Category Archives: free verse

Beyond the Night Sky ~ #poetry #freeverse #Afterwards

15 Tuesday Jan 2019

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I bleed in stars
Lighting, trickling
Chasing the dark
Beyond night’s sky

I bleed in stars
Sparks and flames
Falling, from above
Streaming, fizzling
Eventually dying

I bleed in stars
And everything
In the heavens
Bleeds with me

 

Afterwards January Prompts – Beyond the night sky – Day 15/31

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Tears of Night ~ #poetry #freeverse #Afterwards

08 Tuesday Jan 2019

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Perhaps the night
Brings darkness
To cover up
The tears
Ones shed
By the clouds
Though
Never obvious
I ponder about
Where exactly
They’ve come from
Who is shedding them
And why
Are there angels
Mourning the loss
Of a loved one
Bearing the sorrow
Unburdening us
Our hearts
A cleansing
For the soul
Now in eternal rest
Or
Is it something
Beyond the simplicity

 

Afterwards January Prompts – Tears of night – Day 8/31

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Icicles ~ #poetry of #winter

12 Wednesday Dec 2018

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ice-1123948_960_720Frozen shards hang

Reflective prisms

Sparkling in sunlight’s glow

Blocking escape

Like bars on a cell

 

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A Tiny Voice ~ #freeverse #poetry of the #spirits

06 Thursday Dec 2018

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In the quiet of night
Only the hum of my PC
Breaks the silence.
Still, I can hear her.
A tiny voice, crying out
In the dark, frightened
To come in, to the light
By which I write.
I tell her not to be afraid
I will not hurt her
Like the others did
She whispers, softly
So I do not hear her
Only the sighs of a child
And she is gone
Though I don’t know where
And I sigh, for her spirit
Hoping it has found
The door that leads
To eternal peace

 

Author’s note:  This poem is based on a true experience.  I have had many encounters with the spirit world.  I have been told I may be Clairsentient.  All I know is this little girl was looking for hope.  I hope I gave that to her…

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Petals and Parasols – #NovemberWriting #poetry

06 Tuesday Nov 2018

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She let her memories escape, yesterday’s dreams

Broken pieces of her life, scattered, tattered

Pressed between the pages, sheltered only

By the pale ivory lace, of a faded parasol

This, her only regret, leaving this treasure

Far behind, knowing, it was the last connection

To a life, she no longer cherished, wilted petals

Pressed between pages, the broken pieces of her life

 

November Writing Prompt – Petals and parasols – Day 6/30

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