Best Firebrands Poems

Do not remove the hyphens.
The stars were trekking 
on foot.

All that was a mirage.
A hot rood was leading 
to a watershed.   

The wholeness...

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Two little sparks
enlightening the dark

(tidal waves tugging on the heart)

One named Amelia, the other Aurora:
Completing the scenery --- fauna and flora.
But Borealis, she has no...

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And so it came to pass
as I raised a bourbon glass
and tossed a bolt of fire down my throat;
the ash from cigarettes
glowed as dying suffragettes,
chained...

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There once was a branding woman that worked on a ranch
She ran through woods looking behind every branch
Frantic to find a tolerant male to arrange...

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Even foxes have holes and birds their nest                 ...

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Seething skies like bloodshot eyes,
wailing gales assailing through canyon ~ 
weeping fits, ember storm cries
bristling tears with random abandon.

East to west, unwanted guests,
downsloping dire breeds...

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The Error, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : El Error

				for Miguel Delibes

(There are just some words and phrases in this translation that I might yet...

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The Incorrigible Gods 

Thunder Rain Storm Earthquake Tsunami
We the Gods are angry with mankind!
Noah, build an arc and save the species!

Oh Gods why destroy if...

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We set foot on dry grass at the cockcrow 
 of a nascent union. 
Cheek to cheek as Cupid towers 
over the rose inside my...

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The Practical Joker

By Elton Camp

Joe, by a paving contractor, was employed
Practical jokes were what he most enjoyed

When an extra pair of boots he spied
Another of...

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I 
saw 
them,a 
pair 
of 
furious 
hen;hauling 
stones 
and 
throwing 
firebrands 
and 
I 
winked 
at 
the 
ominious 
exchange 
for 
it 
was 
in 
the 
dry 
season....

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Kan you kill kompassion?
Or is this kosmic kuestion 
too komplicated to komprehend?


The hooded hoodlums of hate,
behind a mask
they hide their true face

They darkly despise
their distant...

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I am a strong proponent of good public education
But restrictions on classroom teachers is unsettling,
Much of what I have to say is purely speculation
And, I...

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A war was on,
(psychological)
to transgress the unwritten line.
Me, stranded on the 
sands of time. 

Day after day 
shaven heads in protest 
erupt in fury.
Firebrands join...

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Yes, I’m a Poet,
  but I refuse to be tormented  
  
I refuse to be a victim,
  with my words made...

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