Best Scruples Poems

...for my sons Keir and Evan


Truth is a two-edged sword,
you will be cut by nonsense,
not by circumstance, my son,
and blinded to its darker side
you'll drift in seas of innocence,
carefree as a neophyte
with all the answers pending,
daft and delirious, your youth is fully spent,
and dreams are...

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"The wind is the pounding of my heart."

My scruples join the wind which hammering hard
can cause my pulse to race in constant onslaught
against the gales of greed and pride caught off guard.
My buckler, the Spirit, prods with pause for thought.

Foreknowledge of pending storms illumines doubt
preparing...

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...for my sons Keir and Evan


Truth is a two-edged sword,
you will be cut by nonsense
and by circumstance, my sons,
full blinded to its darker side
you'll drift in seas of innocence,
carefree as two neophytes
with all the answers pending,
daft and delirious, your youth is barely spent,
and dreams are...

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...dedicated to my sons, Keir and Evan


Truth is a two-edged sword, 
you will be cut by nonsense 
and by circumstance, my sons, 
full blinded to its darker side 
you'll drift in seas of innocence, 
carefree as two neophytes 
with all the answers pending, 
daft and...

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Truth is a two-edged sword, 
you will be cut by nonsense 
and by circumstance, my sons, 
full blinded to its darker side 
you'll drift in seas of innocence, 
carefree as two neophytes 
with all the answers pending, 
daft and delirious, your youth is barely spent,...

Continue reading...

Last year’s peace protests have left us bereft;
untold violence, fires, murder and theft.
As long-held morals find themselves interred,
society reaps a conscience that’s blurred.
Peer pressure rules the day, threats from the “gang”
dictate,  Cheap counsel chosen, Boomerang!  
Bounce back,  enroll as one of God’s...

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Truth is a two-edged sword, 
you will be cut by nonsense 
and by circumstance, my sons, 
full blinded to its darker side 
you'll drift in seas of innocence, 
carefree as two neophytes 
with all the answers pending, 
daft and delirious, your youth is barely spent,...

Continue reading...

Truth is a two-edged sword, 
you will be cut by nonsense 
and by circumstance, my sons, 
full blinded to its darker side 
you'll drift in seas of innocence, 
carefree as two neophytes 
with all the answers pending, 
daft and delirious, your youth is barely spent,...

Continue reading...

Truth is a two-edged sword, 
you will be cut by nonsense 
and by circumstance, my sons, 
full blinded to its darker side 
you'll drift in seas of innocence, 
carefree as two neophytes 
with all the answers pending, 
daft and delirious, your youth is barely spent,...

Continue reading...

Truth is a two-edged sword, 
you will be cut by nonsense 
and by circumstance, my sons, 
full blinded to its darker side 
you'll drift in seas of innocence, 
carefree as two neophytes 
with all the answers pending, 
daft and delirious, your youth is barely spent,...

Continue reading...

Lighting up the heart with a smile
Gentle thoughts that won’t defile
Right and wrong are clear variations
Of what are good or bad foundations
Should we go to the left or right?
Is it all simply black or white?
Our Scruples reveal the hidden doubts
About the regulations of our whereabouts






Morality...

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Principles that govern
a man’s thoughts and actions
are often purchased 
with unspent desire.

Scruples, 
logical ethics and morals,
are high-priced considering 
the value of pleasure.

A loyal and steadfast
husband to a frigid wife
mortgages his heart, 
and the affection of angels
is his only 
accumulated interest....

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...for my sons Keir and Evan


Truth is a two-edged sword,
you will be cut by nonsense,
not by circumstance, my son,
and blinded to its darker side
you'll drift in seas of innocence,
carefree as a neophyte
with all the answers pending,
daft and delirious, your youth is fully spent,
and dreams are...

Continue reading...

SCRUPLES

an enduring
culture
with
   charismatic
sensibilities

audacious
&romantic
cajoling &
 simmering beneath

 increasing
  impulses &
desires
 with disturbing
designs so
symbolic

 the mood
surprisingly
changed
with troubling
speed
until it
suddenly
  charms
with
poignant
 effect

 the fascination
 complex
&
multifaceted
in character

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique...

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So many preludes, yet so little time
unanswered questions, tall mountains to climb.

Basking in wisdom, oft arrogance shown; 
given scruples, we precariously own.

Life but the prelude to beautiful songs
finding its way amidst nature's vast throngs.

Old oaks and blossoms sprung from single seeds
preludes: seedlings of life's impatient...

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