Category Archives: manuscripts

Separate Movements (a Villanelle)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

A villanelle (also known as villanesque) is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until … Continue reading →

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Summertime

Posted on May 31, 2014 by cdsmiller17

When I was a hypnotherapist, I realized that some of my earlier poetry was very much like casting a spell over the reader. Words can paint pictures in the mind, and words about warm summer days are the most effective … Continue reading →

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Neurotic

Posted on May 31, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The Budgie   Naturally Erratic Unusually Reticent Occasionally Traumatic Incessantly Crackers In short, NEUROTIC.

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Huh?

Posted on May 31, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Huh? How is it that you understand So much of what I feel inside? Do I lay myself so open That I can be read like a hand? Is there nothing that I can hide From the prying eyes of … Continue reading →

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Afterthoughts

Posted on May 30, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Afterthoughts Memory, that unlocked drawer Where words go in, Come out no more, Is of the past. An afterthought, In which no thought Is last or lost But filed away For some future date, When the secret word is said … Continue reading →

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Attraction

Posted on May 30, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Attraction Tire tracks, Like life lines on the street’s palm, Leave anxiety In the wake of cooling calm: So many crossings, Like a gigantic caution sign; So many warnings, Shallow treads out of line… God, How do I get in … Continue reading →

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A Pawn Piece (Upon Peace)

Posted on May 29, 2014 by cdsmiller17

A Pawn Piece   Today I talked with the cars, And they told me they’re tired of refilling; They wished they could stop all their killing And park in a peaceful garage. The birds, then, twittered a bit And spoke … Continue reading →

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Off Base

Posted on May 29, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In July of 1969, man walked on the moon for the very first time. At the time, being in my late teens, I thought that, wonderful achievement that it was, the money should have been spent on more worthwhile endeavours, … Continue reading →

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Expected to be Tired

Posted on May 29, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  Expected to be Tired   Wait? Relax?? Be patient??? HOW?!!!   When my wife’s a patient about to give birth, How can I judge if the waiting is worth The worry that wearies me?

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Limericks

Posted on May 27, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The limerick is a poetical form popular since the 18th century. The idea that there can be ‘clean’ limericks is farcical at best. However, I have a couple of examples that I wrote which are cleaner than most.   Vacuumed … Continue reading →

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