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Gladiator Games

...The arena is built lie by lie, sobs by sobs.
Names don't matter.
A game is still a game,
called by any other name.

Children with ribs like shattered shields
do not volunteer; they are raised f...

Categories: coliseums, allegory, dark, world,
Form: Free verse

HYACINTH HANDS

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 Hyacinth Hands

Mother, ego-cracker, birthed an embodiment of freedom plaited with slavery 
petunia planter, marjoram with Malay curry and rice, yet scarcity her best perform...

Categories: coliseums, appreciation, birth, change, character,
Form: Free verse

Losing the Way

...Riding stormy winds to the past
 To find out how we lost our way
 How long did the great ones last
 Mayans left their pyramids where trees sway

 We are left to ponder the whys
 As vines constr...

Categories: coliseums, lost, people, places,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Tribute

...His light shone brightly, like a beacon on a hill
shining forth for all the world to see.
Boldly did he proclaim the gospel, the good news
the very heart and soul of Christianity
Jesus, the Way, ...

Categories: coliseums, christian, god, tribute,
Form: Prose Poetry

I Am

...I am an Indian, an Aborigine, Arab,
Greek, Norde, African, Chinese..... I am
a human whose alphabet and genes tell tales
of my ancestors' journeys and cultures, as they
roamed around the world; t...

Categories: coliseums, history, imagery, me, people,
Form: Free verse

Modern Warrior

...I am a modern day warrior.
My mind is my sword.
My words are my shield.
I do not battle on fields of strife.
My battlefield is that of ignorance and oppression.
I do not fight on display in coliseums...

Categories: coliseums, computer-internet, imagination, day, truth,
Form: Narrative

Gridiron Gods

...Gridiron gods
Pacing in emerald-floored coliseums 
Waking wounded warriors 
Painted on sacred Sunday mornings
Grizzled generals 
Directing drives of galloping glory
Battering bastions of blitzkrieg b...

Categories: coliseums, introspection, life, sports,
Form: Free verse

Soothing Oil

...Ten devastating and vulnerable offences;
Could not break at all Egyptian fences;
Ten stone carved divine commandments;
Could not amend the Jewish attachments.


Cloud, sea barbed road or water ...

Categories: coliseums, allegorymay,
Form: Rhyme

Reason Lost

...Looking at what man hath wrought
Since learning how to walk and talk
I find it hard to sit in judgment
Having been distracted hunting reason for it all
Pyramids and coliseums 
Roman roads and Ch...

Categories: coliseums, inspirational, introspection, sad, social,
Form: I do not know?