Best On Trial Poems

On a temperature perfect evening, while kids play and run
I am sitting in a gazebo under a slowly setting sun
Unexpectedly, an insect appears in my line of sight
like the stereotypical tear flowing from a man of might

Watching; it saunters around my feet
Is it afraid of...

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Poetry on trial?

I’m going to indict poetry, for infecting my soul
Does it serve any purpose, or has it lost control 
This may seem quiet strange, perhaps unorthodox 
Peruse this if you will, whilst it’s head layeth on the block 

No need for a foundation, build...

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The law teachers, and the elders, arrested Jesus.
They went to see the high priest whose name was Caiaphas.
Peter followed into the courtyard at a distance.
The chief priests and Sanhedrin tried to get evidence.
They looked for it in order to give a death sentence.
Two men would...

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"In twenty four hours" after "dancing with the devil"
Begins the "lifting of my veil" you'll see I'm totally being level
"Silence is golden" was snickered when "my confession" was read
Head nun said, "look before you leap" but yet I ended up "in his bed"
Filled full of...

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Judas Iscariot would later feel great pity.
The sad state Jesus was in he was able to see.
The thirty pieces of silver received as a fee,
would be thrown in the temple, considered “blood money‘.
This made it illegal to hold in the treasury.
Judas would then hang...

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*  This poem was inspired by the court marshall of Lt. William Calley for his 
leadership in the attack on My Lai, Vietnam.  For more info, see 
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm

Lt. Willy on Trial

Tiny warm beads of sweat
Lt. Willy reached up methodically
But the sun-faded green cap
Was...

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I feel I simply must profess, your efforts to capture me of great success,
Is all for naught, I volunteered,
You imagined a cloud I sit, like a child’s ignorant daydream,
When in truth my presence is beyond what could be feared.
I’ll play this game, my reputation now...

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I watch as the child suffers in silence
Her heart crying out through open defiance

The system has left her no real choice
They do not hear the tears in her voice

He sat at the table his eyes in a glare
She’s was on that stand she was so...

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The jury of men assembled
Heaven and earth trembled
The judge of humans arrived
And the court’s noises died
This was not an ordinary trial
For the prosecution was Belial
He had devised a better plan
To overthrow the god of man
And finally god arrived resplendent
And took the seat of the defendant
“All...

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If they are truly your children beloved
Then he’s not different!” Belial mocked
“Since he was your son as they all should be,”
Continued the devil pointing at the jury
“Any one of them could’ve easily saved them all
And restored them as though before their fall!
How is he different...

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Pedophile On Trial

Tongue had tried to talk about a pedophile,
What happened when he appeared on trial;
Be careful of;
Never do love;
Ended up in office and him they did beguile.

Sounds like more of rearing Roy Moore.

Jim Horn...

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Could Compile Number On Trial

always could compile
number who have been on trial
were sure to beguile

Jim Horn...

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When darkness comes and I'm in despair, 
I speak in silent tongue with such care. 
I pray for peace throughout the world, 
and pray my family remains unfurled. 
The burdens I feel throughout the day, 
seem to simply melt away. 

There's something out there greater...

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when both sides of aisle
caused problems and would defile
will then been on trial...

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The Doctor and aspiring Judge
  their facts now up for grabs

Agendas twisted, the world at stake
   neoclassic power grab

Memories scarce and memories bent
  all truth behind the lines

With punches far below the belt
  —and justice ill defined

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)...

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