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Ode On Beauty

Ode On Beauty David Enyedy   Beauty has never stood on black high heels Nor has it worn a sultry, skin-tight dress It’s a cliché, beauty within’s ideal A trait oft forgot in our shallowness   An idea, not thing, … Continue reading

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Ode on a Starry Night

Ode on a Starry Night David Enyedy   When one looks to the black sheet specked with white, One recalls the simple beauty of it. While the moon observes like the lord of night Thousands of stars keep the peace … Continue reading

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A Wild Novel

Welcome me into your great escape for the fall of each leaf is equivalent to the turn of a coffee tainted page.   Your wind carries whispers that whisk me away in gnarled arms to places forbidden and adventures foretold. … Continue reading

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Ode to the Ax

Footsteps mark your timeworn paths Of memories blurred from the inevitable. I grasp in desperation as you Slip through the cracks of my aching hands.   Anticipation that awaits the second of your disappearance Has numbed the pain, That threatens … Continue reading

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Ode to Death — Tianren

Ode to Death   Redoubtable as all the quick beings think, You, whose virtue has been long deprived, Remain as taut, like knots that lives link, Embrace your haters, with your utter pride.   Darkness they call you, because you … Continue reading

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Ode to A Parted Love — Tianren

Ode to A Parted Love It is such beauty as the blossoming flower, People always say, in every sprightly spring. To embrace it never shall we cower, As flowers are not scared by the sun dazzling. They bloom, with charm, … Continue reading

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A Sort of Ode on Prof. Dave

Always adjusting your eyeglasses, scratching your chin and nose, Sweating through cotton bandanas, which hold back your greasy locks, “Keeping your head from exploding”— that spellbinding, probing-box, Eyes tilted up, seeking “pure light and goodness” through literature.   Down on … Continue reading

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Ode to the Thaw

Ode to The Thaw     You have come, the water runs The way you cried on full moon nights and Never knew why Rogue heat clings to contour your cheekbones Where you and scilla have grown Where you have … Continue reading

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Ode to Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Sizzling and popping form a melody to the notes of the frothing grease. Rich smells taunt hungry buds and salivating tongues.   Unfurled heat radiates off of the flushed embers. Spring green tips blacken and crisp from the feral flames. … Continue reading

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Ode on a sacrificial Altar

Ode on a Sacrificial Altar Awake! Thy fear of obsidian, Awake! The shrine of darkness, Endless stairs through the cloud, With the vines interveined, with the grace in the rave. Inside the chamber of holy flame, Shine the ray, soul … Continue reading

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