Best Ernest Poems

Born in Ireland in eighteen seventy four
He was a remarkably brave explorer
Three times to Antartica he did go
To that barren wilderness of ice and snow.

Once...

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Winter frost on willow trees  
     Weeping tears of snow.  
Halos 'round the opal moon,
    ...

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“Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at...

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I am having that dream of dreams again
The one that wakes me up in the night
         ...

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"Victus"
By M. Taha Effendi

(Didactic)

Amidst the gloom of night's dark shroud,
lurks Death in far corners of the shade.
To vanquish my fears to God I bowed,
And death...

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Fallen                        ...

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Thin line of perception between genius and mania
Monsters in misunderstood minds
More fearsome than Transylvania's elite

Rebellious Van Gogh’s indignation
Self portrait of passion wedded with lunacy
Artist’s perplexing...

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Why shall I freeze my dreams?
Why can’t I let them flow?
While some maybe hopeless,
But some may tend to grow.

You find me as an ugly rock,
Some...

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Parody of "Casey At The Bat" with apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer

The outlook was quite brilliant for the high school stud that year—
the senior prom...

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Silent Mirror 

My lyrics must reflect my inner 
silence
The words that bring a 
reflection of truth
As I walk in the wrecked past
From the future my...

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midnight  hour...
this sky is as full
as my mind 
as  i sit here  
trying to connect stars
like thoughts

i can almost hear you 
in...

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I want to be remembered 
By the words that I write
I want my message to be heard
I pray someday that it might

I want my love...

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Compassion Within Us, Placed By Divine Hands

Compassion, weakness or a curse
or expression of mercy's heart,
I denying Love, which is worse
than savagery this world imparts
became blind...

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The Dilettante Diaries: "All Roads Lead Home"



All Roads Lead Home
Poems
Stories
Detours
Stepping Stones

All Roads Lead Home

(Lovejoy-Burton/October 2018)



"Where we LOVE is home -     
home...

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~Another  Day   Again~
 ( Pantoum )


 Another day has flown by again
 And then the night approaches fast
 Bringing to me sweet...

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