Category Archives: manuscripts

Footprints

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Footprints Somewhere in the middle of the snowstorm, Night fell and trapped me inside its darkness: Out in the cold, I walked, wishing for warm Wooly blankets, and wanting to feel less Foolish for being caught in the open. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Seasoning

Posted on June 2, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Signs of Winter A scattering of leaves on snow-shrouded grass, A print of soft lines etched by the wind, A whistling whisper signed through the trees Tell that white winter has come to pass. Spring Morning Mauve splashes, smudged across … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Rainy Day   The sleepy sky has not yet wak’ed: The street is darkly melancholic; A drizzle paints a misty haze, And dampens any frolic. The silence of the gloomy street, By feet splashing a steady beat Is broken…   … Continue reading →

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Lonesome (a Terza Rima)

Posted on June 1, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The literal translation of terza rima from Italian is ‘third rhyme’. Terza rima is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern A-B-A, B-C-B, C-D-C, D-E-D. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections … Continue reading →

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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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