Best Purported Poems
A Musing
...She said, if I correctly recall,
That, for her, a sustaining love is an
Absolute prerequisite for what
Would be a total commitment of the
Coupling bodies...and all that
Con......
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Categories:
purported, destiny, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
Nana Africa
...Mama held me close to her bosom
wouldn't let me go astray
she shook the cradle of civilization
and to her wayward offspring
she paid attention.
She added a tinge of color to the cheeks of so......
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Categories:
purported, beautiful, inspiration, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Snow, Snake, Snow, Birds, Sickness, Sitting
...So many, maybe millions
No, billions. Trillions?
Of stars, a quiet, hot snowfall
of white stars; sandal season squall.
Each birch tree here outdoing
January's record accumulation.
Weeks of h......
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Categories:
purported, death, nature, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Microchip Madness
...Technology is changing day by day,
the benefits? enormous, one might say,
is miniaturization a price too high to pay?
not necessarily the smart and prudent way.
Gemstones aren't what they're ......
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Categories:
purported, science fiction, universe,
Form:
Verse
The House Eaters
...1.
My grapefruit tanned
toothpicks
bow above
the five-day flattened
spot
in an olive shag carpet
tracing grandpa Leo's
blueprint,
with one encapsulated
toe –
this is the femur, this is
t......
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Categories:
purported, angst, death, family, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Role-Model
...When I was called little brother,
I smiled.
It meant I have an elder sibling.
One from whom I could learn,
To discern,
Between Light and Dark.
What about the Grey?
Only a few would about the grey;......
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Categories:
purported, character, community, conflict, courage,
Form:
Free verse
The Journey
...Part 1: Catalyst
I recently read a blog that purported to report news
Of extraordinary import to us all,
That the Catholic Pope, with a new encyclical letter,
Announced to the world his convictio......
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Categories:
purported, faith, religion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Sixties
...Tapping on cymbals were seekers of peace.
while a young man will give up his life
in a far away land where the bombs don't cease
and there's just no escape from the strife.
Spit on in airports ......
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Categories:
purported, america, music, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
David and Goliath, Enigma and Pandora's Lot
...David was a young man, David had courage
But David’s courage worried him somewhat!
Citizenship policy needed a Don
Leading by example was attractive, but forlorn
And Locke’s dominative turn had ......
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Categories:
purported, introspection,
Form:
Sapphic stanza
Total Eclipse of the Sun August 21, 2017
...Though the starry eyed corona sporting sun dance
cosmic phenomena (stealthily slated to describe mid expanse
night during broad daylight), this astronomical event common at a glance.
Said Hal ......
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Categories:
purported, adventure, angst, anxiety, blue,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Illusion of Knowledge
...This quaint perspective
Is quite selective,
Quite often,
Giving anger and hatred the directive.
Habitual surrender
To a pretender;
In certain circles an offender.
These days, too few of these circ......
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Categories:
purported, beautiful, community, confusion, crazy,
Form:
Free verse
When Less Is More
...Technology is changing day by day,
the benefits? enormous, one might say,
is miniaturization a price too high to pay?
not necessarily the smart and prudent way.
Gemstones aren't what ......
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Categories:
purported, writing,
Form:
Verse
Poor Pandora
...We ponder Pandora as the person preordained
to unleash a plethora of plagues upon our persons.
But here's what I heard:
Pandora had two sisters,
Persephone and Proserpina.
Pandora perused poet......
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Categories:
purported, allegory, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
Microchip Madness
...Technology is changing day by day,
the benefits? enormous, one might say,
is miniaturization a price too high to pay?
not necessarily the smart and prudent way.
Gemstones aren't what they're purport......
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Categories:
purported, fantasy, science, universe,
Form:
Verse
Fishing Briefs
...A clown caught
a tuna in the middle
of a pond in a park!
He says that the black
tuna was a very rare
species in the water world
With evidence collected
it is purported
that the tuna was ......
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Categories:
purported, art, fish, fishing, fun,
Form:
Free verse