Annals Poems

August 13th, 2025 twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

...August 13th, 2025 – twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a frea...
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Categories: annals, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberValiant Conquerors All

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     Alexander the Great
     Julius Caesar
     Genghis Khan
     Napoleon Bonaparte
       valiant conquerors all
       in history’s annals they stand tall

     Yet while the back story
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Categories: annals, hero, history, humor, thank
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberPause And Remember

...For Jason and his Argonauts, golden wool was theirs to fleece
For the British, Iran's oil was theirs to drill and steal
In '53 the West led Iran's democracy into a tyrant's peace
Now we call the t...
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Categories: annals, history,
Form: Quatrain

The Bead of Destiny

...Cento One: “Shadows of Deceit” 
In eldritch times, 
Ori's companions did weave a tangled web of guile, 
—their hearts beset with malice. 
With cunning guile,
they did solicit the king, saying:
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Categories: annals, betrayal, destiny,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberThe Close Embrace of Death

...“In the cold embrace of death, we come to realize the fragility of human existence.” Unknown
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Categories: annals, death, fate, feelings, life,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberA Crown's Desire

...In power's shadowed halls, where destinies lie, 
Two titans faced off, ambition held high. 
Henry, the monarch, resolute and strong, 
Clement, the Pontiff, with justice lifelong. 
 
Henry, a Tud...
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Categories: annals, divorce, history, london, marriage,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThis Orwellian World

...It was sometime during the 1940s George Orwell 
wrote the acclaimed novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four,
a book exposing a societal condition of pure hell.
The policy of draconian control has never meant ...
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Categories: annals, political, war,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Disquieting Domicile of the Storms

...Behold the abominable annals of the Storm domicile,
A living, groaning edifice of lumber and bureaucratic despair—
Where Allen Storm, the paternal prodigal of procedural pedantry,
Treads upon its ...
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Categories: annals, family,
Form: Vogon Poetry

Crime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats house

...Crime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats house...

formerly an abandoned Amazon warehouse went to pot
with mold and magic mushrooms growing in every spot.

All kinds of vermin ...
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Categories: annals, africa, america, animal, food,
Form: Free verse

Timeless Creation By Hands

...Great work by hands
Walks the annals of history:
Painting, sculpture, writing 
Carving, masonry, pottery 
Jewelry, carpentry and others
Passed the test of time
Nothing is more beautiful 
Than ...
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Categories: annals, art, creation, history, time,
Form: Free verse

ECHOES OF GALLANTRY

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Slaying selflessly at the warfront's edge,  
Guarding the land with an indomitable pledge.

Faces etched with patience and pride,  
Military spouses and children brave the tide.

Salute to ...
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Categories: annals, independence day,
Form: Rhyme

Robert Sherriff Exploring the Legend of Billy the Kid

...Robert Sherriff, Australian Poet, Author, Singer, Actor, American Historian,
Photographer

Exploring the Legend of Billy the Kid

In the annals of the Wild West, one name that continues to capti...
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Categories: annals, america, animal, boy, bullying,
Form: Bio

Premium Member Family Tree

...Looking past and long ago
trails of names come trickling down
down they come
through the annals of time
their names defined
neatly arranged, in staggered lines.

Forgotten lists of greats and ...
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Categories: annals, family, time,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMy Son John

...My son, John, was an engaging fellow, who was barely ten years old;
And liked frogs, marbles and playing ball, in luscious, noontime gold.

My son, John, was rather a dreamer, like the laz...
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Categories: annals, character, color, fantasy, nature,
Form: Couplet

At Writers At

...They spoke of Dragons, Werewolves,
Zombies, Vampires, so much more
Unaware of the gathering danger
Assembling down there on the floor.
At The At Writers weekly gathering 
An association of comfo...
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Categories: annals, fantasy, humor, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme

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