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...."be Still!"
The impressions of Doeg, whom slaughtered eight-five priest and their families

Always wanting to play tug of war, to keep me from my reason

Entangled inside black...

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Categories: depredations, visionaryme, me,
Form: I do not know?



Obscurity
Our lives are but a breath

     so minuscule in the vastness

of time         ...

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Categories: depredations, bible, judgement, life, remember,
Form: Free verse
This Bard Doth Drink From the Same Well As Thee
This Bard Doth Drink From The Same Well As Thee...

Everybody sharing planet Earth means,
     they moost breathe
    ...

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Categories: depredations, america, grave, humanity, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Be Still
The impressions of Doeg, whom slaughtered eight-five priest and their families
Always wanting to play tug of war, to keep me from my reason
Entangled inside black...

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Categories: depredations, faith,
Form: I do not know?
Timeless Fascination With Youth
I aged a small number of hours,
     none the worse
since posting about Daylight Savings Time,
     a radiant...

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Categories: depredations, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Child Soldiers
Lead poppin
Heart stoppin
No option
Either way by the time they're 18 they'll have no oxygen
No sympathy don't box slaughtered children
How can see a child murdered and...

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Categories: depredations, childhoodson, son,
Form: I do not know?
The War of Jenkins' Ear
(absurdly enough, a true story)

Four centuries ago this year
(believe me, for I’ve checked!)
Britain and Spain jointly adhered
to the Treaty of Utrecht.

They’d been at war so...

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Categories: depredations, history,
Form: Quatrain
Middle Earth Blues
I've got the Middle Earth Blues 
The imaginary world is threatened by forces of night 

It will take the strength of brave men, wizards, hobbits...

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Categories: depredations, blue, fantasy,
Form: Ballad
April 9th, 2023 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa
April 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul   
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given...

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Categories: depredations, age, anger, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
No Vanity Set For This Chap No Way
No Vanity Set For This Chap, No Way
(in praise of immortality)

Modesty an understatement,
when eyes chance
to look askew at looking glass,
mine reflection caught at a glance,
an...

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Categories: depredations, age, analogy, change, father,
Form: Dramatic Verse
So Delicious Salted Caramel Cluster Made With Cashew Milk
Certified vegan;
Non-GMO Project Verified;
Free of dairy, lactose, soy, and gluten.
The consistency of vanilla
creamy and luxurious,
without a speck of iciness,
yet not overly heavy.

The flavor rich
with notable...

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Categories: depredations, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
April 5, 2023 Refracted Reflections
April 5, 2023 – refracted reflections:

The following lines
haphazardly linkedin 
slap dash fashion
over the course 
of dazed and confused days,
therefore desist reading 
any profound meaning
if you...

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Categories: depredations, 12th grade, adventure, allegory,
Form: Free verse
The Life of Fractions
Chalk talks and board meetings,
round the clock work never done.
That 9 to 5 waltz by the numbers
just like a barrel of a loaded gun.

A quarter...

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Categories: depredations, work, work,
Form: I do not know?
Goodbye Six Pack Hello Poetry Scribes
Goodbye six pack hello* poetry scribes

My poetic side COSMOFUNNEL
wordsmith thanks tumblr in his noggin
ofttimes triggering babbling brook 
to swell after deluge
becoming stream of consciousness runnel
carving,...

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Categories: depredations, adventure, angst, april, body,
Form: Rhyme
Ongepatshket Torqued Skewed Reflection
When e'er i chance
     to steel a passing glance
     in the mirror hairline fractures appear
than 'afore long
...

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Categories: depredations, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things