History doesn't matter if its aesthetic
...Hot summers dry up the land
The dirt crumbles under the heaviness of disrespect
Fresh flowers adorn the land
Covering the uneven burial grounds
Overshadowed by privilege
What better way to...
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Categories:
consummated, discrimination, marriage, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
A magnet for tsuris
...A magnet for tsuris
Summation notation of achievements
wrought absolute zero
pridefulness to self -
a veritable highstrong yoyo
(lame at walking the dog)
a solitudinarian devoid of xoxo
meth...
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Categories:
consummated, adventure, age, angst, baby,
Form: Free verse
sad tale if a marriage gone wrong
...Evie and Steve married on Christmas Eve
We did not think they would ever leave
Very drunk Steve put his feelings on sleeve
his steps on the dance floor were more of a weave
Eve’s chest began to...
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Categories:
consummated, family,
Form: Rhyme
Giver of My Name
...My lover’s lips drip words of secret hours
Wherein our dreams make love to sweetest songs
Hymns to our bodies, bathed in nectar showers
Slick on the tongue to taste; ours all life long.
‘Foreve...
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Categories:
consummated, beauty, for him, romance,
Form: Sonnet
PETALS IN HEARTSPACE
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PETALS IN HEARTSPACE
Authenticity presents from persevering peeling peeling tasked by cached Courage
courage erupted emitting high frequency Faith
faith embraced ...
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Categories:
consummated, allusion, character, deep, extended
Form: Verse
the prismatic Self
...
gauntlet of mirrors transparency personified
transparency personified when the curtain falls
in an arena of quick sand and impromptu judgement
the stage was well set though actually
it presen...
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Categories:
consummated, allusion,
Form: Free verse
I AM POETRY
...
I AM POETRY
‘In the Beginning
was the Word’
light penetrated dark
sound big-banged birthed
three in One creating
~ P o e t r y ~
I am this poised superlative
unchangi...
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Categories:
consummated, allegory, character, creation, deep,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
THREE ROCKS
...THREE ROCKS
Written for Competition : A Magical Journey
Sponsor : Constance La France
[ Prompt : I hold three magic rocks in my hand
Rolling them over and over and over
Leaving this ...
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Categories:
consummated, adventure, allegory, extended metaphor,
Form: Alliteration
Etched in Stone
...Contest: This or That, Vol 30 – 2-4-25 Sponsor: Edward Ibeh - Title Chosen: Etched in Stone
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Etched in Stone
Two hearts glare at each other
Clut...
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Categories:
consummated, anger, conflict, words,
Form: Free verse
Today's Child
...Today's child
I see the child
Surrounded by wolves..
Pain never felt
Tears never shed..
The nestling has been accepted into the eternal den
Received, concealed, protected..
Reclaimed again...
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Categories:
consummated, age, anger, child, parents,
Form: Narrative
ART AS A GESTURE
...ART AS A GESTURE
a
zest
of
satisfaction
in
a
gusto
of
ultimate
certainty
deepens
with
intimacy
of
accidental
curiosity
inherent
perception
within
transposes
...
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Categories:
consummated, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
tom cat gets wedding cake in face
...Tom cat got a bunch of wedding cake smeared in his face
By six ex-wives who thought he was a grooming disgrace.
Always marrying someone else, a sleezy one this time too.
This was meowed by wife nu...
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Categories:
consummated, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the mont...
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Categories:
consummated, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Miniscule male member doth bend sinister
...Miniscule male member doth bend sinister
impossible mission of mine to bare witness
whereby mine (whore rubble) puny phallic
describes a bent shaft, particularly when cap
locks on first observe...
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Categories:
consummated, addiction, appreciation, birth, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Redemption
...In the beginning was the Word.
Was it necessary? Was it important? Was it redemption?
In Him was life, which was the light of all humanity.
He dwelt amongst us though we knew Him not.
Should w...
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Categories:
consummated, faith, pain,
Form: Free verse
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