Best Festered Poems

 Her smiles of valor encase her agony--
   her fiery scars pound against her sanity
    struggling in twisted ropes of...

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Deep in the earth, a crypt of rock
slumber guarded by casket locked
Lips grope silence ‘ever more
 rasping thought, remembers whispered lore
Outstretched palms the roots do...

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Anne Murray did have quite the flurry, voice as a brook without crooks
 Canadian born, songs of forlorn, beautiful vibes, I subscribed
Such singing as a...

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created not by God but man
harsh ridicule he endured

abhorring the mere site of him
people pursued a “monster” in perception only
carrying torches and weapons

angst festered within...

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Rage festered within my wounded soul
darkness swallowing all hope, peace
a wingless dove – denied…..  Truth the
lifeless lie of separation’s connectedness.

Eyes closed – I saw...

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What be of love if one was purged of thee
To claim a life of constant misery,
To wander lost a blind alley not free
Turned from once...

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I regret the arguments
we had when we shared a bed.
And the ever-present doubt
that constantly filled my head.

Every flirtation festered,
poisoning my heart and soul.
And amidst the...

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Critically injured 
How deep the cut
Surely time would heal
A river of blood
From the wounds
Her sons lay dead in the fields
Extremities mangled
Conscience tormented
From sores that festered...

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Once
these corridors 
echoed with life
a citadel for restoration
of body and mind
a bastion of promise
for the tormented
to the outside world
it had many names
Forest Lawn Sanitarium
was its...

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When tears dry up and laughter is not funny any longer
As duvet feathers grind the weary soul to sunken skin
The parchments dehydrated canvas folds the...

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(Being Part Two of Telemachus)


But they trade mindfulness 
for profit,
secret with laws dipped 
and festered -----
great feasts -----
with few of seat 
and dark their company...

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'O starry night ----
  with the soul of the world in your silver eyes,
  I came with nothing this ancient trek,
  this...

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Be Not Tempted By Gold's Glittering Brights

Where couldst man find rest when heart has deceived
loved ones he wouldst happily give his all,
whilst on dark paths,...

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*** I am re-posting this poem since it bloomed on a rainy day and I would like to share again on this New Year's day***


O...

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Inspired by Deep Purple's "Mistreated" 1974

Misused, so misused I have been by you.
I can’t believe by you I was so smitten,
but now I am a...

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