Well, would it?

Skin as white as snow
Lips as red as the rose
We all know the words
We know how the story goes

But what if the snow was tainted
Touched by a mortal hand?
Beauty only skin deep
Underneath nothing too grand

Would it take away the fable
Leave us wanting more
To know the heroine human
And not a legend of lore



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To Dan & Lou!

A burst of white
By candlelight
Has set the mood
For wine & food
For dancing, clapping
And soul slapping
Only at such times as these
Everyone is so easy to please
When two become one
It's a time for fun

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Reflections

Reflecting on this world of mine

Watching diamonds as they shine

Remembering friends lost in time

Wondering what will clear this grime

Pondering why people mime

The joys they sell on a dime

Savoring the taste of homemade wine

And feeling that sometimes we're all fine

And as questioned by Tam... 

Why do these words all rhyme? ;)

Creak, creak

Feel the burn when the joints do bend
Another relay of pain to send
Coursing through nerves of old
Fearing sweat and severe cold
Every drop of rain that's not
Lodges in bones that are shot
Never understanding why
Only knowing we can't fly

Dirt

Here we go let's search the store
For all those things we've bought before
Another helping of less than best
Another suit to reflect the rest
We've made our choices and now we're stuck
We simply have to clean up the muck


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Obvious haiku

Money to spend now
On frivolous things for me
I still live at home


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Apples

The ripened fruit looked oh so good
Just gleaming in the sun
An autumn breeze caressed the trees
As we were having fun
The children's faces gleamed with joy
As sweetness filled their mouths
A constant chirp of crunching leaves
Joined by effervescent shouts
No better day to join the bands
Of families joining in
Going about a special day
With faces showing grins




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Petite mot française

Salut Sophie, comment ça va?
C'est vrai que j'pense souvent à toi
J'aimais bien nos têtes-à-têtes
Est-ce qu'on se revoit à la fête?
C't'une drôle d'idée que j'ai eu
De t'écrire ici comme si ç'allait être vue!


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Red moon

The red will stop flowing soon
A day that signals the waning moon
A time of life that shows our age
Telling us to turn the page
A time of freedom from our earthly sphere
To concentrate on what brought us here


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V for vicktory

And so the truth will out
Through tears we kvetch and shout
But in the end we all can see
That this anger is just uncertainty
Strength pulled from within
To wipe away that crazy grin
Now the world will know
That there's no shame in a show

Sweet song

I heard your voice again today
And wondered why you left
Those sweet, sweet words are heaven sent
And always leave me so bereft



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Cold haiku

Its too cold for sleep
Impossible to rest
Turn the damn fan off!


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Rapid race

Running to catch up
Running to slow down
Hoping for a rush
To stop this growing frown

Never having time
A race from every start
Wondering when the line
Will release this beating heart

Surely soon one day
We might find a place
Where tranquility abounds
And around us only grace

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Temudgin

From steppe to steppe, I ruled the world
With blue-sky God watching over me
I gave my life to a greater cause
To unite my people, to set them free

My path in life writ in the stars
Now my name might be revered
But in my time when I walked the earth
I made men tremble, my name was feared

I strove through hurt, cold and pain
Enduring hunger, frost and rain
Through blackest night to earliest dawn
I rose from nothing to legend's mightiest Khan







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No poem tonight.
I've worked on something that's not good enough even for my low standards and I can't force it on anyone just yet. As soon as I've got the two lines I'm missing, it'll be posted. Promise.

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Slingshot

Hatred knows no bounds
And ignorance really abounds
Stripping someone of pride
Is a shameful way to hide
But all that goes around
Will come back around
And One day soon will be
Free of all this injury


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Screamers

Value the silence
It's become so very rare
But when its more common
Will we miss the noise-filled air?

We tell ourselves no
But time will only tell
As now the fulfilling quiet
Is constantly shattered by a yell

We'll know quicker than ever
Just how much it means to us
When the nest is empty
And no one's left to fuss

Alter

Take me on a joy ride
One just meant for two
Under constantly moving skies
A veritable panoply of blue

Try to figure out why
I crave this crazy song
Longing for your verses
From dusk through night 'till dawn

Chase away the dew drops
So that our knees stay dry
While we silently worship
The melodies that made us cry



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Johg

Let's give in to love
Let's find out all we can
That heady dance of devoted bliss
Uniting God and man

From ancient times to present days
We've brought this melding down
So let's indulge our lives a bit
Before we all just drown

Step 1

Now the desks are placed
And now the books are shelved
Maybe we can begin
To finally allow all thoughts to meld?


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About time

For what it's worth
You've found your life
Now give in to rebirth

Stop messing around
You've past that line
And at night you'll sleep sound

Anger me

Why the anger at your lot
Was it the break from home?
The constant, every day reminder
That you were left alone?

Now it's gone, it's in the past
But you have never left
Dictating how we ought to act
Lest you find yourself bereft

Of all the hopes you've ever dreamed
And wondered along the way
Why anyone could every have
What you could never pay

But maybe its buried inside
A scared and frightened soul
Who tries their best to anger
To fill that very dark hole

Entitled

If we could fly among the clouds
How great would that feeling be?
Oh wait! We can - in big steel cans
Yet we're unimpressed with our ability,
To soar through the air
Without a care
Essentially defying gravity!


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Retro

Take me back in time
To a place where sensations were new
A world of promise and one of hope
Where we felt pure and true

The party that never ended
The week-long social with friends
Posing with the best
In too-cool, had-to-know dens 

Time has flown yes, it's a fact
No regrets, no turning back
Live now and make the most
Or sigh inside and fade to black

Truant Blue

Your presence makes me weak
It fires dreams both lush and bleak
At least the fantasy's real
The one where I can talk and touch and feel
Know that as long as your music flows
I'll be haunting all your shows
And for making my knees go week
With your saucy, playful cheek
This mind I give to you
You'll find it's a true yet truant blue

Provinicials

Another vote was cast
No different than the past
A slippery slope for some
Hard to undo what's done
Can folk truly believe
The lies meant to deceive
And think their very best
Will do for all the rest?
Now we watch and wait
Guessing our coming fate.

First leaves

The first leaves hit the ground today
And left us so bereft
Of all the joys that summer holds
As now there's little left
Only cold awaits us in the frozen months to come
So, those little leaves reminded us that we should enjoy this sun


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Dark heart?

Once you've been there can you ever go back?
When the heart is dark and the soul is black?
Gone the springs of gold and green
When thoughts of love cast a sun-filled sheen
Where youth might see but an honest path
The harden mind twists through a maze of math
But take heart, my friend, that all that's just
Will win out in the end.


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Listen

They whisper all around us
And yet we fail to hear
Those quiet voices calling
Warning destruction's near

Maybe one day we'll remember
What our souls used to know
And bring back those ways
Where all was allowed to grow



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