Distressing Calls of Discontent
...Distressing Calls of Discontent
Distressing calls of discontent frowning upon my brow
Convalescing with the fall of a malcontent who was too haughty and proud
Coalescing in forms of c...
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Categories:
convalescing, life,
Form: Rhyme
Resisting The Repressing
...Resisting The Repression
Competition between a brother and sister
Rendition of an eighties song all about how much he miss her
War of attrition between two countries facing off without a resist...
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Categories:
convalescing, life,
Form: Rhyme
Winter bears fruit
...
peace is the fruit of winter
that solitude cloaked in white
that silence hushed by the wind
the temperature that dips down low
the calm that isolates the heart
and gives it space for convalesc...
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Categories:
convalescing, peace, silence, solitude, winter,
Form: Free verse
Immune system boosted, and bolstered
...Immune system boosted, and bolstered...
to build better back me
analogous to hatches being
battened down
courtesy COVID-19 12+
(Pfizer only) and Flu Vaccine (65+)
October 31, 2024,
which fo...
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Categories:
convalescing, age, america, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Bonanza of shamrocks will soon blanket Green Acres
...Bonanza of shamrocks will soon blanket Green Acres...
where Lassie free to run across petco junction
All across the webbed
wide esse Scott's landed wold
emerald green Trifolium
carpets harbor...
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Categories:
convalescing, adventure, appreciation, april, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
I relished being hungry for leftover Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
...I relished being hungry for leftover Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
(a poetic partial fiction
blended, diced, fricaseed,
marinated, mixed, pureed, sautéed,
stewed... with fact)
Hmm... ...
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Categories:
convalescing, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Tears In the Crowds
...Tears in the Crowds
A tyrant on a corrupt throne
A sheep about to become a genetic clone
A weary traveller far away from home
A heroin addict on methadone
Graveyards of peace and quiet lam...
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Categories:
convalescing, integrity, international,
Form: Rhyme
Spring Steps Slowly
...Half-dressed trees
dance in an April wind-shuffle.
New buds learn how to shake
raindrops off.
Winter’s skeletal joints
are a lightly applied moss green,
a mild mannered climate
now simmering...
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Categories:
convalescing, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Relished Being Hungry For Thanksgiving Pop Slop Gloppy Grub
...I relished being hungry for Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
whereby the missus didst potchke
created whirling dervish hubbub
after enjoying repast,
(fit for a tarnished king),
yours truly a...
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Categories:
convalescing, abuse, adventure, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
My True Hero
...I had a quarrel with my own life
I didn’t want to divulge it to anyone I knew
It was then I met the one who in many eyes,
Had sparked feelings of sympathy or contempt
Confined to a wheel c...
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Categories:
convalescing, appreciation, endurance, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Sa Fille Attentive
...Translation
~Her Attentive Daughter~
Before winters sun; she awakes.
A nice, warm, shower, is her habit.
In plaid slippers to the kitchen she
then goes.
To prepare b...
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Categories:
convalescing, caregiving, family, health, love,
Form: Rhyme
I Relished Being Hungry For Leftover Thanksgiving Pop Slop Gloppy Grub First Helping
...Hmm... on second thought
lemme join anorexic club
until rib cage protrudes taut and visible
doubling as drum to drub
synchronized within heart of darkness,
especially when electrocardiogram exhi...
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Categories:
convalescing, america, animal, bird, death,
Form: Rhyme
Earth's Lone Cry
...I cried my heart out
For i am hurting, but no one pays attention
Ozone depletion my signature symptom
But they wouldn't let go
I cried out until until my tears caused floods and stirred storm...
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Categories:
convalescing, blessing, feelings, future,
Form: Ballad
I Let This New Girl In
...So I finally let a new girl in
Convalescing and vulnerable
Tired of playing the field
Wanting to remember how to feel
And yes she made me feel
How she did make me feel!
She picked me up
An...
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Categories:
convalescing, cute love, happiness, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Getting Old
...My friends are convalescing
In their beds they lay
The truth there lies before me
Future come what may
Aches are my companion
Pain a faithful friend
Rigor mortis is a buddy of mine
He’ll be ...
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Categories:
convalescing, age, funny,
Form: Rhyme
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