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"silvers" poems
1. For my sister this Christmas, I wish joy and laughter, I wish you happiness and love, For now and forever and ever-after, I wish you the bliss this season brings, Everyday of your life, Every second you live, For my sister this Christmas, I wish these wondrous things. 2. Dear brother, hear the sleigh bells, Hear them ringing aloud, Watch the snow fall down in time, To the story that they tell, They tell of children smiling with glee, They tell of happy times, And the family that surrounds thee. 3. Father, may the memories stay, Forever in your mind, And I pray all the peace and wonder, You will always find, Will last until eternity, With every festive time. 4. You made this year so special, Mother, you made us all complete, You made us smile and be cheerful, You gave us food to eat, The love that surrounds us, Every time you are near, Will always be with us, Each and every year. 5. Andrew, at Christmas, I pray you are happy, I pray you are pleased, With all the treasure you receive, Look to the New Year, With hope in your heart, And cherish every moment, Every beat of your heart. 6. To a dear Grandmother, You always make us smile, We're always glad you're here, And at Christmastime especially, We're truly glad you're near. 7. Auntie, this is my Christmas wish, I wish that you know kindness, The joy of a Christmas wish, I hope you realise that you are dearly loved, So enjoy this festive season, With family, With love. 8. Sarah, it is Christmas, The snow begins is dance, The candle follows suit, Joining the chanting trance, The tree is decorated, In reds, silvers, gold's, This is a very special time, That in your heart you'll hold.
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Aug 28, 2012
Aug 28, 2012 at 5:10 AM UTC
8 Christmas Poems For My Family
1. For my sister this Christmas, I wish joy and laughter, I wish you happiness and love, For now and forever and ever-after, I wish you the bliss this season brings, Everyday of your life, Every second you live, For my sister this Christmas, I wish these wondrous things. 2. Dear brother, hear the sleigh bells, Hear them ringing aloud, Watch the snow fall down in time, To the story that they tell, They tell of children smiling with glee, They tell of happy times, And the family that surrounds thee. 3. Father, may the memories stay, Forever in your mind, And I pray all the peace and wonder, You will always find, Will last until eternity, With every festive time. 4. You made this year so special, Mother, you made us all complete, You made us smile and be cheerful, You gave us food to eat, The love that surrounds us, Every time you are near, Will always be with us, Each and every year. 5. Andrew, at Christmas, I pray you are happy, I pray you are pleased, With all the treasure you receive, Look to the New Year, With hope in your heart, And cherish every moment, Every beat of your heart. 6. To a dear Grandmother, You always make us smile, We're always glad you're here, And at Christmastime especially, We're truly glad you're near. 7. Auntie, this is my Christmas wish, I wish that you know kindness, The joy of a Christmas wish, I hope you realise that you are dearly loved, So enjoy this festive season, With family, With love. 8. Sarah, it is Christmas, The snow begins is dance, The candle follows suit, Joining the chanting trance, The tree is decorated, In reds, silvers, gold's, This is a very special time, That in your heart you'll hold.
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✿⊰✲⊱✿ At the sound of my name, I see the faces turn and smiles of many friends; Queen Sue of Ruikruya in her lilac silks, Queen Sarita of Khaikar in orange silks, Queen Deb of Daegeral in magenta, Queen Kim of Geniael in creams, Queen Robin of Naeneiana in periwinkles, Queen Fawn of Yuamor in red-violets, Queen Dawn of Khesian in dandelion-orange, Queen Jugnu of Enuryn in jade-greens, Queen Yidna of Puhan in indigos, Queen Cne of Phelyra in turquoise, Queen Xaela of Lonusea in peach, Queen Ayumi of Wadia in tan-gold, Queen Sheila of Naizzuzia in cornflower-blue, Queen Stars of Yurithireatha in green-yellow ✿⊰✲⊱✿ King Edmund and his wife in matching forest-greens attires, King Omni of Khaniel in silvers, King Emeka of Ghalali in white, King Devon of Monait in blue-violets, King Fugue of Thavia in blacks, King Yacov of Igrador in olive-green, King Joseph of Eaqellurene in bronze, King Fredrick of Emirinait in mauve, King Rob of Balan in sea-green, King John of Khesian in melon-red, King Aslam of Ikaesa in deep plum, King Brandon of Huarean in ocher, King Kikodinho of Izugalla in taupe, King Jobira of Zavalon in orange-red and many many more. ✿⊰✲⊱✿ And last but not least, King Paul of Luciuscemi himself in emerald-and-gold. He wears his favourite emerald green jacket with ruby buttons, bright gold embroidery of suns and lions; his sleeves stitched with pearls and rubies to match the red sash across his chest; his trousers black as are his boots, but even they have gold laces.
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Aug 26, 2018
Aug 26, 2018 at 6:17 AM UTC
❀❁ тнє gαlα VII (I of II) ❁❀
✿⊰✲⊱✿ At the sound of my name, I see the faces turn and smiles of many friends; Queen Sue of Ruikruya in her lilac silks, Queen Sarita of Khaikar in orange silks, Queen Deb of Daegeral in magenta, Queen Kim of Geniael in creams, Queen Robin of Naeneiana in periwinkles, Queen Fawn of Yuamor in red-violets, Queen Dawn of Khesian in dandelion-orange, Queen Jugnu of Enuryn in jade-greens, Queen Yidna of Puhan in indigos, Queen Cne of Phelyra in turquoise, Queen Xaela of Lonusea in peach, Queen Ayumi of Wadia in tan-gold, Queen Sheila of Naizzuzia in cornflower-blue, Queen Stars of Yurithireatha in green-yellow ✿⊰✲⊱✿ King Edmund and his wife in matching forest-greens attires, King Omni of Khaniel in silvers, King Emeka of Ghalali in white, King Devon of Monait in blue-violets, King Fugue of Thavia in blacks, King Yacov of Igrador in olive-green, King Joseph of Eaqellurene in bronze, King Fredrick of Emirinait in mauve, King Rob of Balan in sea-green, King John of Khesian in melon-red, King Aslam of Ikaesa in deep plum, King Brandon of Huarean in ocher, King Kikodinho of Izugalla in taupe, King Jobira of Zavalon in orange-red and many many more. ✿⊰✲⊱✿ And last but not least, King Paul of Luciuscemi himself in emerald-and-gold. He wears his favourite emerald green jacket with ruby buttons, bright gold embroidery of suns and lions; his sleeves stitched with pearls and rubies to match the red sash across his chest; his trousers black as are his boots, but even they have gold laces.
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Clasp of silvers twice as thin as each other Both flat to end in its impact Its echo does not repeat but lingers like static that makes you think of gold. Drifting in an ascending melody that Climbs the senses in your ears as much as your skin. They lead us steadily To the edge of the mountains and then stops abruptly. Stopped incredibly as if it's afraid and timid. Strings play so thinly as each are all skinny. A miracle moving like smoke and gas welcomes her. Slow dance in arpeggios, a glimpse of perfection for harmony, tip by tip And in her quiver She laments she'll wait forever. Forever it may be til she is in the arms of the lover. For the end of all thousand Decembers and Januarys Undyingly and endlessly. Anywhere you go Seek the thunder you wander far and near, wide and narrow. Until I hear you sigh Until you stop holding your breath under the brim of our wishing well.
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May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018 at 8:29 AM UTC
Waiting arms
I Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore, The snake has left its skin upon the floor. Key West sank downward under massive clouds And silvers and greens spread over the sea. The moon Is at the mast-head and the past is dead. Her mind will never speak to me again. I am free. High above the mast the moon Rides clear of her mind and the waves make a refrain Of this: that the snake has shed its skin upon The floor. Go on through the darkness. The waves. fly back II Her mind had bound me round. The palms were hot As if I lived in ashen ground, as if The leaves in which the wind kept up its sound From my North of cold whistled in a sepulchral South, Her South of pine and coral and coraline sea, Her home, not mine, in the ever-freshened Keys, Her days, her oceanic nights, calling For music, for whisperings from the reefs. How content I shall be in the North to which I sail And to feel sure and to forget the bleaching sand ... III I hated the weathery yawl from which the pools Disclosed the sea floor and the wilderness Of waving weeds. I hated the vivid blooms Curled over the shadowless hut, the rust and bones, The trees likes bones and the leaves half sand, half sun. To stand here on the deck in the dark and say Farewell and to know that that land is forever gone And that she will not follow in any word Or look, nor ever again in thought, except That I loved her once ... Farewell. Go on, high ship. IV My North is leafless and lies in a wintry slime Both of men and clouds, a slime of men in crowds. The men are moving as the water moves, This darkened water cloven by sullen swells Against your sides, then shoving and slithering, The darkness shattered, turbulent with foam. To be free again, to return to the violent mind That is their mind, these men, and that will bind Me round, carry me, misty deck, carry me To the cold, go on, high ship, go on, plunge on.
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Farewell to Florida
I Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore, The snake has left its skin upon the floor. Key West sank downward under massive clouds And silvers and greens spread over the sea. The moon Is at the mast-head and the past is dead. Her mind will never speak to me again. I am free. High above the mast the moon Rides clear of her mind and the waves make a refrain Of this: that the snake has shed its skin upon The floor. Go on through the darkness. The waves. fly back II Her mind had bound me round. The palms were hot As if I lived in ashen ground, as if The leaves in which the wind kept up its sound From my North of cold whistled in a sepulchral South, Her South of pine and coral and coraline sea, Her home, not mine, in the ever-freshened Keys, Her days, her oceanic nights, calling For music, for whisperings from the reefs. How content I shall be in the North to which I sail And to feel sure and to forget the bleaching sand ... III I hated the weathery yawl from which the pools Disclosed the sea floor and the wilderness Of waving weeds. I hated the vivid blooms Curled over the shadowless hut, the rust and bones, The trees likes bones and the leaves half sand, half sun. To stand here on the deck in the dark and say Farewell and to know that that land is forever gone And that she will not follow in any word Or look, nor ever again in thought, except That I loved her once ... Farewell. Go on, high ship. IV My North is leafless and lies in a wintry slime Both of men and clouds, a slime of men in crowds. The men are moving as the water moves, This darkened water cloven by sullen swells Against your sides, then shoving and slithering, The darkness shattered, turbulent with foam. To be free again, to return to the violent mind That is their mind, these men, and that will bind Me round, carry me, misty deck, carry me To the cold, go on, high ship, go on, plunge on.
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there's a lone seal swimming by the sea hunting for silvers with heartless glee a fish shy there, another one wiggling there who really cares for his table always set for one darkness his day in the sun still he takes to the rolling tides lone, but ******* in his pride one day his eyes pique a double look as a mermaid pops out of his storybook stunning as a little light filters in as she swooshes by, waving her fins she's a sparkled beauty from head to toe her consonance and shine, lighting his mojo growing hunger and his drive keep following her on the ocean floor she shimmers between the rocks she dances one step she be in harmony to his glances he drives a barked out calling so raw and appalling shivers crawling down her back as he arf, arf's another attack alarmed with his lack of renaissance like she should be, she didn't offer a response as she keeps shimmering past the rocks racing, racing away from any further talk broken, he retreats to his mind the missing piece he'll never find there's a lone mermaid swimming by the sea and a lone seal barking of what could be Logan Robertson 11/13/2017
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Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017 at 7:13 PM UTC
Seal Finds His Silver But Not His Gold
the water filled our lungs and bled through the cracks in our skin. bubbling, brimming the sea touched my eyes and you were white with seafoam, curdling between lashes, silvers pooling over stark blues on fingertips. sinuous, submissive. the piercing cold mixed with the rough salt over tide-smoothed shells. we breathed out our mist to cry over crashes of thunder. enigmatic, flowing. you are an acrobat, my prideful tide.   your steel waters wash the sand from my legs and glassy waves cleanse, twisting and curling, releasing through our ocean breeze. you opened your eyes and all i saw was sea glass.
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Dec 9, 2018
Dec 9, 2018 at 6:36 PM UTC
you are an acrobat
Saffron, delights, rubies and gold Crushed silvers from the shores Cornish tin, copper green as mould Heathers from the mauve moors. Buttercups and daisies in an English lawn Red and white spotted fungi in the wood Hedges laden with gems stripped and torn Smashed diamonds embedded in the mud. Little gems sparkle like prisms on the twig Fat with juice, brimming with good Good enough to eat, best to swig.
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 4:16 AM UTC
Gems
The night is a torn tapestry where celestial bodies burn beautifully incinerating the cosmic stitching that bind us, quantum energy unraveling all of reality, as I stare stupidly enthralled by the awesome complexity. Silvers spheres of gaseous spirals spew atomic fury. Other poets and painters have presented it better, such a sweet starry starry night made to delight all of us, but this time I return my reflections with the love and devotion born of a dreamer’s dark predilection to romanticize every aspect of our lives.
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Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018 at 12:51 PM UTC
Untitled-10.
It’s not about the hand you were dealt with, It’s about how you play the hand you were dealt with. But Imagine that the hand you were given attached to fingers with blistered pads and splintered prints that wound in swirls of blood soaked skin. Imagine, that the nails of each finger crucified you to stars willing you to brighten the night for children who fear the dark regardless of your burns. Imagine, that your palms were crumpled pieces of paper stuffed into the back of a trash bin on fire, the burning smell of garbage and secrets indistinguishable from one another. See Some people, they are given hands lined with rings; diamonds, silvers, and golds not a single callous and well-manicured. Some people, they are given boneless pieces of plastic that fail to do so much as curl and unfurl themselves: hands that are growing desperate to feel the things they touch. Some people, they are given scabbed knuckles that shake so bad they can only find comfort in scratching themselves henna tattooed scars; digging six feet into their skin, creating burial sites out of their own bodies. Tell them anyway, It’s about how you play the hand you were dealt with. It may never make a winner out of them But it will keep them from leaving the game entirely.
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Aug 4, 2015
Aug 4, 2015 at 3:21 PM UTC
Playing Hands
the silvers of the moon sing their song of winter, exhilarating above the black rock and distant trees, her fire lights the night like a street lamp, the shadows thrown back, muted, echoing the near-teary darks of the clouds. i sit on the window sill, look out, breathe deep the midnight sky built of love and winter rose.
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Feb 23, 2022
Feb 23, 2022 at 11:20 AM UTC
evanescence
Behind a person's success is a sacrifice; Would you love to know the tale behind? Actors and actresses preparing their act, But behind the curtains there's a hidden fact. Heels and shoes are filled with shards of glass; Behind dress and tuxedo's there's a hidden blast — Withal on the lights, they genuinely smile. Let's move on and see the richest person alive: They lurk abaft the gallanting suits and tie; No day their feet cannot step on bars of silvers and gold, Constantly crediting the humanity's sliver of hope — Supported by government for the economy's growth. Do you know someone born to be Einstein's child? —A person whose thought process is unbelievably wide, “What are emotions?” They frequently asked; “Are those things related to a logical fact?” Feelings are hindrance towards a brighter side. We all know the people whom we proclaimed as leaders— Behind the tall, wide walls they silently titters: “Citizens are corrupted with money and blind rights; This nation will never survive in a war nor in childish fights.” Some politicians bought their roles, drinking leisure on their seats. And there's someone like me— a bit higher, on the top— Words are magical, making an astonishing plot; Thy pen bleeds thread, weaving a wondrous craft— Who knows they withhold theirs and other people's life art, They'll keep going as long as the threadmill continues to spin. Their tales are narrated a bit later, a bit little; But that was a telltale with lots of missing details, Are you willing to share the secrets found in the middle?
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Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020 at 5:41 PM UTC
Telltales
Behind a person's success is a sacrifice; Would you love to know the tale behind? Actors and actresses preparing their act, But behind the curtains there's a hidden fact. Heels and shoes are filled with shards of glass; Behind dress and tuxedo's there's a hidden blast — Withal on the lights, they genuinely smile. Let's move on and see the richest person alive: They lurk abaft the gallanting suits and tie; No day their feet cannot step on bars of silvers and gold, Constantly crediting the humanity's sliver of hope — Supported by government for the economy's growth. Do you know someone born to be Einstein's child? —A person whose thought process is unbelievably wide, “What are emotions?” They frequently asked; “Are those things related to a logical fact?” Feelings are hindrance towards a brighter side. We all know the people whom we proclaimed as leaders— Behind the tall, wide walls they silently titters: “Citizens are corrupted with money and blind rights; This nation will never survive in a war nor in childish fights.” Some politicians bought their roles, drinking leisure on their seats. And there's someone like me— a bit higher, on the top— Words are magical, making an astonishing plot; Thy pen bleeds thread, weaving a wondrous craft— Who knows they withhold theirs and other people's life art, They'll keep going as long as the threadmill continues to spin. Their tales are narrated a bit later, a bit little; But that was a telltale with lots of missing details, Are you willing to share the secrets found in the middle?
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Two souls alone so far between only nights are calling Shinning stars pointing the way an affection so enthralling Shimmers over tranquil pools the crescent moonlights falling Meetings of two lovers hearts before the mornings dawning The anguish of a waiting heart the flutter of a wing Beauties small enchanted voice hearing the Fairy sing Dreams of love's compulsion, her song the wolf will bring Within two hearts both shall meet on silvers entwined ring A curse that's placed is broken a drink of pure tranquillity The Spirit of the Wolf is called upon a test of his nobility Flight of the fairy's soft élan her grace and her gentility Brake the curse before the dawn the tranquil pools ability Moonlight shines through the night sky a twinkle in a star Sparkles touch the waters edge those loves that leave a scar Both must drink before the light love's lost forever far Glimmers of hope a small sip Wolf's howl at what they are Transformations will occur love will always intervene Magical flickers catch the light and wherever it is seen Once a fairy fluttering now she's a proud Wolf queen Wolf's are always calling where tranquil pools have been The souls of two true lovers, will never be apart Differences are overcome, from Loves intervening heart Tranquil pools compulsive dreams, those feelings from the start When two hearts are intertwined, that's true loves unique art
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Mar 22, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 at 7:23 AM UTC
The Calling (new ending 24th February 2019)
My wife agreed to marriage counseling before the great divorce, and of course, she picked the counselor. This is it; one session, one shot at redemption. I waited with bated breath for the day to arrive. It did. We met at his office, where hope was dashed to shreds like a ship on a coral reef, like dreams of domestic bliss made of glass and shattered on the kitchen floor with no broom to sweep them up. We shouldn't get lawyers and go to court. We should have a funeral and sing, Rock of Ages, because divorce is the death of a family. The room is nice and cold as ice, and he's friendly, boisterous, and bold, but here's the clincher, he wore an eye patch. Maybe he had surgery or some type of injury, but everything he said was drowned out by the voice in my head that screamed, "He looks like a pirate, and no ******* pirate is going to tell me how I should have been a better husband." I quickly scanned the room for a cage where he kept his parrot, which usually sat on his shoulder and sang old songs of the sea. I glanced at his right hand, but conveniently it was hidden by the desk. Now I was sure. It wasn't a hand at all, but a hook, that he used to scratch his *** or to spear the shreds of broken lives left over from a long day's work. His hand was probably a casualty, lost on a voyage to a shark he tried to advise. I leaned over and whispered in my wife's ear, "Where did you find this ******* nut. Long John Silvers?" The humor eluded her like the sunken treasure did the old sea dog that sat across from me. I swore if he said, "Aye aye matey." I would smack him, and jack his ship, and maybe my wife and I would sail south to the Caribbean, not to the ride at Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean, but to the islands, where we would lie **** on the sandy beaches and drink Pina Coladas, or some other fruit-filled umbrella drink, until we were so drunk we couldn't see straight, and all our problems would sink like the setting sun into a brand new horizon. But the old scalawag had no pirate lingo, so the hour came and went, our money was poorly spent, and it was lunchtime, and I was bent on seafood.
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Jul 24, 2024
Jul 24, 2024 at 11:31 PM UTC
The Pirate
My wife agreed to marriage counseling before the great divorce, and of course, she picked the counselor. This is it; one session, one shot at redemption. I waited with bated breath for the day to arrive. It did. We met at his office, where hope was dashed to shreds like a ship on a coral reef, like dreams of domestic bliss made of glass and shattered on the kitchen floor with no broom to sweep them up. We shouldn't get lawyers and go to court. We should have a funeral and sing, Rock of Ages, because divorce is the death of a family. The room is nice and cold as ice, and he's friendly, boisterous, and bold, but here's the clincher, he wore an eye patch. Maybe he had surgery or some type of injury, but everything he said was drowned out by the voice in my head that screamed, "He looks like a pirate, and no ******* pirate is going to tell me how I should have been a better husband." I quickly scanned the room for a cage where he kept his parrot, which usually sat on his shoulder and sang old songs of the sea. I glanced at his right hand, but conveniently it was hidden by the desk. Now I was sure. It wasn't a hand at all, but a hook, that he used to scratch his *** or to spear the shreds of broken lives left over from a long day's work. His hand was probably a casualty, lost on a voyage to a shark he tried to advise. I leaned over and whispered in my wife's ear, "Where did you find this ******* nut. Long John Silvers?" The humor eluded her like the sunken treasure did the old sea dog that sat across from me. I swore if he said, "Aye aye matey." I would smack him, and jack his ship, and maybe my wife and I would sail south to the Caribbean, not to the ride at Disneyland, Pirates of the Caribbean, but to the islands, where we would lie **** on the sandy beaches and drink Pina Coladas, or some other fruit-filled umbrella drink, until we were so drunk we couldn't see straight, and all our problems would sink like the setting sun into a brand new horizon. But the old scalawag had no pirate lingo, so the hour came and went, our money was poorly spent, and it was lunchtime, and I was bent on seafood.
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i read like a thermostat i feel cold shrill of eyes hot blisters of souls i’ve seen aplenty fully literate to the hunger inside denim of men with twenty tongues pulling their weight like untrained dogs they lick my face to a swell heating and cooling my metals expand silvers contracting but I can very much tell who is ready who is not some do some talk if you'd like to open me wide like a mouth, be mean with your smile to get my thaws down to feet, **** fire to the wind with the door wide open let it all hang i’m very keen on intense i salute a heavy gut and the confidence of a mutt an appetite and if I’m truly your win, jackhammer the thermostat out of the wall get the wires all bent and with violence cement the type of love that knocks me dead completely illiterate i don’t want to think
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Mar 24, 2017
Mar 24, 2017 at 12:23 PM UTC
Illiterate
My Astrologer, *** and Love’ horoscope, for Halloween, is grim and on-trend for me. (Libra) “Get ready to take some chill-time - give yourself the space to recover. People pleasing is out, boundaries are in!” Yeah, I’m like Texas, I have unsecure boundaries. Sure, I KNOW horoscopes are horoscopes but while other signs get unicorns & puppies: Aries: “Use your deepest desires to please yourself, step into your power.” Gemini: “Your curious and bubbly nature shines, shoot your shot for that special someone!” Cancer: “Be at home in your feels, your needs & emotional expressions are valued, go deeper.” I’m getting **** it up buttercup,” thanks universe - what did I ever do to you? We’ve been scanning the teen magazine fall looks, “We’re living in a bold era, a time of expression!” They declare, which means dramatic-metallic eyeliners, goth grunge, bold reds and Beyoncé’s “Renaissance silvers.” Luckily, Yale’s pretty low fashion environment, because seasonal changes are a lot to keep up with. I love Autumn, with its colorful leaves, pumpkin lattes and colder nights, but coming from the south (in ‘21), I had no idea how badly heated air could dry out my skin and hair (freshie year, my thumb literally started to crack, like a plastic Barbie). In the spirit of fall fashion and maintenance, my entire crew made an Ulta store run this morning for hair masks, detox tonics and skin moisturizers - we’re ready, bring on the cold. The best smelling places on earth are Ulta and Yankee Candle stores. In my religion, heaven smells like Starbucks in the morning, Chick-fil-A around noon and Ulta stores as the sun goes down and things turn dreamy and romantic.
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Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023 at 8:32 AM UTC
horoscopes and hot air
My Astrologer, *** and Love’ horoscope, for Halloween, is grim and on-trend for me. (Libra) “Get ready to take some chill-time - give yourself the space to recover. People pleasing is out, boundaries are in!” Yeah, I’m like Texas, I have unsecure boundaries. Sure, I KNOW horoscopes are horoscopes but while other signs get unicorns & puppies: Aries: “Use your deepest desires to please yourself, step into your power.” Gemini: “Your curious and bubbly nature shines, shoot your shot for that special someone!” Cancer: “Be at home in your feels, your needs & emotional expressions are valued, go deeper.” I’m getting **** it up buttercup,” thanks universe - what did I ever do to you? We’ve been scanning the teen magazine fall looks, “We’re living in a bold era, a time of expression!” They declare, which means dramatic-metallic eyeliners, goth grunge, bold reds and Beyoncé’s “Renaissance silvers.” Luckily, Yale’s pretty low fashion environment, because seasonal changes are a lot to keep up with. I love Autumn, with its colorful leaves, pumpkin lattes and colder nights, but coming from the south (in ‘21), I had no idea how badly heated air could dry out my skin and hair (freshie year, my thumb literally started to crack, like a plastic Barbie). In the spirit of fall fashion and maintenance, my entire crew made an Ulta store run this morning for hair masks, detox tonics and skin moisturizers - we’re ready, bring on the cold. The best smelling places on earth are Ulta and Yankee Candle stores. In my religion, heaven smells like Starbucks in the morning, Chick-fil-A around noon and Ulta stores as the sun goes down and things turn dreamy and romantic.
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(For Paula)THE GRIP of the ice is gone now. The silvers chase purple. The purples tag silver. They let out their runners Here where summer says to the lilies: "Wish and be wistful, Circle this wind-hunted, wind-sung water." Come along always, come along now. You for me, kiss me, pull me by the ear. Push me along with the wind push. Sing like the whinnying wind. Sing like the hustling obstreperous wind. Have you ever seen deeper purple ... this in my wild wind fingers? Could you have more fun with a pony or a goat? Have you seen such flicking heels before, Silver jig heels on the purple sky rim? Come along always, come along now.
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The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring
Roses, petals, Golds and silvers, glitter, diamonds, Laughs and giggles. Everything you are. Happiness and my joy. Spite, torment, Backstabbing and hate, Judgement, sorrow, Tears and agony, Drama, pain. How they treat us. I'm so sorry. I never hoped that they could be so cruel. My own family is ganged against me. I knew they did not support me, That they can't even be happy for me. But to go as far as talking behind my back? Why do they want this for me? Why would they stab a wound into their own family? I never wanted for you to get hurt, I hoped that they would just relent, And leave me be. My decision not theirs. Because you are my happiness. The cause for my sorrow to turn to joy. Yet they wish I had never found the happiness you give to me. Those who I believed would never turn on me.
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Nov 19, 2016
Nov 19, 2016 at 12:27 AM UTC
Backstabbing
The milk man died last week. I didn't know him well, just enough to know his favorite chew and how much he hated Fritos. I knew his lover and her worn-out windbreaker, her frizzled hair as gold as her Marlboros. I sold her a pack of silvers once and she nearly snapped my neck. They take (took?) their tobacco dead seriously. She hasn't come back to work yet, though her five allotted days of grief are over. The empty milk crates just aren't empty anymore.
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May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016 at 9:44 PM UTC
The Milk Man Died Last Week
Colors, have ways of making us soar, or fall.......they make us buoy... they, too, can divide and isolate... long ago,  a magazine was colored and identified for a reason..... also, a kind of blue-sy music, upon which i groove, ...was named for the same reason... .............a magazine..... a music genre, became instruments...and parts of dark and golden moments.......recalled and enjoyed, every now and then...they're painted.......registered in people's minds.... life is a magazine of stories, of  poetry... life is a jukebox...filled with soundtracks life is an album...a collection of smiles ...of colorful images and emotions reddish brown at first...turning yellow brown, with tinges of taupe.......mottled through the years, turning...into fading shades  of sepia... i refuse my late summer moments on earth ............to be done in Grisaille, painted, only in tones of grey and dark green... ...it is written...one day, life would be hued with subdued colors...the blues, silvers and grays, ...........will be cold as winter... but, until then, i'd rather be consumed with liveliness i would adorn my days with peach and lilac blossoms, hang fuschia pink pennants on my wall....to brighten my disposition, i'd practice...play the guitar once again, i'll wear my ruffled, dappled-purple skirt, and yellow converse sneakers when i walk on the pavement....under blue skies that enhance greens, and gold...colors that breathe existence transforming weariness to courage... wherever...whenever, however possible, i speak, whisper to  God words of gratitude, and endless thanksgiving...i  pray for strength.     and acceptance........prepare myself...when, .....i, too...would face my own moments, ...............of fading sepia. Sally Copyright August 6, 2017 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Aug 5, 2017
Aug 5, 2017 at 10:34 PM UTC
Sepia
Colors, have ways of making us soar, or fall.......they make us buoy... they, too, can divide and isolate... long ago,  a magazine was colored and identified for a reason..... also, a kind of blue-sy music, upon which i groove, ...was named for the same reason... .............a magazine..... a music genre, became instruments...and parts of dark and golden moments.......recalled and enjoyed, every now and then...they're painted.......registered in people's minds.... life is a magazine of stories, of  poetry... life is a jukebox...filled with soundtracks life is an album...a collection of smiles ...of colorful images and emotions reddish brown at first...turning yellow brown, with tinges of taupe.......mottled through the years, turning...into fading shades  of sepia... i refuse my late summer moments on earth ............to be done in Grisaille, painted, only in tones of grey and dark green... ...it is written...one day, life would be hued with subdued colors...the blues, silvers and grays, ...........will be cold as winter... but, until then, i'd rather be consumed with liveliness i would adorn my days with peach and lilac blossoms, hang fuschia pink pennants on my wall....to brighten my disposition, i'd practice...play the guitar once again, i'll wear my ruffled, dappled-purple skirt, and yellow converse sneakers when i walk on the pavement....under blue skies that enhance greens, and gold...colors that breathe existence transforming weariness to courage... wherever...whenever, however possible, i speak, whisper to  God words of gratitude, and endless thanksgiving...i  pray for strength.     and acceptance........prepare myself...when, .....i, too...would face my own moments, ...............of fading sepia. Sally Copyright August 6, 2017 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Part 1 My third car broke down All that metal It will outlive me I’ve been jogging to work Taking the back ways of a neighborhood I barely know Yesterday morning I took pictures A modern day romantic A pack of camels followed by A pack of Marlboro silvers The cellophane glittered with dew It will outlive me A sunset behind a church Sunsets will outlive me A shopping cart next to the church sign The grocery store is very far from here I imagine it belonged to a homeless man He found this spot and was saved The art of being saved will outlive me Broken glass I want to touch it Leave my blood upon it I want to glue each piece To form a ball And hang it from a nearby tree So that it may own the morning sunlight Reflect it like small miracles Some parts red That glass will outlive me A dead rabbit Mostly bone now That rabbit did not outlive me I feel good about that There was also a woman walking her dog We passed by a tree at the same time She and the dog were old She would not let me take her picture So I took one of the tree She and the dog will not outlive me I don’t feel good about that Part2 This facebook status will outlive me And I feel like a caveman Scrawling poetry on cave walls In an attempt to be remembered forever I want to place my hand upon your belly And bite my lips So I can spit blood Like a human can of spraypaint The outline So you cannot forget what my own touch looked like You May not outlive me And I may not outlive you All we have is now All we have is now
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Dec 23, 2012
Dec 23, 2012 at 3:28 PM UTC
Things That Will Outlive Me
Part 1 My third car broke down All that metal It will outlive me I’ve been jogging to work Taking the back ways of a neighborhood I barely know Yesterday morning I took pictures A modern day romantic A pack of camels followed by A pack of Marlboro silvers The cellophane glittered with dew It will outlive me A sunset behind a church Sunsets will outlive me A shopping cart next to the church sign The grocery store is very far from here I imagine it belonged to a homeless man He found this spot and was saved The art of being saved will outlive me Broken glass I want to touch it Leave my blood upon it I want to glue each piece To form a ball And hang it from a nearby tree So that it may own the morning sunlight Reflect it like small miracles Some parts red That glass will outlive me A dead rabbit Mostly bone now That rabbit did not outlive me I feel good about that There was also a woman walking her dog We passed by a tree at the same time She and the dog were old She would not let me take her picture So I took one of the tree She and the dog will not outlive me I don’t feel good about that Part2 This facebook status will outlive me And I feel like a caveman Scrawling poetry on cave walls In an attempt to be remembered forever I want to place my hand upon your belly And bite my lips So I can spit blood Like a human can of spraypaint The outline So you cannot forget what my own touch looked like You May not outlive me And I may not outlive you All we have is now All we have is now
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summer has burned up, blown past, the thermometer sinks stone-like, its silvers dulled in metal tombs no longer spiking red. the wet leaf hangs lower on the twig, the bird balances on the branch, the day fragments, its grey clouds flowing under swiftly closed doors.
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Aug 15, 2019
Aug 15, 2019 at 2:56 PM UTC
summer rain
Wear your beliefs Like a half-cross set irrevocably On the tip of your tongue Thirty silvers in sum You hold doctrine Like a sinner postcoital Of an ecstasy Wane and fleeting
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 1:56 AM UTC
half-cross
Ibiyinka, Ibiyinka Alao Comes from Nigeria with a name like drums Comes from Africa with the sun behind his back. Ibiyinka, Ibiyinka Alao, Mr. Ibiyinka with a smile in his hands, Mr. Ibiyinka with a girl's shoulders in his hands Life, he says, she is alive She dances. Ibiyinka, Ibiyinka Alao Paints like the sun gilds hills and fields Paints like the moon silvers water and thatched roofs. Ibiyinka, Ibiyinka Alao Freezes music into colors that dance Freezes drums in a quilt of art from every place. Frozen, he says, like water Like a heartbeat. Djembe, Conga, Bongo Coming from Africa with the skins of goats Coming from the fields and the homes and the dirt roads Medium, large, and small Speaking every language. Ibiyinka, Ibiyinka Alao - Djembe, Conga, Bongo.
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Feb 4, 2011
Feb 4, 2011 at 4:16 PM UTC
Ibiyinka, Ibiyinka Alao
Carefree drizzles softly sings as bliss and ease taken wing. Gaze upon the auric blooms while sweet melodies, mellowing. Alleviate our friend's crises, their debts, paid in purple silvers. Eliminate those pesky mortal threats, lest blood spills in liters. Toward our star, astride the verde, vibrant beauteous noise. Abating virtues, without the merde, cometh Byronic poise. A smoken distance, famished flames, fiery tongues yearning. A fearful master, ***** dames, merry songs flowing. Parallel meridians lovingly caress floating wisps of white. Quarreling impulses embracing soaring orbs of light. Bright. See... sigh. Lavender shades cushion our convents of misty mysteries. Serene panacea tease me upon sapience; argent histories. Ebullient crush casting glaring lights into the hostile wind. Beneath dusky whirlwinds come hazel sparks of sand. Glory guilty of detested crimes, anon trembling tears. Inspiration follow thy limelight; guidance of young seers. A canvas of blue, emotions ablaze through one hundred days. Amber pillars burdened with wishful horizons... come what may. Never believe our luxurious dreams under the rainy rainbow. Drowning in sunshine, tis the era to escape the clutches of limbo. Cease our anthropocentrics to soar on frozen blooms tonight. Taste vermillion pain, lest we be gluttons, spying; useless insight. Mirrors refracting broken perfection, for ever-clear prisms. Commit altruist favors for all our mistaken rhythms. Behold the mind, mightier than a sword, bitter tool of priests. Crusading zen, grander than any reward, come join the feast. <3
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Aug 28, 2010
Aug 28, 2010 at 5:13 AM UTC
Fleeting Visions
Carefree drizzles softly sings as bliss and ease taken wing. Gaze upon the auric blooms while sweet melodies, mellowing. Alleviate our friend's crises, their debts, paid in purple silvers. Eliminate those pesky mortal threats, lest blood spills in liters. Toward our star, astride the verde, vibrant beauteous noise. Abating virtues, without the merde, cometh Byronic poise. A smoken distance, famished flames, fiery tongues yearning. A fearful master, ***** dames, merry songs flowing. Parallel meridians lovingly caress floating wisps of white. Quarreling impulses embracing soaring orbs of light. Bright. See... sigh. Lavender shades cushion our convents of misty mysteries. Serene panacea tease me upon sapience; argent histories. Ebullient crush casting glaring lights into the hostile wind. Beneath dusky whirlwinds come hazel sparks of sand. Glory guilty of detested crimes, anon trembling tears. Inspiration follow thy limelight; guidance of young seers. A canvas of blue, emotions ablaze through one hundred days. Amber pillars burdened with wishful horizons... come what may. Never believe our luxurious dreams under the rainy rainbow. Drowning in sunshine, tis the era to escape the clutches of limbo. Cease our anthropocentrics to soar on frozen blooms tonight. Taste vermillion pain, lest we be gluttons, spying; useless insight. Mirrors refracting broken perfection, for ever-clear prisms. Commit altruist favors for all our mistaken rhythms. Behold the mind, mightier than a sword, bitter tool of priests. Crusading zen, grander than any reward, come join the feast. <3
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