Tag: rhymes
member name: Jeff Tuthill
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October 10, 2007 10:06 AM EDT --
Here is my Halloween Poem for 2007. I hope it gets you in that scary mood for All Saints Day!
Breeze In The Boneyard
In the dread of night when most are dead asleep, . . . more
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October 08, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
The soreness of each finger,
Pricked upon the thorns of time.
Bleed but a little and pain so much,
While each of us age past our prime.
Growing old may not assure a sage,
Yet ache of aging . . . more
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November 30, 2006 05:39 PM EST --
(I composed this poem from viewing a photograph of a person staring sadly through a window.)
Darkly through the window peering.
Winsome choked by black refrain.
Shadowed sadness stoically searing,
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October 18, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
Tsunahiki Festival is a tug of war contest held in many villages on Okinawa, Japan. A giant rope consisting of two portions, one representing male and one representing female, is joined together to start . . . more
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October 08, 2007 05:38 PM EDT --
Here is a poem I composed about a sacred memorial in Okinawa called Himeyuri-No-To which is referred to in English as the Cave of Virgins. It is the site of deep emotion and sadness for many Okinawans, . . . more
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January 17, 2008 12:44 PM EST --
"The following is an acrostic poem that I composed for my beloved wife Mitsuko ."
M itsuko rose into my life
I n time to rescue me from strife.
T esting my resilience . . . more
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June 02, 2008 06:12 PM EDT --
Drops of sweat glisten in the sun,
Trickling down flushed-out cheeks.
. . . more
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November 02, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
The room closed in upon me like a collapsing cage
First sensation after inhaling mystical sage
Intoxication woven in gossamer layers
Shrouding me euphoric as if by primal prayers
Salvia summons . . . more
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November 10, 2006 11:05 AM EST --
Great breakers of the sea crash upon ancient rock along the shore.
They dance playfully against the rocky coast in a winter's season.
Their dance repeated for centuries of winters that have turned . . . more
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February 12, 2008 12:41 PM EST --
Nakajin Castle (Nakijin-jo) ruins are in the Nago region of Okinawa. Many Uchinanchu go
there to pray at shrines on the ruins site. I have visited there several times and have also . . . more
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December 21, 2007 07:47 PM EST --
Here's my poem for Christmas 2007.
Hid 'neath the covers waiting for Santa to arrive,
Listening intently for those sleigh bells to jingle.
On Christmas Eve a child's fancy . . . more
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December 28, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
Birdsong rings-in the dawn,
As light creeps over night
A glaring seed shall spawn
To bring the morning bright.
Slowly rises the sun,
Greeting like an old man . . . more
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June 09, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
For those of you who like to compose poetry, here is a challenge. Compose a poem using these ten words; Bleeds, Blubber, Cold, Death, Fate, Formula, Head, Heart, Risk, Rose . I came upon this . . . more
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