Rhyming Verse Archives - The Creative Exiles

Human Projection

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Tony DeLorger 52 Views 3 Comments fears, free will, human projection, ineptitude, pain, protection

Human Projection Projections like fans of water, splayed out in fervent increments of release, assume the mantle of disbelief, the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Not Your Typical Bowl Full of Cherries

July 15, 2019July 17, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 94 Views 4 Comments Bowl of Cherries, Cherries, Fresh Fruit, Pink Perfection, Summer Fruit

Bowl Full of Cherries I. Sharing To share sweet fruit for moments of your song, collection of verse like ripened

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Under Neon

July 15, 2019July 17, 2019 Tony DeLorger 54 Views 6 Comments pressure, society, solace, under neon, unhappiness, Wealth

We are lost in life’s dream, our centre straying to other realms and extremes. In our attempt to fit within

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What Summer Says To Me

July 15, 2019 R J Schwartz 67 Views 3 Comments fun in the sun, poetry, RJ Schwartz, summer fun

Summer sun and tons of fun Baseball games and no chance of rain Bugs and snails on hiking trails Collecting

Poetry Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

Love Is ..

July 11, 2019July 12, 2019 John Hansen 106 Views 6 Comments love, love is real, love poetry, romance

Love is more elusive … Love is wetter than the tears we shed Hotter than a fire Thicker than

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Not My Type

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Paul Neglia 136 Views 7 Comments finding balance, rejection, sadness, unrequited love

“You’re not my type,” Was like daggers to the heart, The instance where I learned to disappear. In that limelight,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

On a Bed of Wildflowers

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Tony DeLorger 139 Views 10 Comments bed of wildflowers, change, darkness, dreams, earth, nightmares

Our world changes with every moment, our choices like threads to an earthly carpet weaving moments into circumstances and hopes,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Those we owe in prose, I think

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Eric Dierker 112 Views 7 Comments best lesson, loving kindness, mentor, preacher, spread love, teacher

Those we owe in prose … Those we owe in prose … A Teacher, A Mentor, A Coach, A Preacher

Poetry Rhyming Verse Seasonal

Fourth of July Reno Nevada 2017

July 4, 2019July 5, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 125 Views 5 Comments Celebration, fireworks, Fourth of July, patriotism

Fourth of July Reno Nevada 2017 (From The Rhyme of the Ancient Middle Class) 1. Fourth in the City As sweat

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

Eternity’s Breach

July 3, 2019July 5, 2019 Tony DeLorger 111 Views 6 Comments answers, arrogance, eternity's breach, inequality, judgement, nature's whispers

How certain we are in our arrogant stances, thinking we know so much, searching for those elusive answers to the

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

Just One More Step

July 1, 2019July 5, 2019 Tony DeLorger 94 Views 4 Comments answers within, fear, illusions, reflection, step, unknown

Addressing some questions of human perception… Just One More Step The periphery of consciousness like a dark immutable line is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Night of the Toad Catchers

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 138 Views 7 Comments Amphibians, Backyard, Jamie Hamann, Toad Catching, Toads, warts

The Night of the Toad Catchers I. The Toad Catchers A night unlike others, a night of Toad amphibians under

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Last Hope in a Final Countdown

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Tony DeLorger 140 Views 4 Comments arrogance, final countdown, imbalance, natural order, response, suffering

The imbalance of the natural order on earth is a well-worn subject, but as time goes by, a reality that

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Ballad of Lilly Mae and Jack Clay

June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 139 Views 8 Comments ballad, lovers, Phyllis Doyle, Sheriff, Silver Queen, Virginia City

The Ballad of Lilly Mae and Jack Clay … This is the ballad of lovers who were so torn apart,

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The Weather and Me

June 21, 2019June 22, 2019 Tony DeLorger 133 Views 8 Comments awakening, blissful dawns, halcyon days, unpredictable skies, weather

Some recent works… The Weather and Me Yielding change aspires a blissful recall of halcyon days in loving memory, when

Poetry Rhyming Verse

As Swallows Play

June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 Tony DeLorger 128 Views 4 Comments ancient life, cobblestone streets, Florence, gatherings, swallows, washing hung

Narrow streets like cobbled stone streams wind their way to interlaced destinations, on each side tall rustic abodes shadow, as

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Irreparable Strings

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Paul Neglia 160 Views 9 Comments fate, inevitable, irrepable strings, no change, puppet

Irreparable Strings … The life of a puppet, the world as a stage, Shakespearean to some, to some, it is

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Twisted Metal…recent offerings

June 17, 2019June 21, 2019 Tony DeLorger 168 Views 4 Comments change, death, poetry, recent offerings, seasons, twisted

Some recent offerings… Twisted Metal Twisted metal bent to breaking, fractured aching to imminent loss, as thoughts amass in flesh

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A Home in Cumulus Clouds

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 146 Views 7 Comments clouds, Cumulus, Jamie Hamann, Polar mesosphere, stratocumulus, white altostratus

A Home in Cumulus Clouds 1.) Cumulus We play under a cumulus shadow to slide from this height near cirrostratus

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Celestial Struggle

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Tony DeLorger 163 Views 6 Comments

Some recent works for your enjoyment… Celestial Struggle Both angel and demon in an earthly plight struggle within our fragile

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Rise From the Ashes

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Paul Neglia 168 Views 8 Comments knowledge, Rise up, saving, wisdom

Rise From the Ashes … Upheaval of the people, demons camping at the steeples, My soul now stuck in contemplation,

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

Turbulent Weather

June 5, 2019June 6, 2019 Tony DeLorger 147 Views 6 Comments change, choices, light, pathways, trust, turbulent weather

Nature’s ways are indeed reflected in our moods and circumstances as we are a part of the same existence, the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Indulgent Life

June 1, 2019June 2, 2019 Tony DeLorger 188 Views 6 Comments choked, indulgent, lascivious, lord, relief, staff

Wealth, lifestyle and status have little to do with the value of a human being. As a soul searching, we

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