Jeffrey Sparks

Joined June 2022

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Adversity is kindling I choose to burn to keep my hands warm in winter ensuring my words will stretch beyond the years that turn my bones to dust.

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When Hearts Become Clocks
While you were away to rebuild Rome with revelations of your prose, my future, like my past, disappeared. With few resources to sustain our home,
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Frozen Pines
I breathe air, stagnant, stale, and bow my head to celestial Frost. I tip my hat to his Eastern crown but dare not accede from my Throne.
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Desert Balloons
She was hotter than summer sidewalks in Saudi Arabia while I was far from pristine. We talked for some time before I eventually let go of my strings.
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Legacy Everlasting
I am impressed by all the recent Top Stories that have added links, images, and flair to their work. I think anything that allows the reader to frame your work in the way you intend is important. Although I have no flash to provide, here is a simple explanation to my recent submission to the haiku challenge about elements that provides my own context.
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Adult Lessons of a Children’s Show
The Last Airbender Mastered all the Elements But Aang taught me Peace
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Unforged Hammers and Braille
Time is turning crimson Standing fast and refusing to clot Hourglasses that fill with sanguine Keep soaking our paths with rot
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Reflections of Self
Was I promised tomorrow when it was yesterday? No. Then how is it still here, how is it today, I can see crystal clear?
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
solo applause
standing feebly miles away from a cause I hope to give a solo applause paying tribute to stories barely read and the hours authors
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
Naked without a Frame
I had a dream I became your unframed centerpiece after you opened a drawer took out scissors and cut a dotted line across my chest
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
A Joust
With shadows set to attack, I rarely sleep. Instead, I am released, abandoned, and cast like bait on a line into the light to serve as a knight. I fight to survive,
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
PTSDreams
a soldier in World War II sent to die a French death in tattered uniform threads my new red, white, and blue feeling terrified, filthy like a rag
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets
I’m about to Break all the Poetry Rules
I am about to Break all the Poetry Rules. You will find no rhyme schemes here. Additionally, void of philosophical or existential content with
By Jeffrey Sparks3 years ago in Poets

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When Hearts Become Clocks

Frozen Pines

Desert Balloons

Legacy Everlasting

Adult Lessons of a Children’s Show

Unforged Hammers and Braille

Reflections of Self

solo applause

Naked without a Frame

A Joust

PTSDreams

I’m about to Break all the Poetry Rules

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