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Deliberative Poems

Justice or Mercy

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   Strict Justice or mercy, which would prevail
     The courtroom grew sweaty, faces turned pale

   No one dared leave with the verdict in doubt
     Justice or mercy – Would Truth ever out
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Categories: deliberative, anxiety, care, hope, judgement,
Form: Couplet

Greed to Grace: a Psychodynamic Diamante

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Id
greedy, primal
starving, seeking, clamoring,
impulsive, wild, mild, deliberative,
prohibiting, sanctioning, tempering,
sangfroid, equanimity,
Superego...

Categories: deliberative, culture, life, psychological,
Form: Diamante

A Penitent Soliloquy

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A Penitent Soliloquy

It is in junctures like these that I encounter myself 
traversing a meadow of spring colors just yon the lea
wher...

Categories: deliberative, appreciation, father, heaven, meaningful,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Sacred Discourse

...My OldSchool patriarchal Pentateuch
precedes our polycultural HolyNew Paraclete.

This Pentateuch
begins with the beginning
of theo-TribalEgo cultural correlations;
Genesis begets Exodus,
the ...

Categories: deliberative, god, health, inspiration, integrity,
Form: Political Verse

Grumpy Old Man

...Love comes in all
shapes and sizes – Thank God!
Myself having evolved in some
rather, undesirable directions...

But what is the same anymore?

Environmentalists say, not the sky!
Not the sea...

Categories: deliberative, analogy, corruption, introspection, leadership,
Form: Free verse

Emotional Tree

...AN EMOTIONAL TREE

The gust came like punches.
one of those arresting, blustery blows. 
It was like a giant stood behind that tree
cupping his hands over his mouth
blew as hard as he could.
Wi...

Categories: deliberative, blue, hurt,
Form: Verse

Spain In Rain Falls

...Spain in Rain Falls



There’s something different
About the rain in Spain
And being an English man
And well versed in rainfall
I should know a thing or two
About rain

It still falls hori...

Categories: deliberative, naturerain, rain, sky,
Form: Free verse

As They Leave (1)

...As they leave,
They leave for us 
Calabash full of sorrow and agony
They leave for men a plate of frustration
And desperation.

As they leave
They leave for women nothing
But cups of tears an...

Categories: deliberative, adventure, allegory, anniversary, education,
Form: I do not know?