Best 9 Poems

An empty throne – Part 1 of 9

For this of castled velvet throne
A queen does weep a single tear
Bleak shadows of this night have grown
To cast upon her heart this fear

Reflection polished marble floor
Her silhouette of humbled reach
Now shutters via nightmare’s pour
Alone of bridges fought to breach

Beyond the window valleys sleep
Soft candle flame in slumbered...

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America the Free  ~             America the Brave ~
                           Freedom with price     ...

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embraced by soft winds

white wisps trailing our balloon. .  .

we’re touching heaven


For Mick Talbot's Haiku Contest...

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An Empty Kingdom 

The news did spread, a kingdom’s will
For sorrow placed its shadowed hand
‘Pon castle steps the crowd did fill
As heart break took a firm command

The skies, a darkened clouded stain
As children wept in mother’s fold
Now lost amidst a dismal rain
This hour of sadness frigid cold

How could it be, their precious queen
Had fallen to...

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Too long I limped along a lonely road, born into this Sahara desert of a life, 
parched and hungry, face weathered and gaunt.
A deaf, dumb, and blind man, drawn and quartered by her knife,    
back tarred and feathered by a vulture's taunt. 

I searched the wide world for your wonderful smile,
tired soul...

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then ...
we watched a
world weeping blood
one man's heavenly hope
humanity's horror ...
steel like butter, melting
strange birds in stranger air ... flailing
sirens in chorused agony
for those whose voices were silenced
perfect azure vault, stained
with poison ...
breath of ashen brutality
the incense for an evil anointing
a somber search for survivors
for bodies, answers, hope ... for God ...
death screamed at the...

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11-9-2016

On Election night, twentysixteen
I saw a strange and surreal scene
I looked cross the great harbor at Lady Liberty that night
And I knew right away, something wasn’t right
I saw Lady Liberty and she was crying
Because the America she loved, now was dying

She once welcomed millions to this golden shore
But now they ‘re not welcome here anymore
I...

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 Freedom of speech  is a fundamental  need

that is to  be express and achieved

Yet it should not rape human rights 

or violates others ' beliefs....

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lodgepoles pines fall 
dead, beetle attack, new life
emerges -- aspens...

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dwindling drafts 
flutter blank pages--
a pen rolls...

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My opinion on religion Take 1
I am in the unexpected throes of spring cleaning
Suddenly with no warning 
7 people are unexpectedly arriving in a few minutes for an Easter lunch.
Easter lunch already?
Why didn’t anyone mention this at church last Sunday, Palm Sunday?
Are some secrets just too good to be shared?
My opinion on religion Take 2
Nothing...

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### - ## - ####
There you go you have been identified 
### - ## - ####
You have been marked 
Branded, tracked, and electronically lo-jacked
Forever part of the system 
### - ## - ####
Cataloged, tethered, and bound by a digital rope
0's and 1's 
Forever lost digitally 
And reasonably beyond hope
A sequence of numbers 
To be put...

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9/11 Attacks

The day began like any other
The sun rose, scattering to work,
Settling into their day, with a smirk.
8.46am thousands of lives, would change,
North Twin Tower was hit by a plane,
People thought, NO, that’s insane.
News came to those, yes it was true,
Some knew and others didn’t have a clue.


Terror attacks was announced
Disbelief from civilians, on the...

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Haiku 9/21/2016


distant eagles shriek
icy dawn stills the echo
feathered silence reigns



9/21/2016

submitted to – Traditional Haiku – Poetry Contest...

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"Put on channel seven.
My Lord!! What have they done! 
I can not believe it..
they killed my only son!"

Raised with respect.
Never a problem.
Worked hard as a Man.
Problems..he would solve them. 

He did well in College.. 
He struggled..but made it through. 
Held his chin up when he was down.
Gods help..guided him through.

He put down his cup of...

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