The Age of Terror
...(“Utopia and Terror Merit Badge”, 2010, original oil)
The Age of Terror
It’s a new reign of terror
With demon hit squads roaming the earth
To lurk on roof tops, hedges
And parking lot...
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Categories:
bullhorns, humanity, sick, society,
Form: Narrative
Speaking of Bullhorns
...A politician using a bullhorn
places it over the mouth
Though given the stuff that comes out
it ought to be positioned down south...
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Categories:
bullhorns, humor, political, satire, spoken
Form: Epigram
Post Traumatic Equine Disorder
...You should be strolling fields of wildflower
munching heavenly grasses
sun polishing your satin flanks
sipping from a lily pond
running the hills-full throttle
tail twitching happiness
rubbing ...
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Categories:
bullhorns, horse, sick,
Form: Free verse
Galileo's Legacy
...As spring fades to summer, and summer to fall,
The world goes on turning, indifferent to all,
Not caring for emperors, peasants, or popes,
But forging fresh fortunes for scaling new slopes...
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Categories:
bullhorns, history, philosophy, religion, science,
Form: Rhyme
Force Dont Think So
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Force, Don’t Think So
Written: by Tom Wright
3/15/2018
When we surrender to numbers we then enable,
But demands alone won’t usher me to the table.
I never cede to force and have no...
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Categories:
bullhorns, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Gags In Their Pockets
...bullhorns in their hands
the right of free speech for all
gags in their pockets...
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Categories:
bullhorns, freedom, political, rights,
Form: Haiku
The Day Color Disappeared
...One day I was awakened,
I could sense change in the air,
No humility,
This feeling was like no other!
Nothing could compare,
I proceeded to get ready for work,
When I stepped outside,
Birds we...
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Categories:
bullhorns, betrayal, black african american,
Form: Free verse
The Tragic Savant
...“It” embraces “togetherness”
Like blemished mascara on a retired call girl
“It” would speak in aggressive audible banter,
As if crystallized bullhorns were
Strapped
Onto unwelcome seating arra...
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Categories:
bullhorns, life, slam,
Form: Free verse
The Tea Party
...A game of musical chairs has just begun in earnest. A pot and kettle band arrives
through the dining rooms’ French doors following the Valentine Queen. A putrid pink
flamingo with a croquet ball ...
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Categories:
bullhorns, childhood, fantasy, childrenchild, child,
Form: Narrative
America's Most Wanted
...Most people would not try to arrest me,
Or even think about shooting it out.
Surround me with bullhorns ready to shout
Tough, not as tough as they pretend to be.
Which detective will bring me to ...
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Categories:
bullhorns, epicme,
Form: Acrostic
Walkin' On State Street
...Me and Alex were walkin' on State Street one early Saturday morning
in the bright sun reflecting off deep snow. I saw long-haired ghosts of '67
drift by on the nearly deserted sidewalk....Alex did...
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Categories:
bullhorns, political
Form: Prose Poetry