Critterature: Common Denominators
...A walrus, a whale, and a wildebeest
Have a few things in common to comment on:
They've never read Byron, or Shelley, or Keats,
They don't like asparagus, broccoli, or beets,
Or waiting in line to...
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Categories:
denominators, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Eternity Burns
...Apocalypse kindles
relighting the fire
Malignant denominators
melt from above
Savior disdained
pontificate’s stain
Tomorrow endemic
— in nuclear love
(The New Room: March, 2024)
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Categories:
denominators, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Toasting Therapeutic Trees
...I talk with indigenous treed elders;
Tell them about my distractions
divisions
severance in-between
secular and sacred beings,
between human nature and divine spirit,
between ecological relatio...
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Categories:
denominators, health, integrity, love, nature,
Form: Political Verse
Earthworm
...
It's inevitable the momentum of the large headed human ego....
has finally put mankind over the brink.
There's no coming back
the clock says 1 second 'til midnight.
The earthworms have shed the...
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Categories:
denominators, sick, silence, war,
Form: Free verse
School Time Crush
...Dear strong, mysterious Mr. Richter,
I have adored you all semester.
It's all about the way you say "cosign"
and the command you give to busy equations.
You keep those numbers all in line,
as ...
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Categories:
denominators, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Silver Slivered Rules
...We have the more authoritative
orthodox
scriptural GoldenRule view,
unrealistically presented by matriarchal Holy Spirits
of AnimaMundi:
Do unto others
as you would have others
do unto EarthTr...
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Categories:
denominators, confusion, culture, grief, health,
Form: Political Verse
Find Your Way
...Find your way
from brain stemmed
seed tree infancy
of glorious humanity
history
Find your way
From correct diverse limbic resolutions
back to shared soul temporal-health
co-acclimating div...
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Categories:
denominators, body, education, green, health,
Form: Political Verse
Story of Health Theory
...They say society's heart
is changed by story
and not by theory.
But what is history
if not also a theory about evidence
for healthy and pathological stories?
Experiences,
narratives,
parabl...
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Categories:
denominators, earth, education, environment, history,
Form: Political Verse
Cosmic Arts and Comic Sciences
...WinLose or WinWin
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LoseLose
+/- or +/+
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-/-
Yang/NotYin or Yang/Yin
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NotYang/NotYin
When prime appositional...
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Categories:
denominators, caregiving, green, health, humor,
Form: Political Verse
Doppleganging Fractals
...Many patterns appearing within grasp these few months avoiding them like hurdles cuz they reach into my depths to much
expanding and evolving, scaling my thoughts, weighing 1,2, or 3 tons just mathe...
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Categories:
denominators, meaningful, metaphor, mirror, science,
Form: Rhyme
American Torch
...In the history of first ladies
I never envisioned the strength and power of women that carried a torch of greatness for which they stood.
From Eleanor Roosevelt to Jackie Kennedy…just to name a ...
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Categories:
denominators, beautiful, dedication, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Light Verse
United States
...United states
You and I are not so different,
But still we are worlds apart.
You and I are living with each other beneath the same stars.
You and I are different people living ordinary lives....
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Categories:
denominators, books, change, england, life,
Form: I do not know?
Numbers Subtract At Dawn
...Numbers Subtract At Dawn
(4 & 6 Take Sides)
Number 4 and 6 are safe for the moment basking in their wholeness
In a sun, on their side, as they stand holy in the light
Ere...
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Categories:
denominators, change, conflict, discrimination, education,
Form: Didactic
The Tragic Savant
...“It” embraces “togetherness”
Like blemished mascara on a retired call girl
“It” would speak in aggressive audible banter,
As if crystallized bullhorns were
Strapped
Onto unwelcome seating arra...
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Categories:
denominators, life, slam,
Form: Free verse
Scent To Remind Me
...“SCENT TO REMIND ME”
Favourite fragrances of nature, newness and food
that gently trigger a memory response
familiar warm fuzzy feeling of contentment and happiness
link between present da...
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Categories:
denominators, senses,
Form: Free verse
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