Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry
...Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry
Whether arsonist at fault
or confluence of ripe conditions
triggering perfect firestorm,
the titan of fire beside himself with misery,
though...
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Categories:
crediting, cry, environment, fire, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Self Centered Greed
...4/24/24
I've played plenty
On my conscious life weighed heavy
I have to stay ready
Then aim steady
Obstacles I will face many
Can't give ground or let them take any
These snakes pesky
Oft...
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Categories:
crediting, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Much Ado About Nothing
...Much ado
About nothing..
The much ado
Is the stage play
Life appearing
On a stage..
Nothing appearing
As the characters on
No stage at all..
Yet we on the stage
Seeki...
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Categories:
crediting, confidence, freedom, inspiration,
Form: Blank verse
More Precious Than Gold
...The script of experience,
endorsing our wills
banking our choices,
paying our bills
Crediting our memory
for what lies ahead
debentures of faith
the black and the red
A ledger retallied, ...
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Categories:
crediting, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
To a Former Friend
...I am sorry I can no longer respect your hue
Since you have succumbed to Q-Anon
Parroting most stupid conspiracy theories
Since the Trump train you jumped on
And adopted a jaundiced vie...
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Categories:
crediting, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, friend,
Form: Political Verse
Az-Spring Training Joys
...
Arizona Spring Training Sextet
running the rapids
life jacket on fully tight
knuckles, fully white
white water rafting
I thought I would surely die
mates made me smile bright
s...
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Categories:
crediting, appreciation, fun, memory, ,
Form: Senryu
Ripped-Off Deniers
...Yesterday I heard a happy Republican
crediting President Trump's self-proclaimed successes
to his training and experience with consumer-driven accountability;
meaning,
I presume,
his for-profit ...
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Categories:
crediting, conflict, earth, environment, health,
Form: Political Verse
I Persist In Crediting
...I persist in crediting....
That breastfeeding hatred and animosity
Could barely occasion war atrocity
Demolish houses and blameless lives reap
Petrify crestfallen minds and infants' poignant grie...
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Categories:
crediting, war,
Form: Free verse
Book About Guernsey Isle
...Book About Guernsey Isle
She was an excellent editor and explorer
Which is why we always will adore her
Going through books and then editing
After that to all authors properly crediting.
She...
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Categories:
crediting, war,
Form: Couplet
Morning With Cat and Tree
...He awakes
two full hours
later than usual.
Well his dreams
disturbed his sleep
several times just before dawn
and he awoke to a safe place
where everything gradually made sense.
And...
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Categories:
crediting, cat, dream, tree,
Form: Grook
Change of Heart
...Friday, February 11, 2011
17:34:46
Change of Heart
Breezing through time I slipped through an hourglass.
Taking leaps and bounds galactic universes I foresaw.
Begged borrowed and even stolen...
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Categories:
crediting, allegory, uplifting, visionary, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Vanishing Heroes
...An old soldier was laid to rest today with the doleful tones of "Taps."
Family and friends mourned, others respectfully doffed their caps,
To honor another World War Two patriot who saw the battle ...
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Categories:
crediting, sadworld, family, family, ,
Form: Rhyme
Year New
...Shadowing the cliffside of 2006,
Rear against the zephyr,
Breathing lower wise upon my neck.
Need no act of visioning reverse.
What was good,
Still is one with I.
A curse,
There it lie,
Behin...
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Categories:
crediting, life, love, passion,
Form: I do not know?