Submissions by AmyMMosier (Amy Michelle Mosier)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I started writing during the Great Recession. That time turned into a hidden blessing. After becoming re-employed, I kept writing. My themes are always inspirational, colors, love, desert or Christian.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Jul 2024 5:57pm
9th Jul 2024 5:57pm
El Capitan - you are a joint
El Capitan - you are a joint
Within the Sierra Nevadas
Of punctuated granite -
A sentinel of the ages.
Sylvestris partition -
Beam of silver - or steel -
Are you a step to heaven
Or a capstone for hell?
Stern expression of peace -
Keeper of fortitude -
Of what would you speak?
Would I even understand you?
Within the Sierra Nevadas
Of punctuated granite -
A sentinel of the ages.
Sylvestris partition -
Beam of silver - or steel -
Are you a step to heaven
Or a capstone for hell?
Stern expression of peace -
Keeper of fortitude -
Of what would you speak?
Would I even understand you?
#travel
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Jul 2024 1:05am
9th Jul 2024 1:05am
Coming from within a rising hedge
Coming from within a rising hedge
Of voluptuous white oleander
I sensed a turmoil; one writhe
Seduced better than before
And within the naked boughs
Of some palo verde in a rustle
Of few leaves I thought I saw
Among them a potential
So quick and sullen, I almost not
Deemed it worthy a mention
Until a lone grackle squawked
That vernal suspicion
Then the wind flirted with a sage
Whose mane shimmied fervid
As if the breath of Earth had encouraged
Spring to dance for him.
Of voluptuous white oleander
I sensed a turmoil; one writhe
Seduced better than before
And within the naked boughs
Of some palo verde in a rustle
Of few leaves I thought I saw
Among them a potential
So quick and sullen, I almost not
Deemed it worthy a mention
Until a lone grackle squawked
That vernal suspicion
Then the wind flirted with a sage
Whose mane shimmied fervid
As if the breath of Earth had encouraged
Spring to dance for him.
#spring
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Jul 2024 1:01am
9th Jul 2024 1:01am
Ample is the rising sun
Ample is the rising sun
That alights the furthest mountain
A carmine drape upon every hill
Exciting the birds to warble.
Ample, too, is the evening sun
That paints a nebulous curtain
Quickly changing the palette until
Bringing the good day to shutter.
That alights the furthest mountain
A carmine drape upon every hill
Exciting the birds to warble.
Ample, too, is the evening sun
That paints a nebulous curtain
Quickly changing the palette until
Bringing the good day to shutter.
#dawn
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STORY POEM
Published
8th Jul 2024 2:03am
8th Jul 2024 2:03am
See there marches Orion
See there marches Orion
With Sirius close at his feet
Tarrying not long in the air
To begin the midnight hunt.
His quickened breath congeals
His boots crunch the fallen snow
His eyes attempt to discern
Between tree and furtive shadow.
Mark the occasion and time
Of this harvest moon's fair
And note the dog's primal talent
For smelling blood and fear
Not to bring down a mighty elk
To quarter and tan its hide
What they instead come upon
Is Aries in a clearing field.
With Sirius close at his feet
Tarrying not long in the air
To begin the midnight hunt.
His quickened breath congeals
His boots crunch the fallen snow
His eyes attempt to discern
Between tree and furtive shadow.
Mark the occasion and time
Of this harvest moon's fair
And note the dog's primal talent
For smelling blood and fear
Not to bring down a mighty elk
To quarter and tan its hide
What they instead come upon
Is Aries in a clearing field.
#stars
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Jul 2024 2:01am
8th Jul 2024 2:01am
Low dust clouds bristled
Low dust clouds bristled
In the sky but I did not see;
A lone grackle whistled
A warning I did not perceive.
The world would not cease turning
In its cruel mockery.
I sat upon a rock, faltering
Because of things that wouldnt be.
Only distraction can persuade
Only sleep can steal
Such sadness that pervades
And hot tears that swell
But hotter yet came a wind
That brushed my fingers
As would one consoling
And dried my tears.
In the sky but I did not see;
A lone grackle whistled
A warning I did not perceive.
The world would not cease turning
In its cruel mockery.
I sat upon a rock, faltering
Because of things that wouldnt be.
Only distraction can persuade
Only sleep can steal
Such sadness that pervades
And hot tears that swell
But hotter yet came a wind
That brushed my fingers
As would one consoling
And dried my tears.
#sadness
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Jul 2024 4:05pm
6th Jul 2024 4:05pm
Death, to me, is a stranger;
Death, to me, is a stranger;
I know not his whereabouts.
Ive seen him but havent heard
I know of him but weve not met.
He spoke at length with my elder
And convinced him to go.
I got to say good-bye before
He left, but of Death, I dont know.
He seems so popular among
Celebrities distant and queer.
With the sickly, too, he throngs
Too important to come here
Although once, without persistence
Death did rap upon my door.
I was busy I did not answer
So he left a calling card.
I know not his whereabouts.
Ive seen him but havent heard
I know of him but weve not met.
He spoke at length with my elder
And convinced him to go.
I got to say good-bye before
He left, but of Death, I dont know.
He seems so popular among
Celebrities distant and queer.
With the sickly, too, he throngs
Too important to come here
Although once, without persistence
Death did rap upon my door.
I was busy I did not answer
So he left a calling card.
#death
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Jul 2024 4:02pm
6th Jul 2024 4:02pm
Blanched veils there and above
Blanched veils there and above
Hold it in stony repose
Throughout time's continuum
And blustering air flows.
Earth granted an ovation -
Nodding its magnificence -
But bigger still is the one
Who goes and conquers it.
Hold it in stony repose
Throughout time's continuum
And blustering air flows.
Earth granted an ovation -
Nodding its magnificence -
But bigger still is the one
Who goes and conquers it.
#inspirational
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Jul 2024 5:46am
5th Jul 2024 5:46am
Love is two pairs of footprints
Love is two pairs of footprints
Impressed in the sand.
Will you ever walk beside me
And together go home?
Love is sunlight that makes
A flower turn its way.
Do you promise always
To be a light for my soul?
Impressed in the sand.
Will you ever walk beside me
And together go home?
Love is sunlight that makes
A flower turn its way.
Do you promise always
To be a light for my soul?
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Jul 2024 1:18am
4th Jul 2024 1:18am
Great and Rugged Pyrenees
Great and Rugged Pyrenees
Whose solid presence demands
Notice of lush valleys
And Spanish oaks that dot the glens -
Prevailing winds churn in wrath -
I stop to breathe in them;
You cut the horizon in half
And grip my eye with icy hands.
Your cohort - a mix of clouds -
Can't forever hide your majesty.
Seville looks on from the south;
Andorra sings the victory.
Whose solid presence demands
Notice of lush valleys
And Spanish oaks that dot the glens -
Prevailing winds churn in wrath -
I stop to breathe in them;
You cut the horizon in half
And grip my eye with icy hands.
Your cohort - a mix of clouds -
Can't forever hide your majesty.
Seville looks on from the south;
Andorra sings the victory.
#travel
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jul 2024 2:00am
3rd Jul 2024 2:00am
Spring days like these
Spring days like these
Were made for katie ruellia
Who is royalty among flowers
Robed delicately in purple.
There she arrived for the festivities
As the trumpeters blow their sennet.
Her crown is the leaves;
The butterflies her subjects.
Were made for katie ruellia
Who is royalty among flowers
Robed delicately in purple.
There she arrived for the festivities
As the trumpeters blow their sennet.
Her crown is the leaves;
The butterflies her subjects.
#spring
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STORY POEM
Published
3rd Jul 2024 1:51am
3rd Jul 2024 1:51am
The Garden of Eden
Come and find me in this garden;
I know not where the hours go.
Palm fronds brush against my cheek
Lone toadstool, blush of mallow.
They say this is the Garden of Eden
Rocks of lichen, red yucca.
But I think this is probably heaven
Birds-of-paradise and vinca.
You will find here a green shelter;
Shade fills the inner sanctuary.
Canaries whistle o'er yonder
Dew drops on a banana leaf.
Let's be as kids like we once were;
Take my hand, let's go find its end.
Make a wish on a four-leaf...
I know not where the hours go.
Palm fronds brush against my cheek
Lone toadstool, blush of mallow.
They say this is the Garden of Eden
Rocks of lichen, red yucca.
But I think this is probably heaven
Birds-of-paradise and vinca.
You will find here a green shelter;
Shade fills the inner sanctuary.
Canaries whistle o'er yonder
Dew drops on a banana leaf.
Let's be as kids like we once were;
Take my hand, let's go find its end.
Make a wish on a four-leaf...
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2024 2:11am
2nd Jul 2024 2:11am
The Sahara is another vast sea
The Sahara is another vast sea
Of zero-edge horizons
And remote hours of austerity
For "sailors" upon caravans
And the Sun beams mercilessly
And seems cruel to patrons
Until the Wind scoffs haggardly
And reshapes its art of dunes.
Of zero-edge horizons
And remote hours of austerity
For "sailors" upon caravans
And the Sun beams mercilessly
And seems cruel to patrons
Until the Wind scoffs haggardly
And reshapes its art of dunes.
#travel
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