Reason A. Poteet

Subtitle: Boys Will Be Boys

Male internal combustion knock
has much to do with raw fuel.
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acrostic with a secret

Siesta - the time when every
Living mortal rests at mid-day.
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a reasonnet*

A'waiting once more the wonders at dawn,
a tired, empty muse paces the lawn
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blank verse, prayer

I am anxious and naturally I turn to you, my God.
I want your answer now but I am learning to wait in peace.
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I hear the voice of Genesis
speaking words of creation…

Let it be – light, shine in darkness,
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Do not wish on dandelions
makes a difference if you're Mayans.
Their winds blow through sacred tree,
the pod and seed.
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1. a partridge in a pear tree
Bird much loved for its tasty flesh,
of its spirit have we no thought?
Worship the Christ Child in the crèche
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senryu

mindless approach
two, eighteen, twenty, ten
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dectina refrain

My
unseen
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haiku

stop sign
in the strawberry patch
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Little girl child,
let me sing you a melody
a song to last
from now throughout eternity.
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free verse

A dreadful assault
dulled their sense of sympathy
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haiku

traces of spring
dandelion bubble heads
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a monchielle*

“I am all that you need.”
I detect a low voice,
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quatrain

Inbox is full – virtual junk
thirty today and still counting.
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senryu

with arrogance crowned
new star on the horizon
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fable

The words of the Zulu coconut,
a once coveted souvenir
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senyru

power failure
light dawns for management
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senryu

bridges burned
ashes become
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thematic blank verse with alliteration

We lift up our eyes to the One whose throne is in heaven,
The eyes of slaves looking to the face of the Master,
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