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In charge of the galley and the captains bed
we often shared a jigger of rum
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pompous pearls, pigs and party paramour
glam’rous girls, gigs and galas galore
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Hovering silently o’er the clouds
Where the horizon is so pretty
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morning breathes o'er seas of agar
new days grow in a dish
by malmadre
35 lines, 14 comments,
on Oct 13 11:58 PM
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by malmadre
25 lines, 7 comments,
on Oct 7 8:34 PM
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written words shall fall from the page
spoken words we won’t comprehend
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my addiction doesn’t come in cartons
small square packs wrapped in cellophane
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blankets of blooms in the spring
covers her hollows and hills
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Once on a time, the ancient legends tell,
She took her place upon the witness stand
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country paths that I follow
edged with russet red and gold
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With beauty, hardly blessed, devil in their groin.
Pale faces drawn by hunger, fate flips a coin.
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Life is entered through a revolving door
with sounds of the outside and inside
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~it was after supper
Master came to take his eyes
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Now comes a dark day ~ emotions lie dead
interred within marbled stone
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watching late embers die sleeping on the sofa
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This must be groundhog's day,
I saw my shadow skulking
by malmadre
23 lines, 8 comments,
on Aug 16 3:32 PM. In Life
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Sandpipers run along the shore,
a soaring sea hawk screams.
by malmadre
17 lines, 9 comments,
on Aug 10 2:30 PM
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You were lovely in blue velvet, but you became a dream in red.
I smile at the remembrance of congealed candles that smell of you.
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Berry sweet kisses that are not quite right,
bitter seeds caught between small teeth,
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Before I apply attention to the list of criteria, I would like to post this excerpt from Alexander Pope’s “An Essay on Criticism” The entir
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Yearning to be a part of the quarterhorse scene,
without any money to buy registered stock.
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my friend called today to talk about the heat
she found her brothers dog dead inside her car
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Sunday afternoon
the crossword puzzle and me
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There are always horses that need new shoes,
crooked feet that need a little trim.
by malmadre
38 lines, 15 comments,
on Jul 27 3:45 PM
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I was just an egg three months ago
found just laying in a weedpatch
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the world was enclosed in a circus tent
my ringmaster twirling his cape
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A stack of letters tied with ribbons of blue,
resting for many years in a cedar chest,
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Have you ever checked the obituaries
to see if old lovers have died?
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Observances at the water park~
People packed into the kiddie pool,
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To describe beauty that is unseen,
pose questions of beauty to the blind.
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drams of communion
missing only a sip
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Ah see ‘is ship in th’ distance
Wi' 'er colors a flyin ‘igh
by malmadre
27 lines, 6 comments,
on Jul 11 7:46 AM
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