Published Poetry
Please enjoy this assortment of poems I wrote this semester as part of a poetry study.
Elephant
haiku
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Long trunk swaying low
Sun beams on my wrinkled skin
Huge feet stomp the ground
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Reflection
The sun rises in front of me
My lettuce-shaped ears flop in front of my face
My image glimmers on the still reflection of the watering hole,
Nature's mirror.
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My family of gigantic giants
Surrounding the oasis
A glimmer of hope
For our upcoming migration.
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Serpentine Beauty
Lounging lizard,
A serpentine beauty
Basking in the glow
Of the warm sun
On a hot, summer day
His smooth scales
And slithering tail
Suddenly alert
Danger is detected
His cold-blooded body,
Alert on the rock
Heading for safety.
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Self-Portrait
after Mary Oliver
Today I am twenty-three and in love with life
And still full of beans.
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Onward, to my first classroom!
There are dozens of books; on the other side
their smiles are gleaming and finding their learning
No adversity to the spirit.
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Upward, new shoes! There are the roses, and there is the tall oak tree
Standing tall like a soldier, like an new friend
I want to touch
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though I'm only twenty-three
and I will never have this day again but ah!
I hope one day I am seventy. And still
in love with life. And still
full of beans.
Teacher
haiku
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They call me teacher
But I have so much to learn
It doesn't stop here.