PLEIADES.......
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Within the Same
Boundaries
Abecedarious: (View
the poem alphabetically)
A
Albatross
Anguish and dark
disappear
Accompany your flight;
Aloft, a majestic
Acrobat,
soaring guide,
Ariel harbinger
Above treacherous waves
Awash
with final fate.
John Daleiden, US
Alphabet
Alone
An afternoon alone,
Attention
turns inward
Alternating the past
And the present with
the
Anticipation, still
Assumed, of the future,
Always hoping
forever
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
B
Biscayne
Bathhouse under palms and
pines
Beckoned after each day on my
Beach of beaches,
to
Brush sand from toes, towel off, and
Burn musty Miami
memories
Beneath my truly happy visage in
Bright subtropical
sunlight
Craig Tigerman,
US
Alphabet
Broken
Blown away by seven
Bullets
of fate: a week
Beginning with a dream
Broke brittle bones of
hope
Before they fully formed,
Burying ambition
Beneath a
pile of scorn
Clive Oseman, UK
Alphabet
C
Calling
Captivated by her
Charming
uniqueness, my
Cold insecurities
Chain me to seclusion.
Could
she ever hear these
Cries of desire through such
Contorted self
esteem?
Clive Oseman, UK
Alphabet
D
Defined?
Dingle, the beloved convent
dog, has never been to
Dingle or Derry or Donegal, but has lived a
life this side of the Atlantic
Defined by Gaelic legends and his
Tibetan terrierness
Daingean—fortress, A mighty fortress is
our
Dingle, we say to our sentinel on our way out into the world,
we sing
Days go by, leave on NPR, scatter treats, return ready to
see his sweet
Dawg-face pressed on the glass, "Take me out to the
Dog Park."
Deborah Humphrey,
US
Alphabet
Dream
Dream people long since
gone,
Disappeared from my life
Dying or fading from
Daily
friendly contact,
Dwelling in my mind both
Day and night
wondering
Do they remember me
Adelaide
B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
E
Eyes
Even in this old
age
Everything you do,
Enlivens my being,
Especially when
your
Eyes, still blue and loving,
Entice me with a
glint,
Eternally youthful
Adelaide
B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
F
Fantasia
Fair wife it is our fate:
festive
silver moonlight
fires our quiet passions—
falcon-like let us
soar
fearlessly through the skies,
flaming, the twin
comets
fiercely torching the heights.
John Daleiden, US
Alphabet
Fate
Far
distant it seems, the
Future we plan; never
Fast to arrive, the
goal
Forever slipping past;
Frantic we pray or curse
Fate for
not granting her
Favors with guarantees
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
Feast
Far from heaven's door
Falling
stars and silver coins
Forge into wishing ponds and
Fountains,
dancing in the city square
Flagrant faces glow, at every
table
Foil shimmers of meaty pies on
Fat Tuesday in New
Orleans
Karina Klesko,
US
Alphabet
Foibles
Frivolous
female,
Fanciful fripperies
Fail to keep her
Fancy;
Fall
always far short
From her fretful frantic
Feelings.
Mary Lee McClure, US
Alphabet
G
Gargoyles
Gargoyles— most fearful
and
Grotesque sentinels with
Gaping mouths and eyes
that
Glare; they maintain their posts,
Guardians at Hell's
gates,
Granting entrance only,
Giving exit to none.
Adelaide
B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
H
Harmed
Hopes fade like autumn
light,
Heavy hearted-drowned by
Hatred at its
greatest
Height—not knowing why or
How we got like this,
when
Hours spent in the depths of
Hell became months, then
years.
Cliff Oseman, UK
Alphabet
Home
Home,
the place of childhood;
Hoping to leave, too long
Having to
stay; the dreams
Hidden in secret; the
Heart yearning for a
change;
Happiness forever
Hovering some place far
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
I
"I"
I'm
eating ahi and ono and aku
I have poha, pakalolo and Pohaku
It's
my birthday
In the space of an hour
Instant hula, slack key
guitar and songs
Indeed blessings and wonderful
friends
Shanna Baldwin Moore, US
Alphabet
Intransigence
In the shadow of
guns
Inner city anger
Is itching to ignite.
Intolerance
abounds
In the minds of bigots—
Idiotic mindsets
Inflaming
helplessness
Clive Oseman, UK
Alphabet
J
Judgements
Journey with
these pilgrims:
Jocular fellows who
Jest and toast their rogue
peer's
Juvenile pranks each night.
Juxtapose this
youthful
Joy with the staid prayers of
Jubilant church
elders.
John Daleiden, US
Alphabet
K
Kerygma
Kyrie
eleison:
Kennings wind through gothic
Kirks mixing with grand
echoes
Keyed from the organ loft;
Keen incense wafts
about
Kneeling patrons praying—
Kindred hearts—
devoted.
John Daleiden, US
Alphabet
L
Latchkey
Lingering
in dark dreams,
Lilacs in euphoric
Latitudes far
reaching.
Landscapes of rolling hills
Lends its healing to
hearts
Lost in winter's sad dirge;
Loving this time of
year.
Karina Klesko, US
Alphabet
Letters
Letters tied with
ribbons
Long forgotten but still
Lovingly kept
preserved,
Lying in a trunk from
Long ago, the ink now
Light
brown and faded, the
Lines blurry as tears flow
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
M
Melancholy
Memory
magnifies
Moments of contentment—
Mundane conversations
Made
remarkable by
My joy at finding you—
Making your moving
on
More like a breaking point.
Clive
Oseman, UK
Alphabet
N
November
November has arrived.
Now it's time for Mother
Nature's
long and well-earned
Nap. The trees are bare, the
Nests
abandoned, the air
Nippy. Time for a fat
Novel by a
fireplace.
Zhanna P. Rader, US
Alphabet
O
October
October
leaves, the shades
Of an artist's palette;
Ochre, red, yellow
and
Orange brightly painted
On each tree, each to the
Order
under God's plan
Obvious to just Him
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
P
Pantomine
Pragmatic sanctions
for
Praying in cantonal songs,
Pastoral effigies—
Predatory
hauntings
Painted on four walls in
Paleolithic rhyme
Patron
dancers in line
Karina Klesko, US
Alphabet
Q
Quintessential
Queen
High-toned donned her crown,
Quartzite gems, dumpster
mined;
Quibbling with the old cook's
Quiche skills, she exiled
the
Quare woman to Dungeon
Quadrangle serving Squid
Quarters
to prisoners.
John Daleiden, US
Alphabet
R
Rebel
Running free
of limits
Rules and regulations,
Relishing the fruits
of
Rejection of the myths
Rehashed throughout our
lives—
Reaping the rewards of
Reading between the
lines
Clive Oseman, UK
Alphabet
S
Secrets
Softly
sibilant the snakes
Serpentining round the garden
Stealthily
shedding skins
So we can never recognize them,
Sliding coils
around our hearts
Sewing suspicions in what was certain
Sadly
separating skeins once entwined.
Katherine
L. Gordon, CA
Alphabet
Shine
Seize your chances;
never
Shy away from your dreams.
Stagnation hides
away
Smirking as its victims
Slide into the shadows
Shorn of
all ambition,
Secure, but unfulfilled
Clive Oseman, UK
Alphabet
T
Tangerine
This small,
beautiful fruit
Tantalizes every
Taste bud blooming on
my
Tongue. Sweetly the juices
Take over, the
feeling
Tremendously sinful,
Transcending luscious
bliss.
Marie Summers, US
Alphabet
Tears
They tell me you
are glad
That pain is in my heart.
Take time out to
reflect.
Think of the times we had
Together living
dreams,
Testing the limits of
Total dedication.
Clive Oseman, UK
Alphabet
U
Unending
Umber skies above
waves,
Undulating tides
Unhurried by time,
Universally
known,
Utterly dependent
Upon the moon and its
Unending force
on earth
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
V
Vanishing
Vanishing is the
old
Vagabond life, the once
Varied and glamorous
Venture of
dreamers and
Voracious poets whose
Very existence
was
Volatile and fleeting
Adelaide B.
Shaw, US
Alphabet
W
Waking
Waking to the cold
dawn
Without your heart to bring
Warmth to my empty
life;
When you were here sometimes
Wants were not met and
thoughts
Were unkind, but now I'm
Withering here
alone.
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
X
Xanadu
Xebec corsairs
search for
Xanadu, enticement for
Xenophiles with hopes
of
Xanthric stones, the luck charms
Xenoclea saw
in
Xenoliths, found in the
Xericless land of
dreams
Xebec: a type of boat
Xenophile: one who loves all
things foreign
Xanthric: yellowish
Xenoclea: priestess of
ancient Greek
Xenolith: a rock imbedded in another
rock
Xericless: my own word meaning not dry, from Xeric:
dry
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
Xavier
Xeroxing nightmare
it's the
X-ray eyes of ray milland
Xylophone bleeps from
machines
X-rated words in a blog
X-man is in real
trouble
X-citing without an e
X-mas video replayed
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
Xenos
Xanadu, idyllic
. . .
Xenophobic, I hide
X'ing my existence;
Xenophile, I
avoid
Xanthippic loud women;
Xebec moored in the bay;
Xerxes,
the XXVI.
John Daleiden, US
Alphabet
Y
Youth
Youth enjoys its
pleasures
Year after year with no
Yardstick to measure
length.
Yes is what we say. We
Yawn in the face of
time,
Yearning for each day, not
Yielding to
anything.
Adelaide B. Shaw, US
Alphabet
Yo-Yoing
Yahoo Princess
Yvonne
Yabbers at kitchen cook,
Yipping because the
squid
Yacht is dry-docked causing
Yawning, old food
lockers
Yielding no fresh cuisine
Yesterday, or
today.
Yeoman Yarouschkisan,
Youngster of Yorkist
birth,
Yodels young Yvonne's griefs;
Young Turk courting the
kith,
Yearning for night action--
Yea, hoping to
produce
Yowling male heirs of note.
John
Daleiden, US
Alphabet
Z
Zones
Zillions of
mosquitoes
Zing through savannahs where
Zebras patiently
graze;
Zanza notes float above
Zigzagging Zareba,
Zooming in
crescendo,
Zonking ears joyously.
John
Daleiden, US
Alphabet
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