boys lessons
They told him, “Boys don’t cry or feel,”
“Stand tall, be hard, and never kneel.”
So he learned young to wear a mask,
To fake the strength they dared to ask.
He bit his tongue, he clenched his jaw,
Afraid to show a single flaw.
And every tear he held inside
Just made him hollow, made him hide.
They praised him when he...
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Categories:
life, anti bullying, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Wrongful Life Claims
They filed his blood beneath a numbered case—
the marrow went to war without a call.
The VA counted cells, not what took place
in basements where his stare could split the wall.
The cancer knew his secrets—mutiny
against Guam’s humid silence, its red debt
claimed as the twenty-one guns thoomed in key.
We stood. We nodded. No one cried. Not yet.
There’s...
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Categories:
life, america, death, family, war,
Form: Sonnet
IN THE AWARENESS OF WOMEN OF THE WORLDIN AWARENESS OF THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD
God’s human-like doves,
Are colored and colorless:
His gift of women:
With Mary, mother of Jesus,
God sanctified womanhood,
Glorifying all women with amazing
Grace and divine supreme love;
Thus, as with our people’s...
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Categories:
life, allegory, appreciation, devotion, introspection,
Form: Prose
Please Tell Me: A Response to the Film 'Grown Ups'Please tell me it’s summer every day of the year.
Please tell me that Aerosmith plays from the sky.
Please tell me that heaven’s a basketball court.
Please tell me that everyone’s life has a point.
Please tell me that no one is ever alone.
Please tell me that dying is easily explained.
Please tell me that broken birds get back...
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Categories:
fantasy, film, irony, life,
Form: Free verse
The Bell Tower That Leaned InI. The Pastor’s Hand
At dawn’s brittle cusp—
he climbs, each step
a nail in time’s coffin
breath ragged
a Psalm torn mid-hymn.
The rope tastes of incense and myrrh—
Liberty’s fracture
braided through its fibers
a wound
that never quite...
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Categories:
life, allegory, bereavement, devotion, imagery,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Life AloneAlone I walk along the street
that special someone I desperately seek
That person to come and make me smile
Yet I walk alone on my second mile
...
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Categories:
life, depression, feelings, how i
Form: Rhyme
Tomorrow Might Not ComeI looked upon this life—so vast, so small;
We chase the skies, yet crumble when we fall.
I sought the world, its glory and its gold;
But all shall end, no treasure can we hold.
We wish to live, to stretch our numbered days;
Yet death walks close, quietly in silent ways.
I weep sometimes— for the weight much to bear;
My...
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Categories:
age, death, life,
Form: Other
Death Bids Me WelcomeDeath bids me welcome
Into his tended garden
Where quiet plots of bramble clots
House names now long forgotten.
Engravings faded, darkened serifs
Tower over brighter plaques
Sooted over gentleman
Look down on neater blacks.
Beneath Death’s open garden
There nods no congregation
A concert hall of empty audience
Unseen by stage commotion.
Their sandstone cradle cots
Swaddled in lichen sheets
Are emptied of their...
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Categories:
death, life,
Form: Rhyme
Every decision matters
Life is short but long enough
to make plans and make
some dreams come true
Life is kind and generous
it offers time for second chances
and even a string of redos
Life is short but in the end
you'll be liable for what you've done
but equally for what you didn't do
Use your time wisely ~...
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Categories:
appreciation, judgement, life, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Fortunate Failures of Fallacy and RegretFortunate failure of fallacy and regret
Contortionist cartoonist illustrating what id like to forget
Proportions of misfortune that I have to measure then reject
Insubordinate illusions of what the deluded ones project
Brandishing bravery as a tool to confront apathy
Vanishing complacency as a fool faces his own pathology
Diminishing returns on an outstretched Hand for mediocracy
Banishing a word in fear...
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Categories:
life,
Form: Rhyme
Elemental Formulations of Healing For The SoulElemental formulations of healing for the soul
Consequential co-ordinations as we resist growing old
Monumental calculations from a mind in the scientific cold
Fundamental indignation from a heritage that has been cheaply sold
Inspiration from an underground rebellion against corruption
Congregations gathering peacefully while they plan the next outrageous eruption
Elevations of encouragement reserved for...
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Categories:
life,
Form: Rhyme
Misanthropic MelodiesMisanthropic melodies played from a broken violin
Prehistoric prophecies that ignite new ideas before they begin
Telescopic telomeres that formulate a scientific grin
Endoscopic X-rays and a doctor drunk on gin
Valiant human beings with virtue among the discord
Salient quandaries and dreams that elevate the reward
Radiant memories and detailed memes that stimulate a discourse
Gradients of mathematical themes that fracture...
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Categories:
life,
Form: Rhyme
FinishersThey have no complaints, excuses. or regrets
They give it all to achieve their quest
They go beyond the 7th inning stretch
Refusing to stall but to do their best
They never quit before the last 12 gruesome minutes
They never pause before the last 15 gruling minutes
They know that a well done life is alive and well until...
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Categories:
life,
Form: Couplet
Essence Of Life
The essence of life
Once one leaves
Is not worldly possessions
Nor wealth achieved
It is the life’s that were touched
Along the way
Love given and received
In hearts that will stay
Special memories created
Remain in hearts and mind
To comfort and console
The ones left behind
...
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Categories:
death, life, meaningful, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Confronting shadowsWhy can't I walk in the garden at night?
Horrible shadows keep blurring my sight ~
They make me run like a man with no balls.
Each time I trip and get bruised from my falls.
These shadows whisper cold fears in my ear,
Now I understand the songs sung by fear,
Yet I must confront these fiery shadows,
But each new...
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Categories:
dark, fear, garden, life,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Life Poems
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