A Witchy Bait and Switch
...When a woman I yearned for would not return my emotion,
I consulted a witch for a magic love potion.
She said there was an elixir that would suit my request,
Time-consuming to make, but was by far...
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Categories:
abjuring, halloween, humor,
Form: Light Verse
The New Colossus-2
...The New Colossus-2
Not like that loser green chick with the lamp,
Our New Colossus has his own gold door,
Behind it he tweets out his grand revamp:
Abjuring that which made it great before,
He...
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Categories:
abjuring, parody, political,
Form: Political Verse
Brutalities of War
...Atrocious affliction trembles voices of anguish
Brewing vile horror in death of tomorrow
Fearing for the newborn, women, and children
For yesterday’s massacre killed her husband
And the war-torn...
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Categories:
abjuring, sorrow, violence, war,
Form: Free verse
My God, How It Hurts
...My God, How It Hurts
We have forgotten
How dangerous is this man
Refusing not to do miracles
Abjuring not to love
Going beyond His mother's pain
Beyond being a good son
To do the Father's wi...
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Categories:
abjuring, christian, death, easter, faith,
Form: Free verse
Furies
...Who shall dare to die or to love among the Furies?
Not carry us by lustiness rather by the purpose, wisdom
Whose radiant rage welcomes you and the ambiguities?
And if that unfair, dropsy with pain, t...
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Categories:
abjuring, devotion, hope, inspirational, nature,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
' Lengendary ... ' ( Part 2 (Of) 4 )
...‘ Legendary … ' ( Part 2 (of) 4 )
And Now … may Troubadour … Spin A Tale, So Precisely
Aye … May Bard, Weave Thee Well, into This Tapestry …
… of Starry Skies, Blazing Fires and Dark Myste...
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Categories:
abjuring, adventure, fantasy, history, imagination,
Form: Ballad