Strength Does Not Always RoarFragility is quite a strength
just as the crucial bumblebees’ breath
Perhaps not only titularly
gentleness is stronger than severity . . .
Channeling Emily Dickinson : To be a feather in a holocaust
– hope, sewn in the soul, sings the song needed most
A minor thought on regeneration : To regrow the leg the mantis lost
– a marvel on...
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Categories:
art, beauty, hope, mountains,
Form: Alliteration
SilkYour kisses were like honey
as I tasted them on the street
late at night
your embraces were like a silk scarf....
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Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
Toxic Beauty
ART!
He painted my death,
With such dedication I've never seen before.
Every stroke of his brush, on that paper, marking out each curve, twist, and turn my body made
As I writhed in pain.
Premeditated murder, or a death masquerading as suicide, or perhaps just an unlucky soul.
My hands on my throat as I choked to death,
He didn't...
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Categories:
art, betrayal, dark, murder,
Form: Free verse
OceanOcean waves call me.
Beckoning me to stop and stay a while. Staying awhile to listen to the peaceful music of the waves breaking upon the sand. Watching waves persistently pulling back to start again with no hesitation.
If only the waves spoke a foreign language only I could understand. I would stay...
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Categories:
appreciation, art, beach, beautiful,
Form: Ekphrasis
not a democratNot a Democrat
Is democracy good for individual freedom
a year when spring sprang early
he bought horse and cart and made a living
moving people's rubbish to the town's pit
He was not a man working from 9 to 5 in
a factory where underpaid workers slaved
putting macaroni in tomato sauce, into a tin
he had many children, but was not...
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Categories:
art, 4th grade, america, april,
Form: ABC
Piece Of ArtPiece Of Art
That Guy's
A Piece Of Work
AND
A Work Of Art!
A:
PIZZA-WART!!!!
I’m Not Sure Who
Would Be A Fan
Of That Kind Of:
“Humor”
But, You Know:
***Just In Case.***
-Gray Squirrel
07-17-2025
...
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Categories:
art, humor, life,
Form: Free verse
A Painting by Van GoghI happen to take Art classes in oils. My teacher directed me to Van Gogh's Flores:
I am not sure what it's called. But I am very impressed with it's colors of yellow, maze and the swirls of a blue vase. It appears that the painting is all swirls. I can't imagine how it was...
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Categories:
adventure, appreciation, art, beautiful,
Form: Ekphrasis
CompanyIt is nice to spend time alone
but it is also nice
to spend time
with a warm hand
a warm voice
on your side....
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Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
Taj Mahal : 1631 to 1648 by order Shah Jahan : Ekphrasislove
expressed
surreal
heart opens mind
queen mumtaz essence eternal captured
embodied geometry world wonder
shah voiced sacred
masterpiece
power
grand
...
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Categories:
allusion, art, color, creation,
Form: Ekphrasis
Painted GreyEvery time I try to make things right,
Something breaks or slips from sight.
I hold on tight, but still it’s gone —
Just like the end of a breakup song.
Deadlines chase me through the night,
Redemption’s path fades out of light.
I try to lift the weight I bear,
But it gets heavier in the midnight air.
I hope one day...
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Categories:
art, black love, courage,
Form: Rhyme
MuseHis voice was near, his hands were far
Porcelain and coated in paint
I was revered, my skin unmarked
By the artist disguised as the saint
But the muse knows not, how one perceives
She exists in and of the mind
No more than a thought, no need to deceive
She herself might as well be...
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Categories:
art, beauty, romance,
Form: Rhyme
FriendsI need friend
To spend these empty days of mine
Where I talk to myself
And try to make myself happy
To have a coffee
To drink a little bit
To take a walk
To give a hug
The universe wants me cold
As I live this solitary life.
You have a friend really many – We all need/want them
I/We want to fill your days...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
The Stalker's Still Life Stare
The rose won’t pose, won't stay its will,
It knows it can’t be forced to stay still.
It sneaks movements between brush strokes,
Breaking free of the painter's staring yokes.
The lemon makes faces with bitter pride,
It hides its shyness with a snide slide.
Each subject plays a veiled charade,
As each freeze-frame is displayed.
The painter grabs what time would spill,
To...
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Categories:
art,
Form: Rhyme
Of What Is Love's Stake
Love walks away...
Day-in day-out on what heart wants,
Leading astray...
What heart needs, hurting what lust flaunts
Against heart's will;
Tomorrow shall find out the best,
Lust don't run still
To sustain beast; a trying test
That locks up joy,
Of unrest gauge- swinging heart's eyes
Like a playboy,
Whose smartness can't hang up late sighs
Wandering near love,
Enough to beat tricks; lust employs.
Quest seems a...
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Categories:
anxiety, art, death, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
art,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Art Poems
Definition | What is Art in Poetry?
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