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Defective Goods

...I filed a thirty page legal bill of complaint
about some things that aren't right.  They certainly ain't.
I bought dehydrated water for a buck thirty-five - 
how could a gentleman think to contriv...

A Distant Shore

...A Distant Shore



Beached upon a distant shore I wondered about my life 

Beseeched by solitude all I could pour out was sadness & strife 

I reached for something in the distance that looke...

A Distant Shore

...A Distant Shore

Beached upon a distant shore I wondered about my life 
Beseeched by solitude all I could pour out was sadness & strife 
I reached for something in the distance that looked like i...

Philosophical Rhythmic Duality

...Philosophical Rhymthmic Duality

Imminent calamity collides with structured debate 
Virulent profanity confides with punctured ingrates 
An insolent generation of insanity resides with a debunked...

Truth

...Truth is not for everyone -- 
some prefer lies...some prefer
dyes, and not natural soul color.  
Some prefer love~ and some just mouth
the word...never to be heard nor
felt deeply nearer the hea...

T A N K A defined SHOW then TELL

...Haiku in English a strict 5/7/5
the most difficult to contrive
Tanka adds a couplet 7/7
show then tell the poetic leaven...

After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about

...After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about...

I decided to title my piece
a concatenation of a few different notions
incorporating fictional romance
alluding to myself and spous...

The Ghost of Frankenstein - Things to Come

...You’d recreate a military hero?
Macarthur, maybe? Nimitz? Pershing? Sherman?
Or would you choose a leader from the past?
Suppose you went for Mussolini – Nero –
(I can’t remember what they called...

Clovers of Hope

...Wild
is the night,
dressed in silk and satin,
perfumed with
opium drops of vanilla warmth~
a rippling reflection
of dragon desires,
where the heart sings
in sync with the jasmine notes
o...

FANTASIES

...FANTASIES

It’s said that fantasies are not real
But will reflect how you may feel
One more memory each can steal
Causing emotion to well up inside
Even when you’d prefer they hide
It is what ...

Morning Rise

...Merlin's wand brushes the sky,
As the sun rises with a groan.
The caw of crows are harbingers
Of brightening days tomorrow.
Full rightly is the special one
Seated upon the Stone of Scone.
Praye...

The Sun of a Woman

...As a woman's sun sets quick,
—the clock, it does tick tick,
The window begins short after your twenties
Be wise, a partner you must find before your time runs dry;
But know this, beauty fades not...

RED

...RED

One hundred years ago in Pollockshaws
A man was laid to rest,
From humble beginnings to a martyr
They buried Scotland’s best.

A man who stood for the people
A man unshaken and proud,
T...

Pathetic Fallacy

...

It is fallacious to pretend 
we contrive to “become ourselves” 
when there’s no one to observe us.

Mere mice with conceits of grandeur 
prowling proud like cats in the night -
Hubris holds...

My Favorite Teacher

...In my years of school, many good teachers, I've had.
In first grade, Mrs. Carver helped me when I was sad.
That compassionate beauty was kind to me indeed.
I can't recommend a better way to learn ...

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