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Dignity – A Tanka
sun tired of gray skies hides within the gold of trees life in perspective red and brown trace blood and land bareness minds our age to death Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved.
Reading the Leaves
Half full, reflecting, Saturated waters Darkening, selfless Trees succumbing, Dregs of existence. Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved. NaNoWriMo Day 10: 1258
Vacuums
devoid of matter suspended beyond access our mendacity Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved.
Variations – A Rondeau
In variations, life is continued. One’s trash is another’s pleasure imbued, A head clearing, generating windmills, Pies to elbows to books on windowsills, Changing times and generations renewed. Eternally our speech and hands are cued To the soundtrack of the … Continue reading
On Loan
My heart is not my own, From you, it is on loan. If love be lost to you, I’d, too, be also blue. My mind is not my own, From you, it is on loan. If sense is less than … Continue reading
Morrow’s End
From dawn to dusk And rose bloom’s end, Gift bestowed, goodness Owed, a God-send. A truce of trust, In now for ever, Ends darkened hope, Awaited endeavor. A loud thud by lost Soul and vagabond, True hearts and minds, Near … Continue reading
Inclinations
Delicate paths paved By tears sloping, Passions climbing Thoughts conceived For the ever-elusive contentment in living. Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved.
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Contentment, Happiness, Inclinations, Life, Living, Passions, Slopes, Tears
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In My Brokenness – A Choka
In my brokenness Near intact designs and schemes, I breathe to fill my stomach And stand upon three, Exhaling depths of place, time, Resuming blessings of pain To the awareness Of my surroundings, I shall hold my brokenness. Copyright © … Continue reading
She Knows
She stood there in a print of calicos, Wind exposing knees like russet potatoes. Life can be hard and this is how it goes: There are a few highs and many lows, Hide your pain and all your woes Even … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Endearing, Hope, Life, Mono-rhyme, Right, Shadows, Struggles, Work
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Dead Trees
Summer winds tickle leaves Of trees growing beside, A dead tree doesn’t laugh Whose limbs are petrified. Sullen and without sway, Barely a shade to provide, Yet it looms high above Beyond personas belied. Arms outstretched, reaching Like memoirs verified. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Death, Life, Living, Petrified, Philosophy, Ponder, Summer, Trees
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