The Betrayal of Brothers
...A single error in judgment,
A glimpse of time that follows us,
Generation to Generation.
This clouds our DNA, forcing legacies,
Against fathers and sons,
Brother against brother.
Decisions made...
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Categories:
abels, betrayal, brother, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse
Bible 101 Discipline in Colonial Times
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First we Cain 'em
~ That dis-Abels 'em
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Categories:
abels, abuse, education, satire, word
Form: Couplet
The Bloods of the Falling Heroes
...The ones we love, are the ones you shove,
Yet you think He is happy, the one above.
Probably He is not watching the game...
That will soon bring upon you, shame!
Or will spare you with the earthl...
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Categories:
abels, betrayal, crazy, evil, funeral,
Form: Rhyme
Oh God Soothe Us
...Symbolic poetry communicating your vision.
Also, a crowd, standing and shuddering.
The world is as yet miserable; who solaces?
Demise resembles water, then again.
In their stre...
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Categories:
abels, analogy, bereavement, character, community,
Form: Free verse
Politically Correct
...I am...
P oliteness overdone;
O ffense over everything and everyone;
L iberation---in a box.
I am
I nversely orthodox.
I am...
T ruth (as defined by me);
I ntolerance o...
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Categories:
abels, america, culture, freedom, political,
Form: Acrostic
The Trials of Meretrix Canto Iii
...Diminishing virtues stripped away
From the flesh
By the fierce brined rods that freely
Course thy hot crimson blood;
Dry cracked lips attempting to
Fashion broken words of compliance
That so ...
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Categories:
abels, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
The Forgotten Path
...As
it
was
that
in
my
pain
I
felt
the
agony.
Building
up
inside
me
like
a
Jericho
wall
that
refused
to
fall
was
my
misery.
I
forgot
the
names ...
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Categories:
abels, africa
Form: Concrete
Cain and Abel of September 11th
...On September 11th,
In the early morning,
When my train stopped
In the New Jersey fields,
I saw the Twin Towers.
Painted by sunrays
Into a golden tone, they were
Climbing the New Yo...
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Categories:
abels, inspirational, people, people, september,
Form: Dramatic Monologue