Dirty Child's Dime
...I know the blame and the shame,
like a dirty picked up dime
forgetting its once shiny place
and a instrument that paves
I'm now the fresh concrete,
you all walk over,
as teens scribble love...
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Categories:
ably, child abuse, childhood, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
Ways of providence
...There will surely be a guide ~
charting my path,
protecting,
and leading me
to my destined destination in life.
As if it were a promised payment
God made to me from heaven.
A visible hand
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Categories:
ably, appreciation, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Keeping Up With the Boneses
...Long before you were born, long before your great grandfather was born, in the time when magic was approximately eight times more plentiful than it is today, there lived a family in the remote part o...
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Categories:
ably, fairy, magic, music, princess,
Form: Other
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden...
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Categories:
ably, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part III, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part III
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I was also with Eormanric for many years,
as long as the Goth-King availed me we...
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Categories:
ably, poems, poetry, poets, travel,
Form: Free verse
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR LETTING US KNOW OF HIS KINGDOM
...October 15 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Mark 4-5
Key Verse – Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God…
PR...
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Categories:
ably, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Within cosmic, cosmos, thou art an enchanting flute, His own
...Raga: Chayanot
Taal: Ektaal
Composition (Bangla Calender): 27 ashar, 1317
Composition (AC) 1910
Place: Gorai,Janipur
Song attuned: Surendranath Bondopadhdhay, Bhimrao Shastree
Home
Songs
Medi...
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Categories:
ably, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Requiem for Elmer
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*After my last post I thought it would be nice to lighten up a bit with some warm, happy (well, not so happy for Elmer) pest poetry. Who doesn't love bug humor? This one actually won first place in...
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Categories:
ably, humor, murder,
Form: Narrative
Shoo
...I was a competent, happy housewife, but that was before my husband died,
Leaving me to rear myriad children solo, as the lone star twinkles with pride.
John had left us a prosperous farm,...
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Categories:
ably, age, children, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO PRESERVES US
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May 6 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 18-20
Key Verse – 1Chronicles 18:6 …Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO P...
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Categories:
ably, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Acid reflux very early morning March 3rd, 2024
...Acid reflux ~ very early morning March 3rd, 2024
Ah... nothing more enjoyable
than acidic gastric fluid (bile)
flowing backward into esophagus,
resulting in heartburn, meanwhile
disrupting ple...
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Categories:
ably, angst, baptism, body, dream,
Form: Free verse
Islam
...International faith
Identical for your thought
Idolatry rejected
Surrender to God
Submit high morality
Safety to your heart
Light in the darkness
Largess liberality
Last justice lawful...
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Categories:
ably, faith,
Form: Acrostic
Ludwig Knew, Clerihew
...Free market economist, Ludwig Von Mises
Ably pinpointed economic diseases.
Yet, when we’re told the feds fixed the great depression,
Ludwig knew it was caused by fed intervention....
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Categories:
ably, history, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
Dynamic Reef Flexion Within the Restless Earth
...Dynamic reef flexion within the restless Earth
Continental drift spelled birth
once spelled Pangaea,
in early geologic time,
a supercontinent that incorporated
almost all the landmasses on E...
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Categories:
ably, absence, age, america, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
In Search of a Great White Butt Ox
...We embarked on an adventure
That was quite quixotic
A scientific dream quencher
Searching for exotics
We started where we thought made sense
Out on the sunning docks
Where perhaps there’d be ...
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Categories:
ably, humorous, journey,
Form: Rhyme
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