In Shrek's abode, where mint and marshland meet,
The hearth's warm dance casts light upon the seat.
While ancient logs burn, their fire's lively prance,
As earth's deep roots in fiery union dance.
Gingerbread's fervor with Yule pine's brisk... – by Robert Rowe | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Frail shadow stilled in time amidst the dust,
Her silent form from earth's embrace I trust.
Just now past the point where I can revive
The burden I bear to wear Number Five.
Whispering soft words I know she can’t hear,
My silent prayer that... – by Robert Rowe | 13 Views added 1 month ago
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Upstretched hands pressed to graffitied wall,
Legs outspread, face afire with angry shame;
Strange hands roam over impeccant body
Presumptive guilt in denim jeans unfound
On a boy whose skin is the color black.
From youthful mouth explodes... – by Robert Rowe | 15 Views added 1 month ago
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Not like the brazen hulk of China’s fame,
Weathered fingers stretching through all its land
Here at river’s crossing, this wall will stand
A concrete and steel monument of shame
A prison not just for those who here came
Seeking life better... – by Robert Rowe | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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Provocation triggered
Quicksilver lightning flashes
Igniting the chamber's core
Awakening the sulfurous beast inside
Growing straining
Fiery ember of terror
Red faced fever burning
Volcanic pressure building
Inside exploding... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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God is in each our souls that’s what I have been told
He lives nowhere at all say some so very bold.
Yhwh, Allah, Jehovah or whatever name
You pray to every day, know that it’s all the same.
If God exists or not this poet cannot say
But... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Never before have been seen
On this planet eyes so green
Almond in shape and large of size
Anime artist’s dream realized
Cryptic thoughts behind jade panes
Impish nature never wanes
Lashes long with a touch of curl
Not yet woman no longer... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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No matter how hard I had tried
And the countless tears I had cried
You didn’t care and my heart died
When my love for you I would blurt
You didn’t care how much it hurt
It was an issue you would skirt
The mental torture... – by Robert Rowe | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Hungry! Hungry! Eggs need to hatch
Left and right! What do my eyes catch?
On the ground, smelly and stinky
Lumps, chunks and color so inky.
Hurry! Hurry! What's that dark patch?
Hungry! Hungry! Eggs need to hatch
Must get there before the... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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sun's crooked rainbow
trails down sericeous peach
sweet nectar... – by Robert Rowe | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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Rainbow up above
A Multicolored spectra -
Deflected... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Computer desktop
Cluttered, messy, filled with junk –
Writer’s nemesis... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Alphabet magnets
Refrigerator door scene -
A child’s play, Act... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Raised voices behind
Argument ensues quickly-
Never ending... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Life is everything
Between pre-existence and
Our physical... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Colors swirl and mix
Turn silver fading to grey
Death of a... – by Robert Rowe | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Paper, ink and mind
Coming together as one
Expressions of... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Summer leaves detach
Falling to the autumn ground
Brown to green by... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Introspective thoughts
What possible danger there?
Only your heart... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Sitting quietly
Solitary confinement
... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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My heart cried out for God
I looked up through the window
And saw a rainbow.
I watched the rainbow
As it moved across the sky
My heart filled with joy.
The rainbow faded
But when God’s gift left this world
Hope and Peace... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Said the Shadow to the Paisley Lover
“Where is your Shining Knight?”
“He’s hiding near beneath the cover
Of his cerebral might.”
Said the Shadow man to the Shining Knight
“Where’s your Paisley Lover?”
“Out beyond that hill just past my eye’s... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Peace means soldiers can put down their guns
And mothers can welcome home their sons.
Peace means that silent place in your mind
That understands those not of your kind.
Peace makes you feel you must do your part
To ensure love’s always in... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Last night I saw you again in my dream.
Came morning I woke then did I realize
Radiant and beautiful did you seem.
Oh how I wished to gaze into your eyes.
At once I remembered that you were gone
When you left me my heart just broke; did you... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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When I was a child little more than three
My grandpa would set me upon his knee
And tell me stories of the world he saw
While wide eyed I’d listen, mind filled with awe.
His heroes were larger than life he knew
But he swore that all his stories... – by Robert Rowe | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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A bawling child with bloodied knee;
You hugged me.
A lonely youth with tortured soul;
You hugged me.
An angry man who broke your heart;
You hugged... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Spirit soaring.
Self-seeing, through unopened eyes
Inward sight
Roaming the depths of the Universe
Encounters consciousness
Beautiful, bittersweet
As she slips into something more
Comfortable.
There’s Death
She comes beckoning with... – by Robert Rowe | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Oily, sulfurous, choking smog
Conceal thoughts one from another
Foghorns wail the search to connect
Collision bells sound an instant too late
Fractured, splintered spinning in circles
Alone in the fog, I am lost from myself.
Gentle breeze... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Pale ruby aura pure as a virgin’s first blush
Silhouettes Mother’s majestic crown dusted white,
While glowing cotton embers of fiery crimson
Continue their dreams now slowly drifting; warmed by
Phoebus, his brightening face beaming down fondly
... – by Robert Rowe | 0 Views added 1 month ago
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Describing you beautiful child
You are so sweet with heart so mild
Come from a place I never went
Wond’rous child you are heaven sent
Intelligent eyes dark and blue
Curious mind is driving you
In my heart is where your love went
Wond’rous... – by Robert Rowe | 5 Views added 1 month ago
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I open my eyes; looking up I see
The face of a man who is holding me.
His face, I see, has very pretty eyes
But I see tears and wonder why he cries.
He is a fire man; his face covered with dirt.
But why is he holding me; why do I hurt?
He... – by Robert Rowe | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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I awaken to the sound of crying
And from bed I rise inwardly trying
To quiet my fears and silent alarms
Until I can fold you into my arms.
Holding me tight you have nothing to fear
For no harm will come so long as I’m near.
To you I possess... – by Robert Rowe | 1 View added 1 month ago
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While lying in fitful slumber one night
I bore witness to a heavenly sight
For there appeared at the foot of my bed
A spirit beauteous that filled me with dread.
Gazing at me, her smile so beguiling
She quickly had this troubled soul smiling
... – by Robert Rowe | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Unseen sprites quietly moving with ease
Whisper secrets, giving voice to the breeze.
Moonlight filters through their frail phantom wings
Sheer curtains flutter; softly a sprite sings.
She holds him gently in her loving arms
Protesting... – by Robert Rowe | 1 View added 1 month ago
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