Reason A. Poteet

a reasonnet*

A'waiting once more the wonders at dawn,
a tired, empty muse paces the lawn
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acrostic with a secret

Siesta - the time when every
Living mortal rests at mid-day.
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blank verse, prayer

I am anxious and naturally I turn to you, my God.
I want your answer now but I am learning to wait in peace.
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Do not wish on dandelions
makes a difference if you're Mayans.
Their winds blow through sacred tree,
the pod and seed.
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spine poem, acrostic

subtitle: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
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1. a partridge in a pear tree
Bird much loved for its tasty flesh,
of its spirit have we no thought?
Worship the Christ Child in the crèche
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Subtitle: Boys Will Be Boys

Male internal combustion knock
has much to do with raw fuel.
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senryu

mindless approach
two, eighteen, twenty, ten
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haiku

traces of spring
dandelion bubble heads
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a monchielle*

“I am all that you need.”
I detect a low voice,
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Little girl child,
let me sing you a melody
a song to last
from now throughout eternity.
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free verse

A dreadful assault
dulled their sense of sympathy
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I hear the voice of Genesis
speaking words of creation…

Let it be – light, shine in darkness,
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Sister Josephine, our neighborhood nun.

No longer fit for ministry;
although she's quit the nunnery,
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Marguerite - a pearl of a name…

Could this be a latent
Margaret Thatcher,
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a quatern

Shine on, Euterpe, cast your light.
I've not much time so please be brief.
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cento/pensee

hearts pound
autocratic
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quatrain

Benediction, God's blessing of grace.
God grant that we should seek His face
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sestet, ABCBDB

It is well-known that caterpillars
must gobble more and more each day
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haiku series

chill in the air
newly naked branches
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