Confront Rage Control
...Don't give revenge
Such loyalty
So easily.
You'll get angry
With anyone
Without a cause.
Such course of time
You invite rage
Avoidable.
Never dispute
Angry to people
It's life mix up...
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Categories:
avoidable, conflict, confusion, life,
Form: Than-Bauk
Invert the Hierarchy
...About 600 BC sailors went down the East African shore
A Pharoah had sent them, afraid of an oncoming war
They rounded the coast at the African horn
Astonished at what they saw that morn.
The sun ...
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Categories:
avoidable, africa, death, history, motivation,
Form: Lyric
Ends
...Sometimes my mind takes an idea
and takes off with it.
Today I am pondering ends
Some ends may be good,
like the end of a long road,
the end of a wonderful book
the end of a long struggle
but ...
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Categories:
avoidable, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Don't Be Hasty
...
Even if a busy road you are to cross in a hurry,
and you see a school bus flashing the red light,
don’t overlook it, be careful and mindfully wary.
It has the right of way, don’t keep it out o...
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Categories:
avoidable, care, children,
Form: Rhyme
Collateral Damage
...The hardest lesson old age has taught me,
About life is that collateral damage will never let me be.
When I was young collateral damage was not real to me,
It was something dreamed up to by othe...
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Categories:
avoidable, age, angst, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
protests
...If you’ve read any of my delicious, hand-crafted vignettes and listened to us talk, you’ll know that my roommates and I are critical thinking swifties who spend hour after hour talking about anything...
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Categories:
avoidable, appreciation, celebration, education, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Lost Works, Part II
.........The loss of Alexandria,
the burning of Ashburnham House,
the Grand Library of Baghdad
which the Mongolians tore down,
the countless Aztec codices
that the conquistadors all burned...
just...
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Categories:
avoidable, books, history, loss, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Deep
...
You can’t avoid it, it’s all over the news.
Every clip and video, millions of views.
Varying opinions, not all of them healthy.
Is all this attention because they were so wealthy?
Some people...
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Categories:
avoidable, death, deep, psychological, society,
Form: Rhyme
Defeat Educates and Elevates
...If the news received is very bad
Surely it will make anyone sad
But, a wise soul gets wisdom
Feeling glad in God's kingdom
Losses simply reflect the defect
Proving we are not at all perfect
I...
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Categories:
avoidable, anxiety, bereavement, conflict, loss,
Form: Quatrain
Scoundrels of the Senate
...Again these men comes to mind,
Paid to say yes and nay,
Lame duck,
Canker, ***** rapscallion minds
Incorrigible,
Political impostors detached from the humdrum of street cries
Maggots in honor...
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Categories:
avoidable, africa, analogy, corruption, freedom,
Form: Free verse
When Peace Is Far
...When peace is far away
Troubles becomes visible
Pain becomes obvious
Grieves become normal
Depression becomes avoidable
Sorrows become a comfort
When peace is far away
War becomes closer
...
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Categories:
avoidable, africa, freedom, humanity, love,
Form: Epic
Too Late To Die
...Too late to die
I wish to let it all out alone from my heart
And continue without you
Yet you sim avoidable
I can't denny the fact that
There is a feeling you left me with
Despite how far ...
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Categories:
avoidable, africa, dedication, deep, emotions,
Form: Epic
Jinxed Jesting Jejune Junior Jobber
...Jinxed jesting jejune junior jobber...
just jabbering gibberish (A - J)
Again, another awkward ambitious
arduous attempt at alphabetically
arranging atrociously ambiguously
absolutely asinine ...
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Categories:
avoidable, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
A Responsible Beginning
...This is the night to bring in a new year
You might want to celebrate with some beer
That is quite all right
As long as you have someone sober drive tonight
Drinking and driving is not cool
At ...
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Categories:
avoidable, anxiety, celebration, drink, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
My God, Thank You For Saving Me According To Your Own Purpose
...November 28 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Timothy 1-2
Key Verse – 2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose...
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Categories:
avoidable, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
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