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Catch 22
The beginning of the end The end of the beginning To look and not see A desperate path To start what can’t finish Destroying tomorrow When eyes remain closed The future — uncast (Dreamsleep: June, 2025) ...

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Categories: catch 22, visionary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Catch 22
Catch-22 If I say I love you I’m too possessive. If I fail to say I love you I’m not romantic enough. If I work twelve-hour days I don’t spend enough time with you. If I only work four-hour days I don’t show enough ambition. If I discipline the children I’m too harsh. If I don’t discipline the children I’m too lax. If I suggest we go on...

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Categories: catch 22, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Book - Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Insanity in defense of insanity’s insanity. ©7/18/2023...

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Categories: catch 22, war,
Form: Monoku
Catch 22-Buzzwords
Life is full of Catch-22s. You can and you can’t; ...

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Categories: catch 22, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Catch 22
burkas banned in France yet since covid nineteen spread everyone wears masks Sponsor Tania Kitchin. 1 / 13 / 2021....

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Categories: catch 22, culture, discrimination,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Catch 22
Our sphere without love how do we live life complete seasons of duel droughts...

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Categories: catch 22, emotions, identity, longing, love
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Catch-22
a house divided. mom and dad at war. mom is to the right, dad is to the left. child stuck in-between... is confused and devastated. bitter divorce, all but certain. who do I... live with now? mom or dad? why choose? why not... both? Date written: 07/03/2020...

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Categories: catch 22, angst, break up, conflict,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Catch 22 of Truth
Troubled time O Raheem, Empty, each of my palm, In truth, world nor its dream, In falsehood there’s no Ram! _______________________________________________ Raheem was a saint poet of medieval time in India. This translation comes from one of his couplets; following is its transliteration: ab raheem mushkil padi, gadhe dou kam; sanche to jag nahin, juthe milen na ram. Raheem beautifully essays the reality...

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Categories: catch 22, god, truth,
Form: Quatrain
Catch-22
It’s an old story. We were classmates, you and I, And later became colleagues, Working under the same roof. We had more or less the same specialization. Married in the same year. Our children went to the same school. So far so good! Now the plot thickens, so to speak! Once, if you remember, The boss comes to you for help, Specifically for helping...

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Categories: catch 22, irony, life,
Form: Narrative
Catch-22
catch-22.... contradictory rules may apply within a series of seemly arbitrary regulations catch-22.... absurd constraints will exist within this paradoxical situation catch-22.... a hidden clause does exist within the very foundation upon which we stood catch-22.... used to be able to find the existing loopholes that once were thought to exist within the levels of our existence catch-22.... now...

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Categories: catch 22, age,
Form: Lyric
Wisdom: Fishing For Men Catch-22
Knowing of evil and doing evil are two different things ...

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Categories: catch 22, appreciation, bible, christian, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Catch-22
There's no Kingdom of Heaven Without the battle of Armageddon, There's no salvation Without the Crucifixion, There's no concept of good Without the presence of evil, There's no yearning for Heaven Without the threat of Hell, There's no God Without the devil, There's no life Without death!...

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Categories: catch 22, dark, death, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Catch 22
A woman seeks all that leaves her distraught In pursuit of extrinsic desires anew From a dead end grave startled she wakes Within her eyes fate appeared to be taut Thoughts delivered warnings in queue Though on occasion rare she’d have spaked Along the village nimble she scurried In the passenger seat of a surrey Engaged in the act never was she caught Many...

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Categories: catch 22, depression, life, loss, lost
Form: Sonnet
Catch 22
When forever finally comes to town Not sure I wanna be around When it stands outside to Knock upon my door I’ll hide inside Not make a sound Turn out the lights Get on the ground Lay in the quiet Shadow of the floor And if forever’s not deterred No worry, I’ll plan for the worst I’ll wait it out I’ll stock up every shelf I’ll let forever Knock...

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Categories: catch 22, life
Form: I do not know?
Catch 22
Well, there is a loophole right there. And by golly gee there’s one here. Easy to step into those cracks, Losing balance and be all out of whack. Step by step and baby ones at that, Tiptoeing and being mighty slow. But I bet you have all come to know, A catch 22 has a knack. Nothing is glued, Too many corner stones, How lewd! Fragile...

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Categories: catch 22, allegory, funny, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Sonnet

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