Best Eye Tooth Poems

They come from a different era
where patriotism is a just cause
they would fight for the true blue
never mind who was right or wrong

they stood staunch...

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Why, do we call it
Something it’s not
If we’re going to name things
Let’s give it, some thought

If it’s called a chilli
Then why is it so hot
And...

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The fondest memory of a young boy’s drive,
   Are those things reminding us we are alive,
As when those physics of natural fortitude,
 ...

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where gossip once flowed in the coffee shops
and sums were not measured in gigaflops
at dawn peaceful stillness often ruled there
now but memory mixed with thoughts...

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8/26/17


When I was a youth
Rarely lied, to tell the truth
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

Fell down, got right back up
Instead of staying stuck
And...

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Tongue in Bloody Cheek

Cheek on tongue he slithers on abundant wilful slime
Checks in with teeth of timeless throaty choking curse

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Psst. Hey Joan, listen closely now.
As I whisper and tell you how.
There's something I need you to do.
Bring the spirit of spirit into view.

Cast your...

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Remember the way we jumped up and dOwn
oh our Smiles, hEarts beating like flapping wingS
shouting gloriously for all our efforts to be repaid
everyone to their...

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Life is easy to a lover of books
reality slips away
no matter how dreary everything looks
the stories can brighten the day.
But I need no pages to...

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Finally reaching the ending
No longer spend time pretending 
Relinquishing bonds and ties
Visual prowess possess my eyes
I see the bitter truth
Taking eye for eye tooth for...

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Collaboration with Marcello Eans

Every day I walk to work, I tremble with fear,
Not knowing if this morning will be my last.
I’m not certain if I...

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Joyful music filled the village
when mother’s barren womb gave birth. 
Born to end Philistine pillage, 
and fill sad, anxious hearts with mirth.

No wine or product...

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How Much Vengeance Is Enough?

By Mark D. Stucky
How much bloody carnage and rubble
is required to atone for sins of a few?
How many eyes must be...

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Eye for eye; tooth for tooth,
Age old key to old hitch,
Justice’s way; known from youth,
Consciences’ vexing itch.

Few know death’s row bower,
Lowly know its bare scene,...

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The arms stretched wide,
“The father who is in heaven”;
Listeners hooked by the tongue,
A congregation, not a coven.

His hair fanned by the slight breeze,
“Hallowed be the...

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