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...

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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,...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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   ...

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IF ever I had a country : XXV - XXVI

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lightning that comes
from mightiest storms
cracks the night

Russell Sivey...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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This Quest, Was It But A Sad Rage Against The Storm

As I wade through this poisonous wilderness- alone
Raging fury contained well within my breast
Seeing earth's...

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Xxvi+ marriage  anniversary (mine)
recalls first disastrous
date with future missus
approximately waltzing 
matt tilde two dozen
plus years ago

Tex Mex Connection
201 E Walnut Street
North Wales, Pennsylvania, 19454
every...

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After so many bad things happened
He felt nothing for so long
It was as if he was in a coma
All his pain stopped hurting
Love was something...

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