Best Refuted Poems

What am I?*

Am I just a matter?
Am I just spirit?
Or
Am I a combination of spirit and matter?

If we examine the first case- that I am...

Read more of this work...

The trip was a riot of color,
It brings a myriad of queries,
Fantastic tales of utter darkness,
Views' visible roots were explored. 

Mainsail surges,
pungent froth carried wave...

Read more of this work...

Quote- Henri Barbusse

""We are all, always, the desire not to die. This desire is as immeasurable and varied as life's complexity, but at bottom this...

Read more of this work...

Pain had I ignited bright
Through my silence, had my hurt worsened
Denied conversations with all for superficial reasons, I had
Forgetting that love was my life
And people...

Read more of this work...

(Boo Hoo Politics was Written following the Brexit and Trump
votes as an observation and not a political declaration.
A few years out of date now but...

Read more of this work...

Where have all the heroes gone
In this nation facing war
Do you have faith in government now
You reap what you sew, no more.

A mother waits for...

Read more of this work...

the morn responded with its radiance in red,

tears      f a l l i n g     ...

Read more of this work...

A NUN’S PRAYER

To the Lord Almighty and as a colored Nun, I am a vestal of his governess and obedient to that form.
I walk in...

Read more of this work...

Memoirs of one unloved

I hear them refer to me as “it” or “the fetus”
Some underdeveloped miniature human, with no established status
For I am trapped in...

Read more of this work...

Dreaming dreams is silly.
Realistically you well be working a dead end job where you work for hours with a pay that is only slightly above...

Read more of this work...

repugnant racist republican reviled - rickettsia re:itch ruler. 
rapaciously ravaged revered reverential rubric. 
radical ruthless renegade rapidly riotously rips rigged ramparts. 
refrains retaining remnant redolent...

Read more of this work...

That Are Transgender (TAT)

When pretty women politicians are prolific
Wouldn't that really always be terrific?
Go ahead and applaud giving them a hand
New ones are quickly becoming...

Read more of this work...

A married man inside a hospital suite is in comatose after a car accident.  He is being attended by his wife and daughter.

 ...

Read more of this work...

ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
By Roy Merritt
(A Humorous take on the life of the Apostle Paul)

I was on the road to Damascus to give them...

Read more of this work...

At This Wake, None Keep Vigil…*

Time longer than rope, chokes hearts
dangling in the reality of struggle;
refuted victories mimic life
of children without mothers; widows veil
their grief,...

Read more of this work...