31 Years.
I'm really glad that we got wed
because he brings me tea in bed
and has a handsome silver head
which thankfully remains unshed.
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Sijo Eon Phanerozoic
Elegantly Ornamental, Nature's Providential Host
Accidental Nowither Evolutionary Race
Obsolescent Zoetrope Of Illimitable Chimeras.
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Lai: Twinned Pair
Black swans bob in blue,
red beaks say I do,
in love.
How might we construe?
pen down, cob in view,
above.
Shame, he must subdue,
she held under through,
a shove.
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Four Score and Ten
Though long in tooth and slack of jaw
A dear old bird with craw and claw
Your inner beauty owns no flaw
So have good cheer, I sooth implore
Be merry, full of cake in maw
And suck ye cider through a straw
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Concentric [Acrostic Dectina Refrain]
Clues
Orbit
Nightly in
Concentric dreams.
Ellipses carry
Notes and nuance beyond
The limits of inner space.
Revolving glimmers coalesce
In overlapping lucent circles.
Clues orbit nightly in concentric dreams.
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Ham Epitaph
H am
A ided
M ans' spatial
E nlightenment.
P ioneer worker
I n weightless conditions.
T he first chimpanzee to push
A lever in outer space, thus
P roving that, perhaps a man could too.
H am aided Mans' spatial enlightenment.
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Moral Maxim
M ost
O rders
R ule for pure
A nd impure goals,
L ike impure or pure
M achiavellian
A ims; Which would be worthier?
X enophon's advice to leaders
I nspired Machiavelli's idea[l]s.
M ost orders rule for pure and impure goals.
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Stromatolites
Shallow sills and sea-grass meadows
channel hyper-saline pools.
Blue-green algae's limestone pillows
still obey Archaean rules.
Planet's first apartment dwellers,
submarine with penthouse suite.
Archives laid in rock lamellas,
remnants from a past elite.
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Triolet: Sacrifice
Mosquito you must die for me,
with one last hypodermic bite.
You have my blood and guarantee,
mosquito you must die for me.
I line you up and count to three,
goodNIGHT! to you, to me goodnight.
Mosquito you must die for me,
With one last hypodermic bite.
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Free Choice (a trigee poem)
If...............The only certainty
one has..........is
faith............that something exists;
then.............it follows that
one..............ego is sufficient and
has no need......necessarily
for proof........irrefutable,
of God...........whatever it's true nature.
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