Best Xxvi Poems

After the flame had come here for news
When to my duke right seemed time and too place,
In such a way I heard him to diffuse:

“You two who are in the same fire space,
If with you in my life had merit some,
If my merit left you...

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Unquotable quotes: Tale-Carriers, Gossip-Mongers, Courrier-Pigeon Caretakers, Smoke-Signal Puffers and Tom-Tom Thumpers – XXVI

Could there be such things as political shenanigans or inter-continental warfares, even catastrophes, natural disasters, tsunamis, irruptions, conflagrations, inundations, landslides, typhoons, tornadoes, hurricanes, plagues, pestilence, famines, accidents, police brutality, paedophilia, fratricide, patricide, racism,...

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Enjoy, Florence, because you so great are
That on seas and ground your wings you flutter,
And down in hell your name around spreads far!

I found five, among the stealers’ clutter,
Your citizens which then made me ashamed ,
And you sign of honor do not utter.

But if close...

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IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXVI

IF you pull that long-besieged face
Back and forth to Brussels in Brexit bob-sleigh
Deal or No-Deal backstop Customs excise nor phase 
EU patience and make jingle-bells rein deer neigh

If you pull that plucky long face
You risk boxing the...

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M,

Starlit skies don't do her any justice

shadow moon's halo draping 
delicate features of a silhouette
meandering about, 
every lovelorn bled pore

I'm left with feelings 
slipping
out of this goddamn world

watching and waiting
as you come for me

standing still, 
longingly
gazing upon that front door

the winds carry anticipation
the seas bring...

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IF ever I had a country : XXV - XXVI

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"GREAT!" is Don's favorite word
It's chocolate for those who've not heard   
His language so hollow 
Is too much to swallow    
Since it's just a foul smelling turd

Author's note: It's going to be really, really great, etc.  Are people really...

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There is nothing more to me 
Tragic, yet romantic
About false hope—
An inkling of connection

Rattled from reality—
Those green eyes dimming 
From memory,
Fading at once—years of pining

Unrequited tears—too long, 
Hauntings of possibility,
Love waning and another growing,
But the moon still shines

Pictures of their face on a screen—
Smiles exchanged...

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SONNET XXVI
SOLILOQUY ONE

Jesus, You’re the Lily of the Valley
Oh Jesus, You’re the Bright Morning Star,
Sweet Jesus, You’re the Mighty Man in Battle,
I call You Jesus, the Master of the World
I call You Jesus, You’re the Master of the World.

No One ever cares for me like...

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lightning that comes
from mightiest storms
cracks the night

Russell Sivey...

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Dearly beloved why ever
Are you so passionate to seek?
an avenue of fraudulent dalliance
When a plethora of amour
Screams before you
Forsaking me to ponder
When the page shall revolve...

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love is not the tale of the cross;
dark diction callous clichés draw,
la-de-da limping of thorn-theme,
snapping at cum renting spun spree

love has never been an excuse;
taunted track punctured passion prunes,
masticated motive masks means,
felon fashion trimmed by lips' spree

neither is love hurled Utopia;
throbbing thrills, hoisted hemisphere,
dainty pastures,...

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