Best Admonishments Poems

If I could remember the admonishments
of the gods,
then stalkings 
by the fabulous four,
pestilence, drought, flood, and famine,
not to mention the universal decimator war,
would reduce me...

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So this is what they call anomie?
A grayness,
A blank,
All things devoid of beauty?
When the eternal arms,
Have left me to my own devices,
To toil in deaden...

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How was it that I knew so little?
Your constant admonishments seemed so brittle.
But, as time progressed from day to day
I began to realize, that was...

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I grew up and out on a four family-owned,
and cooperatively-organized,
extended matriarchal farm.

Four interdependent 1940s through 1970s patriarchally managed businesses,
without substantial questions about who should wear...

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The summer's thunderings gather in brooding, heavy clouds
Soundless masses with shuddering voices
Calling through the untamed sky
Shaking above the meeker Earth,
Pillars of rain, shot through with...

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There I stood.

Despite the education received in the Personal Growth class from my Catholic High School;
Despite the admonishments from my father concerning becoming “whipped”;
Despite the...

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...to my Mum


She was always in the kitchen, 
kneading pastry with good humour,
blending garnishes and gossip
as she plied her magic wand
and it was dinner time.

Struggling...

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A lifetime seen thru silence at your side,
          From tiny lad to manchild in your shade,
...

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Oh Israel I called you forth to listen
there can only be one master to the house
I redeemed you all to belong as brothers
as your service...

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Blue dreams filtered through blood soaked eyes.
Dreams that swept by with tornado speed
creating a vacuum that pulls my very being
awake to face another day. i`m...

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The warning
The warning will come, it always will
At first it will come gently
A whisper softly like a breeze
It’s kind and it sounds friendly
But sometimes this...

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Oft’ I look and tempest see
Though tranquil be the turne’d page’
For though there’s shelter in the lea
There’s naught but peril in the rage,
Though not an...

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rod never employed
children acting like children
softly spoken words
clear, gentle, admonishments
calm, compassionate adults...

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Most distinctive
Is the flavor of your spirit 
And it's endeavor crossing skies 
Virtual horizons blossoming eyes 
Flourish surprises I am astonished 
Low admonishments of your...

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Protective Lyricism for the Ages Part One

In awe of Bob Dylan’s poetic creations 
The war of the villains eccentric provocations 
The score of penicillin for preventative medications 
The...

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