Reason A. Poteet

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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a monchielle*

“I am all that you need.”
I detect a low voice,
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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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Subtitle: Boys Will Be Boys

Male internal combustion knock
has much to do with raw fuel.
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senryu

mindless approach
two, eighteen, twenty, ten
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haiku

traces of spring
dandelion bubble heads
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free verse

A dreadful assault
dulled their sense of sympathy
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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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Little girl child,
let me sing you a melody
a song to last
from now throughout eternity.
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sestet, ABCBDB

It is well-known that caterpillars
must gobble more and more each day
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haiku series

chill in the air
newly naked branches
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dectina refrain

My
unseen
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7/5 trochee (see below)

Doubt tries hard to take the scene.
Great Selene shines new
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B.C., seven hundred seventy-six
was the date of the first Olympic picks.
They spanned (these sportsmanship pioneers)
one thousand, one hundred, sixty-nine years.
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a pantoum

Some sixty years past my Paw owned a store.
A penny case held tiny toys and balloons
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canzonetta

Sweet great grandmother stitched history on cloth;
on samplers she published family events.
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Sicilian quintain ABABA

Subtitled: The Bully
'Who, What, When, Where, and Why'
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