Tag: sestina
group name: poetsnook
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May 16, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
"I Digest the Wonder"
The sky weeps with rain.
Its pummeling prompts the pines
to weep as well and let the mountains
swallow its tears;
while Earth digests
its sorrow.
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May 17, 2007 11:54 PM EDT --
Spring greens the rises, the cracks in the road
As it twists and turns through split rail fences
Of ranches begging “most beautiful” on earth,
With displays of spreading oaks, and cattle . . . more
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August 19, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
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November 17, 2007 06:00 PM EST --
Where are they who fear the Lord?
Are all gone astray, are all ruined?
Where is the remnant, the Lord's chosen?
That cluster of grapes kissed by grace,
The people for . . . more
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May 15, 2007 01:53 AM EDT --
Last Homecoming
At the onset of evening I light a candle
Which makes my house feel more like a home
And sit back in my favorite chair
With my faithful dog curled before the hearth
Pictures . . . more
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December 14, 2007 10:56 PM EST --
Kindled, did not your heart also burn
Within as we walked with our God?
Should He have consumed us with wrath?
But, feel, this is the warmth of love;
These flames will not sear your . . . more
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May 22, 2007 08:11 AM EDT --
Mythical Companions
Such a rare sighting, the fabled Unicorn
Protector of the forest; noble Centaur
A symbol of renewal personified by Phoenix
Oh, winged mare of myth, fair Pegasus
Guardian . . . more
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May 26, 2007 02:48 PM EDT --
Celestial Bodies
Ah! To stare aimlessly into the skies!
Behold the splendor of the sun
Explore the mystery of our moon
Attempt to count all the stars
Warily anticipate rain from the clouds . . . more
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December 23, 2007 06:17 AM EST --
Christmas Defined
A time has come to be with family
And to celebrate with friends
During the deep cold of winter
We come together to spread warmth
Often bearing . . . more
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June 05, 2007 12:10 AM EDT --
Under Pain of Life
How many times have I shed these tears?
As many times as I have felt pain
By having shattered my fragile heart
Each time I hear empty songs of sorrow
Every day that I learn . . . more
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May 01, 2007 11:23 PM EDT --
German maven's fingers orbiting the dried flower's edge
Her heart estranged from family fortnights ago, their history haunts
Merely a solitary tree in a green forest, the rest . . . more
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