We are all just a bunch of mental convicts
...Whether you're in a prison,
Or a hospital bed confined.
Yours might just be a 9 to 5,
We all are still doing time.
Our conscience is our jury,
Declaring right and wrong.
Our thoughts the Judge ...
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Categories:
bono, 10th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Talent Stifled
...Middle aged man in Docs,
vintage leather jacket and
grey haired pubes around his cock.
Ill fitting tour shirts rekindling a hazy past.
Barrowlands, The Bunnymen. Hammersmith Odeon,The Clash.
U2...
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Categories:
bono, depression,
Form: Prose Poetry
By George burn hing hard, I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
...By George (burn hing* hard), I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like...
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Categories:
bono, adventure, appreciation, art, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
I abhor the forfeiture of hard fought and won liberty
...I abhor the forfeiture of hard fought and won liberty
America - This nation will remain
the land of the free only so long
as it is the home of the brave.
courtesy a local Indiana man,
one name...
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Categories:
bono, america, anger, angst, crush,
Form: Free verse
Death of a Lawyer’s Reputation
...Though I’m not Humpty Dumpty, I’ve had a great fall
When I tripped over my lies while walking truth’s wall.
Can all the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Ever convince people I’m honest again?...
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Categories:
bono, anxiety, image, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years Ago
...Excerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago...
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater),
and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice read...
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Categories:
bono, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Art of the Devilish Deal
...The Art of the Devilish Deal
By Mark D. Stucky
Did Trump sell his soul to the devil in 2016?
As his part of the deal, could he lie, preen, cheat, and tweet?
Could he dis...
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Categories:
bono, bible, humorous, parody, political,
Form: Free verse
What's Love Got To Do With It
...I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock, on November 26, 1939 in Tennessee. ...
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Categories:
bono, child, cry, hurt, music,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Inevitable Death Defines Afterlife - Deux
...Inevitable death defines afterlife - deux
Flinty stones figuratively rolling inside
whooping out that primal
binaural beat of your drum
ma mind haphazardly
ricocheting axon to neuron
induci...
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Categories:
bono, absence, allah, angel, atheist,
Form: Rhyme
By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To Playwright
...By George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional...
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Categories:
bono, adventure, age, angel, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
I Feel No Billow
...I FEEL NO BILLOW:
Obvious smile covering enormous of feelings.
Shadows on the wall tells 'bout what could be happening.
Self-isolation mobilised for a painstaking decision.
Children of destitut...
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Categories:
bono, beautiful, family, trust,
Form: Lyric
Autographed
...My son got a gift from his buddy,
A book which is sure to get raves.
He was thrilled ‘cause he knew
That the lead of U2
Was the author and one of his faves.
But the best part was quite unexpec...
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Categories:
bono, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Literal Sense
...LITERAL SENSE :
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES....
VERSE 1:
This ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES....
Concrete counterintuitive ratioed for looser and Leader;
Interim arguments to know who's worst and b...
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Categories:
bono, inspiration, wisdom,
Form: Lyric
Awaiting Rescue By Good Ole Extraterrestrial Homeboys
...Cuz existence among *****sapiens
extremely intolerable prospect
particularly sharing planet
with most violent species
courtesy hoodlums wielding
deadly firearms methodically gun down
men, wom...
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Categories:
bono, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Stereo Man - It Takes Two
...Stereo Man (It Takes Two?)
Stereo Man (It Takes Two?)
I’m a stereo man, and I carry two phones,
have two homes in two states (each sports car that awaits).
I’ve been m...
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Categories:
bono, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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