Submissions by AmyMMosier (Amy Michelle Mosier)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Were I a rose
Were I a rose
I would model graciously
Oblige those of wise choice
And prickle my enemy;
If just a blade of grass
I would blend in nonchalant
And peoplewatch as they pass
With no desire to flaunt.
I would model graciously
Oblige those of wise choice
And prickle my enemy;
If just a blade of grass
I would blend in nonchalant
And peoplewatch as they pass
With no desire to flaunt.
#SelfReflection
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Dont tell it to the wind
Dont tell it to the wind
To be blown away as vapor
Or share it with a gossiper
As fragile as a dandelion.
Dont speak of it on the mountaintop;
Even the clouds have ears.
For fear that the Devil hears
Dont pray for it aloud to God.
Let the wish build up inside
Then straight-faced, release it subtly
As your actions make it be
Until its existence cant be denied.
To be blown away as vapor
Or share it with a gossiper
As fragile as a dandelion.
Dont speak of it on the mountaintop;
Even the clouds have ears.
For fear that the Devil hears
Dont pray for it aloud to God.
Let the wish build up inside
Then straight-faced, release it subtly
As your actions make it be
Until its existence cant be denied.
#dreams
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Always, a change of plans
Always, a change of plans
Interrupts my tranquil course
Set forth by circumstances
It appears, for the worse.
I resent it, I begrudge
It chips away at my mind
Finally, I'm forced to oblige
And surrender my time
But once by hushed words
I learned of a blessing:
What seemed a dreadful recourse
Placed me in a better setting.
That's why when the Thief flees
You shouldn't be too upset
For the Divine may be
Watching out for your interest.
Interrupts my tranquil course
Set forth by circumstances
It appears, for the worse.
I resent it, I begrudge
It chips away at my mind
Finally, I'm forced to oblige
And surrender my time
But once by hushed words
I learned of a blessing:
What seemed a dreadful recourse
Placed me in a better setting.
That's why when the Thief flees
You shouldn't be too upset
For the Divine may be
Watching out for your interest.
#Christian
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My heart is an empty jardiniere
My heart is an empty jardiniere
Receptive to flowers and affection.
By your wayward glances, I could swear -
There is a festering attraction
But speak up bravely; be not passive
And may we start a journey called love.
Receptive to flowers and affection.
By your wayward glances, I could swear -
There is a festering attraction
But speak up bravely; be not passive
And may we start a journey called love.
#love
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Bees labor not in vain
Bees labor not in vain
For their task is plain.
Listen - how they hum
Around the myoporum.
Purple buds then show forth
Declaring their handiwork.
For their task is plain.
Listen - how they hum
Around the myoporum.
Purple buds then show forth
Declaring their handiwork.
#determination
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You stole me from a castle
You stole me from a castle
My defiant vassal.
We went butterflyback riding
Into wind that sounded like sighing.
They put us down on a hill when
We felt like walking the glen.
We sat by a river of gold
And talked as the river flowed.
I wished for rain and it came
And in its midst, we played.
Where a rainbow met the ground
The beam, we danced around.
Before it could diminish
I gave you a chocolate kiss
And ours is a fairytale romance
That, to this day, still enchants.
My defiant vassal.
We went butterflyback riding
Into wind that sounded like sighing.
They put us down on a hill when
We felt like walking the glen.
We sat by a river of gold
And talked as the river flowed.
I wished for rain and it came
And in its midst, we played.
Where a rainbow met the ground
The beam, we danced around.
Before it could diminish
I gave you a chocolate kiss
And ours is a fairytale romance
That, to this day, still enchants.
#love
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He comes around the wall
He comes around the wall
And I feel my quickened heart.
I dare to look even while
Seconds become a moment.
He passes with dull eyes
And a whiff of musky skin.
I wish I could pass by
As unaffected as him.
And I feel my quickened heart.
I dare to look even while
Seconds become a moment.
He passes with dull eyes
And a whiff of musky skin.
I wish I could pass by
As unaffected as him.
#love
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My lover he feels blank
My lover he feels blank
His personality shows through
Those shades of love and kindness
And fears held in check by curfew
Neither brown nor yellow nor black
But blank with diamond edges
That detect Truth and what
I give back that simply is
Neither opaque nor translucent
Nor what spectroscopy in between
But fashioned by the eye of God
Made whole in splendid being.
Neither is love red nor pink
Rather crystalline and pure
And sparkles discreet
Behind some rare perimeter.
His personality shows through
Those shades of love and kindness
And fears held in check by curfew
Neither brown nor yellow nor black
But blank with diamond edges
That detect Truth and what
I give back that simply is
Neither opaque nor translucent
Nor what spectroscopy in between
But fashioned by the eye of God
Made whole in splendid being.
Neither is love red nor pink
Rather crystalline and pure
And sparkles discreet
Behind some rare perimeter.
#love
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Flowers in the desert
Flowers in the desert
Vibrantly grow forth
In yellows and purples
Despite the salty Earth
And when I think about
How birds can fly at all
I am reminded that
Anything is possible.
Vibrantly grow forth
In yellows and purples
Despite the salty Earth
And when I think about
How birds can fly at all
I am reminded that
Anything is possible.
#flowers
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Good morning, fair cardinal
Good morning, fair cardinal
How are you?
How are your children?
Your plumage is nearly outdone
By the suns golden hue.
The mattress is firm
My blanket is coolly sheer.
Whats that?
Come outside, be with us?
Sorry, my bed is too cozy a lair.
How are you?
How are your children?
Your plumage is nearly outdone
By the suns golden hue.
The mattress is firm
My blanket is coolly sheer.
Whats that?
Come outside, be with us?
Sorry, my bed is too cozy a lair.
#morning
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After making love
After making love
I lay my head upon your chest
To hear your heartbeat;
You are delicately built
But wonderfully alive.
Your skin is like satin
Draping across my fingers
As a blanket would but better;
Let me lay in your warmth
'Til the evening's end.
I lay my head upon your chest
To hear your heartbeat;
You are delicately built
But wonderfully alive.
Your skin is like satin
Draping across my fingers
As a blanket would but better;
Let me lay in your warmth
'Til the evening's end.
#love
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Rabat is a black pearl
Rabat is a black pearl
Of cellophanic rainbow
Gazing upon waves that curl
And lick a shore little known.
Gibraltar is the dock
Where it steadfast moors
Enjoying sailboats that flock
The Mediterranean course
Yet Barbary lions live
Not far, in the Rif Mountains
Golden, assertive
Their kasbah amid the grass.
Of cellophanic rainbow
Gazing upon waves that curl
And lick a shore little known.
Gibraltar is the dock
Where it steadfast moors
Enjoying sailboats that flock
The Mediterranean course
Yet Barbary lions live
Not far, in the Rif Mountains
Golden, assertive
Their kasbah amid the grass.
#sea
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DU Poetry : Submissions by AmyMMosier (Amy Michelle Mosier)