Eros-Costium
...He is not surpassed to be active
as to the teachings of those
who wish to devalue him to
create opportunity
to acquire and subdue what he
has established.
She became okay with being
the church...
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Categories:
carbide, music,
Form: Ballade
Evenings In Springtime : Nov 2021
...Babies cry, sleep, change nappies, feed. Toddlers drink water from cups. Younger brothers, younger sister, older brother, older sister, small town, large country.
One lane roads, one lane bridges, u...
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Categories:
carbide, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Haibun
As Flies To Wanton Boys Are We To Th' Gods
...66 Million years ago
Fireball from the sky hits
Echoing life-planet,
Snuffing almost all in darkness
Mouse like burrowing under the inferno.
1750
People harvested like wheat
Strong men, ch...
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Categories:
carbide, environment,
Form: Free verse
The Night Soil Man - Part One
... The Night Soil Man
I
Nothing sticks to-get-her like turds
No border line nor skin to cross
Condescension's never a case for loss
High birt...
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Categories:
carbide, abuse, discrimination, night, racism,
Form: Free verse
A Man's Armor
...A man's armor
unbending,mighty
Only broken by the touch of a woman
the soft, sweet temptation of love and affection
A man's armor
almighty, unbreaking
A man turns fearless, but dangerous...
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Categories:
carbide, betrayal, dark, men,
Form: I do not know?
Tunnel Phobia
...You wouldn’t go with me into the old mine –
even a guided tour with hardhat, miners’ carbide
lamp to glitter rich metals revealed by the pick’s
rough stroke. Remember the mystery-mine
in the m...
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Categories:
carbide, adventure, fear,
Form: Free verse
The Disaster Haunts Bhopal
... On the night of December 2, 1984
a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant
was a terrible tragedy that continues to evoke
strong emotions even 30 years later,
disa...
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Categories:
carbide, death, emotions, sad,
Form: Free verse
Tungsten Or Wolfram
...Super hard alloy
With such a high melting point.
Tungsten carbide drills!...
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Categories:
carbide, nature, strength, stress,
Form: Haiku
Wild Caving Dark
...Penetrating deep,
Beneath rocks, beyond light,
Carbide blazing night....
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Categories:
carbide, adventure, dark, deep, journey,
Form: Haiku
The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Three
...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Three
Note: I do hope it’s clear to readers by now that – strictly speaking – in these ruba’iyat, I deviate from the original Persian medieval model, introduc...
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Categories:
carbide, allegory,
Form: Quatrain
Mic In the Mountain
...The train comes by every morning bout 5
I wish that train would find a cliff and collide
It’s driven by a demon on a joy ride
Always, arriving with some poison to unpack
Where ever it came from, i wi...
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Categories:
carbide, community,
Form: Free verse
Done Droving
...Done Droving
The sliprails are down the horses are gone ,………(sliprails slide in rail gate in rail yard)
goose neck spurs all covered in rust.
My Quartpot is bent i`ve left the Ballonne…(Quartpot h...
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Categories:
carbide, angstme, old, water, city,
Form: Rhyme
Christmas Mourn
...The cry's rang out all through the night.
In Moweaquas' town of sorrow.
On Christmas Eve 1932 took the joy of their tomorrows.
Pressure dropped, gas escaped, carbide hats ignited.
Their valiant s...
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Categories:
carbide, family, history, loss, prayer,
Form: Epic