Practical Magic
...Forget complicated spells,
That require obscure ingredients,
That have no safe substitutes,
When a pair of helping hands,
That can magically halve the workload,
That can massage away the meanes...
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Categories:
at short notice, age, america, appreciation, baptism,
Form: Didactic
Soldiers Never Tire of Yes Sir
...Soldiers never tire of “Yes Sir”!
Forgetful lips a long storm stir,
Disciplinary frog jumps for an hour
Or a free fall from a waiting tower.
Soldiers love Ear-Dividing “Yes Sir!”
You lower yo...
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Categories:
at short notice, career, violence, voice, war,
Form: Rhyme
Exile On a Whim
...Doors slam, windows crack, letter flap inhales a fatal
wind.
Breastplate rusty dragon bearing scars.
House keys, credit cards, raybans close to hand.
Faux fur on the rack for noble bounty,
footn...
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Categories:
at short notice, art, august, birth, care,
Form: Narrative
Classified Part One
...I have been instructed to release the following
manuscript on the death of my client
Mr John Phillips. Who was a former officer in the Royal Air Force.
Mr P.J .Carruthers. LLB.
Solicitor fo...
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Categories:
at short notice, science fiction,
Form: Prose
Redemptive Love
...Redemptive love nourishes
Redemptive love heals
Redemptive love embellishes
Redemptive love empathy and sympathy feels
Under provocation, redemptive love forgives
Preferring to shield from har...
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Categories:
at short notice, poems,
Form: Free verse