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Best Balaam Poems

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Premium Member Donkey's Lament
"Why is it", the donkey mused, "that horses get all the glory?
Seems throughout the ages its the same old hackneyed story.
We go unheralded and are...

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Categories: balaam, animalsangel, angel,
Form: Rhyme



Uppity Darkie


Light minded people say I’m an uppity darkie
They color me bad, 
with a black face, felt pen Sharpie
Vanilla voices downright don’t like
the audio sounds of...

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Categories: balaam, allusion, prejudice, racism, truth,
Form: Bio
These Poet Eyes
As the ink dries swiftly,
peer into the invisible thoughts
these poet eyes see

Blink  blink

The world is on the brink,
following dire voices
that speak darkly

Many underground secret...

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Categories: balaam, introspection, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Queen Anne's Revenge
wishing he had sung his prayers last night
from both ends to the middle
fell to the ground in adoration
tore a wake through the ink stains
but not...

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Categories: balaam, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Donkey Carol
(Chorus): My name is breda Donkey
               'Pon my back is de...

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Categories: balaam, faith, inspirational, sea, seasons,
Form: Ballad



Assyrian Babbler

Emerald shiny baubles
attract wizard eyes ...
Balaam al-Oz
Assyrian acquisitions
be kryptonite-colored vanity
Ownership is an Alexandrian transaction,
a Grecian war rhetoric reaction
Gehazi greedy ... 
take all that your Philistine...

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Categories: balaam, history, identity, judgement, symbolism,
Form: Epic
Is It Not
Yellow is the color of the sun,
is it not?

It’s the same color as the Asian
valet corporate fella,
holding a Salvation Army red pot
Collecting inflated IPO fees...

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Categories: balaam, spiritual, truth, visionary, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Liberty Bow Face

Red power mode
White digital
Blue logo

My, oh my ...
sweet apple pie!
Patriotic American cheese is turning sour Kraut commie
Democracy is Wisconsin curdling ... penicillin shot
needed between the...

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Categories: balaam, allusion, imagery, truth, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Tongue Suppressor

Alabaster body of truth
got buried beneath
a dung-key pile of swastika lies

SWAT teams of fascist oppression
swarm the polling places
like hieroglyphic Dead Sea flies

Democracy is locked in...

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Categories: balaam, allusion, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Right Hand Man

Coulda been
the Hand of the Lying King,
if I didn’t tell the truth so much

Coulda been
Caesar’s right hand man,
if I was kill willing 
to have a...

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Categories: balaam, allusion, history, power, truth,
Form: Narrative
Belly Full of Lies

Listen to what the snake charmers say:
We be sulfuric scaly bellies,
flicking poisonous tongues on the telly
Idoly speak pure Orwellie — 
Down is up  ...

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Categories: balaam, allegory, metaphor, truth, wisdom,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member The Lord Opened the Mouth of the Donkey - Numbers 22: 28
The God who calls everybody everywhere
to come and worship Him alone
is the one who rules and reigns
making His creation all a living stone

This God is...

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Categories: balaam, animal, god, life,
Form: Rhyme
Banana Republic Appeal

Peel back the onion tear squeals
coming from a televised live politico lynch rally
See the sound byte rubber duckie
teflon touting 
his favorite effigy combustible hits

Penguin strutting...

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Categories: balaam, imagery, perspective, political, word
Form: Narrative
Repo Tale Retold --- Re-Edited

A very wise man once said:
There’s nothing new under the sun
If it happened before,
it’s gonna happen again

If a J.I. sold out their best buddy,
they’re gonna...

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Categories: balaam, perspective, self, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio
Gold At the End of the Rainbow
Simple reminder in Genesis 9
rainbow we see in the cloud,
sign from our God that He honors His Word.
Balaam affirms the demeanor of God.
Numbers gives verification...

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Categories: balaam, 11th grade, rainbow, truth,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things