Burden of Broken Ties
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Written: December 31, 2024, Contest: Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
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Welcome into the world,
with grazing blue eyes and sap...
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Categories:
carew, analogy, god,
Form: Free verse
Jimmy Carew
...This is the story of poor old Jimmy Carew,
He worked for the brewery and drank special brew.
Jimmy drove the horse and trap with a twinkle in his eye
Loaded with beer – its destination: ‘The Golde...
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Categories:
carew, dad, daughter, father, girlfriend,
Form: Rhyme
17 Gray Street - Port of Spain
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A Simpler Time
1961 ~ 1968
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As sheriff chasin’ on the run
I shot at outlaw and injun
with my colt Pony B...
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Categories:
carew, childhood, home,
Form: Rhyme
Like Phoenix Rising
...She still frolics among the Arabian dunes
Hundreds of years of lifetimes living
After as many fiery deaths, the fable goes,
She throws herself upon the funeral pyre,
Then, arises from the hot...
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Categories:
carew, allegory, allusion, bird, birth,
Form: Free verse
Play Ball
...I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):
Say Hey Willie Mays Wal...
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Categories:
carew, baseball,
Form: Shape
The Aging Process
...Last week, one evening, Tuesday I think
After a lovely hot shower I dried.
As the steam cleared I was forced to blink,
I just dropped the blue towel and cried
And I then wiped the mirror and sigh...
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Categories:
carew, age, humor,
Form: Quintain (English)
Whose Master Is Sawicki
...There …
It was
dark. England,
set down, and stretched out
for miles,
and days
without end
Far afield her quondam spirit,
But forever sprawling
Beneath
Discouraging clouds
with unbroken tears...
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Categories:
carew, mystery, on writing and
Form: Lyric
New Years Party Guestlist
...bring in the year
show love and carew
with a bang
come sing
stump your feet
it'll be a treat
you see
by the hoilday tree
you must fit for this
its a
NEW YEARS PARTY GUESTLIST...
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Categories:
carew, business, history, inspirational, new
Form: Light Verse
New Years Party Guestlist
...bring in the year
show love and carew
with a bang
come sing
stump your feet
it'll be a treat
you see
by the hoilday tree
you must fit for this
its a
NEW YEARS PARTY GUESTLIST...
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Continue reading...
Categories:
carew, business, history, inspirational, new
Form: Light Verse