Best Achilles Heel Poems

this boy - 
he is mythology
he is the pomegranate sitting in persephone's 
palm - 
(looks can be deceiving)

this boy - 
he is a mirror
can show...

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We are gifted life
for later to be taken
so why emotion
that used to manipulate,
strength built on the fear of it.

© Harry J Horsman 2014  ...

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Piranhas, within a canaries cannibal world....

Feasting upon the flesh, of another innocent and vulnerable life

Delivered by the hands of darkness' entrenched; unknowing but willing, messengers...

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I want to be the man who’ll be more than your man
I want to be the one you make your best friend
Not to replace the...

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My love for you is a creature, a solid breathing 
Entity, a mangled creation of shadow-black flesh 
And the thread-like interwoven muscles of my 
Bleeding...

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When Yesterday's Ghost Rises From Its Grave,
4th poem, From my blog, A Quartet Of Poems

(4.)
 
When Yesterday's Ghost Rises From Its Grave,
(4th poem, From my...

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When Jill was asked to create a “Pie Chart”
She believed her teacher meant a la carte
     Using a Lego set
 ...

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Rosalia - The Evil Witch of the Harz, Part Four

Rosalia’s Date with Destiny and the Power of Light and Goodness
It is said that the Almighty...

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Appearance was your entire routine.
But truth is found if one looks deep enough.
A walking good first impression machine,
Yet something else when we cut through the...

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There was a king once, along with his hearts queen....

Their fascinating empire was an amazing moment in time

Far above the other kingdoms amid this world...

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Following the stupefying sensation of my heart
I take a long and high flight
With the wings of self-deception.
Having some kind of foolhardiness,
I fly in search of...

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man’s Achilles’ heel
is not shown when he is mad
it’s when he’s in love







;)
Nov. 23, 2012
Note: This is Man's Nature this time not nature of nature.
I...

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THE UNREPENTANT VIRAGO


Named for a man, my treason’s not my own
My tantalising tales tame his temerity
As I cling to the cliff-hanger 
Of my own biopic,...

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Fifty years of bustin’ ass, I never had a dime,
If I had any balls at all, I’d’ve chose a life of crime;

I never owned a...

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He is a great thinker,
they would often say.
For his gift they would often utter,
any cost we would be willing to pay.

Opportunities in solitude he would...

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You've drawn the feelings from within
And charged my mortal soul
The energy of your sweet love
Has filled me to the whole

I'm basking in the afterglow
I hear...

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Our childhood was selfish reign
did nothing but cause personal pain
our parents did naught for the self-worth gain
but ridiculed us into shame.

All our lives we tried...

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In a sudden nodding shift,
I was lifted into the air by the hard wings of the Devil
His putrid stench waking me from what seemed all...

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The bad year befell when the prior had passed so well,
With no warning night descended and a charmed existence ended
As a starving bird of prey...

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SPITFIRE

The heart beats at the beauty of 
The silent elegant beast
Getting close on the morning dew
Ready for this flying feast
Pulling the blade just once or...

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I was not told that I would be dark as a shadow in a solitary hole.
No not my soul, but the flesh that doesn't match...

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Do you have an Achilles heel?
Mine is a blueberry muffin.
Always makes my taste buds squeal,
When it comes fresh from the oven.

Served up warm with a...

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Being human means meeting humanity
fears come in holding vocal chords
amid this emotional rollercoaster
feels like sharp tipped swords

People causes nervousness within
their presence takes away any calm
such...

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Introspective, and charmingly coy,
her shyness enchanted my heart.
She wandered along in her own private world
quite unwilling to ration a part 

of her intricate mind full...

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You deserve so much more that I give 
In deed she is
She lights the green light
A woman of letters
Once upon a time
Under the moonlight tales
We...

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