Elysian Custodian - Love Esoteric Hunt
Written: April 4th 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand
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April arises with a gentle promise
crocuses awaken from their winter dormancy —
while vibrant purples adorn the dawn
nestled amidst luscious emerald
she sparingly scatters her silk-like haze
shades meld mellifluously across the valley
a vibrant
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Categories:
custodian, appreciation, april,
Form: Free verse
Real Culture
They, the idols who have the right given by you to dispose of your own soul, offer to admire their wise reflections, but do not offer to share their wisdom with them. They don't want you to be on the same level of insight. This is the real culture, derived from the word "cult" -
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Categories:
custodian, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
custodian, school,
Form: Couplet
The Custodian
Mom, our custodian
The house, cleanliness observe
Punishment deserve.
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Categories:
custodian, family, leadership, mother, philosophy,
Form: Haiku
Custodian of Tradition
My son Jacob, he follows traditions
Religious, he has certain ambitions
He prays to God three times a day
I think he even knows what to say
Straight as an arrow, and square as a box
Jacob took a liking to bagels and lox
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Categories:
custodian, food, humor, jewish, mother
Form: Couplet
Custodian of Apostrophe's Apostle
Custodian of Apostrophe's Apostle
Who done it, steed?
Who said what's read
between the lines marked
with ad hoc diacritic dashes?
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Categories:
custodian, spoken word, writing,
Form: Verse
The Custodian
THE CUSTODIAN
The husband never forgave me
I'd given him a slim five hundred
He cashed his ticket in on a stormy day
I could not enjoy the song and dance of rain
No nostalgia!
I swayed like branches blown by wind
But not once did I fall
I could have had a ball with sudden wealth
I said, 'Your half would be
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Categories:
custodian, anger, anxiety, bullying, conflict,
Form: Bio
The Custodian-Annihilator
The technological era we live in
As
The "Blasphemous One" will be recorded in the annals
Of human history
Because Man,
Instead of acting as the custodian of life on earth that
God intended him to be,
Unwisely,
Was transformed into life's merciless annihilator!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
26 January 2019
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Categories:
custodian, earth, life, men,
Form: Free verse
Dead Roach Activity
The dead roach with its upended crinkly legs
has been lying in the windowsill for at least four weeks.
I would get rid of it, except...
nothing has amused me for years half as much
as people's horrified reactions when they notice her.
This poor ugly black dead thing.
I have decided to have a tiny plaque made, and a little
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Categories:
custodian, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Light Verse