Non-English, Poetry, Something Borrowed, Something New Tags: 1 Timothy 6:10, Claire Anthony, Eliana Anthony, Poetry
Take your oil, your diamonds, and gold;
They’re shiny but come at great price.
The struggle for money is old:
Men would kill for one extra pice.
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Flambeau
18 Dec 2012 2 Comments
in Iambic Pentameter, Poetry Tags: Franz Kafka, James Veldhorst, Poetry
A fever’s like a campfire on your face,
Sirocco blowing flames into your throat:
T-shirt and shorts, then blankets, sweats, and coat–
A Kafkaesque encaustic cosh embrace.
For Newtown
17 Dec 2012 10 Comments
in Poetry Tags: John 11:35, Newtown, Poetry
Nothing I say will unsplash the waters
Spilling from these wells,
Watering this hallowed ground,
Rippling in the aftershock
Of this torturous tragedy.
But I will still say I’m praying for you
And weeping:
Jesus wept.
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