The Disguise in Little White Lies
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I never said the fish was that big,
just long enough for your surprise.
Yes, the sky did fall down once -
though not in ways you've come upon.
The art of the little white lie
is a Trojan hor...
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Categories:
demeans, allusion, magic,
Form: Free verse
Pride
...Do not wear pride like a necklace
For God detests pride and arrogance
Pride does not go unpunished
Pride leads to disgrace
Humility is rewarded with wisdom
While pride begets destruction...
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Categories:
demeans, abuse, christian, corruption, evil,
Form: Free verse
Why Can't We Refrain
...Why Can’t We Refrain From:
Gossip that hurts us
War that kills us
Hatred that divides us
Revenge that destroys us
Prejudice that separates us
Selfishness that defines us
Greed that impoveris...
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Categories:
demeans, sin,
Form: Free verse
We Still Sinking
...Although you've watched the world
and rode the word
You've never known your age
until at 60 it arrives
Decidedly single
albeit with penfriends
you straddle the torments
70s music for recomp...
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Categories:
demeans, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Exhausted
...Exhausted
I once loved a man so much, that I yearned for his touch.
His complex issues, were so confusing.
Bruising our emotions.
Where we once joyfully danced to, Pachelbel Canon In D.
The pai...
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Categories:
demeans, absence, abuse, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Divorce In America
...Through rose colored glasses we see a universe full of opportunity, desire, obstacles, triumphs.
The journey of love offers optimism for most.
But a broken heart demeans the soul, all the while nih...
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Categories:
demeans, absence, betrayal, depression, divorce,
Form: Rhyme
My Boss, Our Mentor
...A gentleman that acted in noble motives of men, He’s my HERO
He never demeans others when he easily can, He’s my HERO
A mentor that lives in Champions never dies, He’s my HERO
He that converted so...
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Categories:
demeans, dark, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Daring Universe, Shines Its Glow On Earth
...Daring Universe, Shines Its Glow On Earth
Daring universe, shine its glow on earth
Child prays for all of its pitiful worth
Poverty born, yet bestowed with a gift
Sweet blessing to write verses...
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Categories:
demeans, art, child, dedication, desire,
Form: Narrative
The Bare Infinitive and the Meaning of Life
...THE BARE INFINITIVE
Look: up above the stratosphere
Outside the earth's blanket veneer
Beyond planets stars and galaxy
Past even faintest nebulae
Far from the pull of gravity
Free of Dark...
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Categories:
demeans, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Soul Aches
...The soul aches for
what the mind demeans
While the heart weeps
the brain whirs and spins...
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Categories:
demeans, heart, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Let Misinterpretation Remain Sparse
...Human race, don’t boast on the casualty coast
Frisking, seeking, pricking and nicking the truth
On a continental coast as to your truth you toast
Sending to Coventry the uncouth
Pummeling the t...
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Categories:
demeans, poems,
Form: Free verse
Who Won
...The amiable knife
demeans it might
schizophrenic in sight
takes the plunge
Savouring the blight
lures the fight
He waited too long
serendipitous sight
For I stole the knife....
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Categories:
demeans, allegory, allusion, analogy, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Shooting Stars
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Why
are there
stars in heaven above
annoying pinpricks in the firmament?
No need for black holes if all stars were shot on sight.
The reach for the stars is hopeless they are so far aw...
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Categories:
demeans, stars,
Form: Free verse
Another Slice Please
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A slice of Americana
love their Mar-a-Lago cream cheese pastry
immorality a lot
They crave their leadership cake ...
spin-sugar batter laced,
full of vulgarities and obscenities
in ...
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Categories:
demeans, character, political, satire, truth,
Form: Dramatic Verse
In the Seventies
...I wore popular shin high white boots,
The top in rage of disco dancing queens.
The Bee Gees were the utmost in the clan
The alter of quantifying demeans.
Revolutionary, the stance we took,
The...
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Categories:
demeans, fashion, grief, war,
Form: Rhyme
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