Jem Farmer the boi poet – Monday Masterpiece prompt – 19 August 2013
The Nightlife Bandit by Rob Wass
Unabashedly wearing the coat of kings
And the rags of paupers
Proud of each one equally
With breast puffed and head held high
You make no apologies for your patchwork
Granted by the gods, it is worn with honor
Defining and making you unique
A Phoenix with an unassuming plume
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
We Drink Because We’re Poets Monday Poetry Prompt #17: The Words Within the Picture
Heather 1902 by Sahm King
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Clapboard once vibrant
Fell on the hardest of times
Fragile heart revealed
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~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Looking back over rounded shoulders,
At friends who’ve long passed;
He can see them like yesterday,
So much like him today.
“Maybe I don’t want to go forward alone”, he thought,
His blanket of bronze and gold
Offering little warmth to his heart grown cold.
His parched lips quiver under mossy beard,
Longing for a sip of cool mountain water.
What lies ahead scares him
Standing at rivers edge.
In his youth no apprehension would he have shown,
His fearlessness bringing out the best in him,
But no longer is he fearless, no longer is he emulous.
Instead he is resigned to spend his life’s remainder…
Waving goodbye to what was
And what might have been.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
(Words at the Weekend – 17-18 August 2013 prompts)
http://boipoet.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/words-at-the-weekend-17-18-august-2013/
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