Best Occasioned Poems

I’ve an anger which cannot be hidden!
A burning passion that comes unbidden!
My Soul desolated with grievous rage,
reacts with furious justified outrage!

Occasioned by the offences of...

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I was touring the lovely countryside, once on a golden Saturday,
Lost within the raptures, of languid summertime's scenic display.

And I came into the vicinity, of...

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~ ziket ~ 


crescent moon

  cat's in the cradle





__________________
A tip of the hat to Line
Gauthier for her ziket, 
'Full Moon' (Sept 01),
which occasioned this
ziket....

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The cows is lowin' in the old corral and all the evenin' chores is done.
Hank scraped the manure off'n his boots 'cause he's a fastidious...

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It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too...

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Part 1

This is a true story about world’s end,
But don’t freak out for it was long ago
God’s message must have been garbled
That the prophet’s prophecy...

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A horrendous act
that could only be imagined
as Insidious and contemptuous
Many were massacred
Thousands displaced
The Hausa Militias took over
Zaria was in their palm
A horrendous act
That could only...

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Beware the Judas Priest

Trust and obey this preacher did say,
Down on your knees for forgiveness, now pray,
Confess your misdoings, repent of your sins,
But lack of...

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dress-suit occasioned, to the eye perception
     toasts and canned laughter,in  the name of making out
     can...

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A brief visit, very brief
Occasioned by passion
Passion to hurt someone
That someone- me.
Then, exit, departure;
Mission accomplished!

I sat on my bed
My head on my hands
Weeping, sadly weeping.
She...

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...Have occasioned
I think to have been decor-
rating The Tree, it's 
 
piney quills & tines   
dressing in glassy festoons
weightless baubles of 
 
tins-led...

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I remember our first date
I did everything not to become late
I wanted to create an impression, an expression of love.

This was the first date, on...

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She never cried at her husband's death
Whom she had nurtured in sickness and in health;
Her presence in Paris was no romantic dream
But a necessity occasioned...

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A brief visit, very brief
Occasioned by passion
Passion to hurt someone
That someone- me.
Then, exit, departure;
Mission accomplished!

I sat on my bed
My head on my hands
Weeping, sadly weeping.
She...

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