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For Anthony Biaanco's Bone Beach Poetry Contest

 

Lamenting land of broken hearts left to bleed Mahogany misery loves company on bone beach Seas of skeletons once were hearts on sleeves Littering black sands like sea shells knee deep See here the hand that was severed for theft Stealing for reasons to feed others and self Now a part of bone beaches black sand And in the sinful world is a handless man See here there is a woman without her womb She killed her children during a full moon She blamed it on a black man sealing doom She is destined to a bone beach tomb The hounds of hell will chew and chew On all the bones and skulls for food Never will be full despite what’s consumed For they too are damned with hunger so huge Bone beach is where elephants go to die Bodies bloat souls fly high But for those who have blackness inside Outcast to black sands hell hounds eat you alive

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024




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Date: 11/23/2024 1:46:00 PM
Back with congratulations, Karen, on your dark journey to the "bone beach" of sorrow, grief and death of the soul. Thanksgiving blessings to you!
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Karen Jones
Date: 11/23/2024 3:23:00 PM
Sam blessings to you and thanks!
Date: 11/23/2024 9:09:00 AM
Wow Karen this is awesome and my personal favorite out of this contest! "She is destined to be a Bone Beach tomb" great stuff and congrats on your placement
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Karen Jones
Date: 11/23/2024 9:36:00 AM
I am honored and appreciate your support! Yes Susan Smith is a piece of work!
Date: 11/23/2024 8:07:00 AM
Strong imagery wraps this opinion piece with a raw racist message. Crafting this kind of poetry is akin to the highest poetic traditions. Congratulations on your high placement.
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Karen Jones
Date: 11/23/2024 9:35:00 AM
You are kind to say Greg! Thanks
Date: 10/18/2024 1:22:00 PM
Especially awful: See here there is a woman without her womb She killed her children during a full moon.
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Karen Jones
Date: 10/18/2024 1:35:00 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith Here is a link to who Susan Smith is who killed her two boys by drowning them in a South Carolina lake Kim.
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Karen Jones
Date: 10/18/2024 1:27:00 PM
Kim the woman is Susan Smith she is in prison now for killing her kids after blaming a fictional black man. I imagine her punishment as having no womb and being banished to bony beach. She Susan Smith is infamous and a real person. Art imitates life. Thanks for reading.
Date: 10/18/2024 11:47:00 AM
Powerful and riveting, Karen! Best wishes for the contest! Blessings!
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Karen Jones
Date: 10/18/2024 12:16:00 PM
Thanks for reading Sam!
Date: 10/18/2024 12:40:00 AM
Some excellent lines here! Good luck for the contest x
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Karen Jones
Date: 10/18/2024 12:42:00 AM
Thanks Dilly Dally!
Date: 10/17/2024 10:38:00 PM
wow, you really did a great job on the theme. Love this.
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Karen Jones
Date: 10/17/2024 10:43:00 PM
Thanks Andrea!

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