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Closed Community Prejudice--an Alphabetized Memoir

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(Note: In this abecedarian poem, I redacted the name of the particular denomination to protect the innocent and to universalize the context. Fill in your own favorite groups! Prejudice against ...

Categories: braden, community, discrimination, hate, prejudice,
Form: Abecedarian

Races

...(Note: This poem was written shortly after the 2022 Olympics and after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos rode their rockets in a new space race for billionaires.)

Races

By ...

Categories: braden, black african american, discrimination,
Form: Free verse

Salvage

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"Salvage"


Salvage the fixating salvation 
unfurling from the wreckage
of a numb world twisted inside
treasure climbs swimming 
the ladder from the deep of all things 
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Categories: braden, muse, paradise, poets,
Form: Romanticism

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

To Kiley, Hunter, Braden, and Parker

...The house is quiet,
as Knothead’s asleep

Hershey Kisses in place
on the staircase to reap

There’s snow on the roof,
with the chimney unblocked

For Santa to enter,
new soot on his frock
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Categories: braden, christmas,
Form: Rhyme

The Calming of Her Storm

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"The Calming of Her Storm"



My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her 
breath chanting quietly 
I still hear her 
nightingale bi...

Categories: braden, love, mirror, muse,
Form: Free verse

Recollection

...Swift and sweet, how memories rise
diamond- strung in a room of silver
Slick and sleek from a stormy world
solid tree trunks on a bell- clear morning.

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Categories: braden, emotions, introspection, memory,
Form: Free verse

As Above, So Below - the Messengers

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"As  Above, So Below - The Messengers"



One day 
when this sad story 
has all blown over
of how we came to be
walking the earth 
below the ve...

Categories: braden, animal, god, humanity, i
Form: Free verse

I Can'T Breathe I Am

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"I Can't Breathe I Am"



I can’t breathe
when you 
paint the words 
“Flow” 
on my throat
when the words 
are trapped 
and I am gagged

I c...

Categories: braden, color, freedom, i am,
Form: Free verse

Only a Tiger - Nursery Rhyme 48

...Only a Tiger will approach a Tiger,
Lions never do

To give him pause and make him think,
“What will this Tiger do”

All other beasts he rests cocksure, 
a meal they will become

But faced w...

Categories: braden, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme

The Dog and the Kitty

...The Doggie was white,
  and the Kitty was black,
  as they crouched at each end of the floor

Their eyes never met,
  because the rules were set,
  that the dog would chase the cat as before

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Categories: braden, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme

The Dog and the Kitty

...The Doggie was white,
  and the Kitty was black,
  as they crouched at opposite ends of the floor

Their eyes never met,
  because the rules were set
  that the dog would chase the cat as befor...

Categories: braden, animal, childhood, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme

Now Mine To Keep

...My first breath every morning,
  a thank-you to the Lord

My heart beats then in tribute,
  single note in heaven’s chord 

My last breath every evening,
  as I close my eyes to sleep

To th...

Categories: braden, prayer,
Form: Couplet