Deterrence Poems

Chinese Arsenal

...the Voice of a Shadowed Engineer

They speak of missiles,
as if war is still waged with fire.
But in the hush of midnight laboratories,
beneath the quartz veins of the Tianshan mountains,
we bu...

Pigeon Deterrence

...The moralists, twenty and two,
Know not what is like to ensue,
When, grasping but smidgeons,
They act as if pigeons;
They’ll probably hate me when through....

Codons of Contempt: A Crime Against Empathy

...
We came not for conquest,
but for containment—
though conquest is what happens
when containment itches beneath the skin
like sulfur spores in a sealed lung.

They had the secret.
Not gold, n...

Purple Prickly Pear

...Spirits of the woodland deep.
Gather, please, at gate.
Shadow, dark fire, through me seep!
Hummingbirds can hate!

Where the prickly pear was grown?
Deep beneath a lake.
Where the angry god wa...

Dun Days

...Dun days? Clouds above in greys?
Sapphire? Purple haze?
Deterrence, dessicate, cays.
Buildings on the raze.

World around in twilight.
Months ahead a-grim.
Heart within me, burn with fight!
C...

Total War

...Tread not on me, brother!
To live is to expand.
Deterrence! Slay the Other!
Cold core countermand!

Boots a-click-clack, cobblestone.
Midnight raid and how!
Help the boy to hold his own!
Sacr...

Stopping Time

...Written By:  D. Collins 3/21/25



The essence of poetry is expressing one's mind.
Able to freeze what's happening at that given time.
...

Evaporating promises

...Diplomacy can be a fig leaf for surrender
A wolf agrees to postpone the dismember
If you want peace, prepare for war
Peacetime is what aggressors use it for.

Countries have interests, leaders h...

- I'm Not A Kitty Cat -

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                                        Frozen ornaments
                                         with fierce tears
                                     Swallowing the lie raw
                  ...

Abolishing the Death Penalty: A Case for Humanity

...The death penalty, a practice rooted in antiquity, continues to evoke controversy and ethical dilemmas in modern society. Despite its purported role in deterring crime and administering justice, the ...

Left of our Climate

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Enveloped in the essence of twilight's hue,
Where dreams collide and realities seem askew.
Let me take you on a flight,
where words dance and emotions ignite.
In the machinations of current c...

Lord God, You Are My Deliverance-Peace Giver

...May 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Esther 1-4

Key Verse – Esther 4:14  For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance ari...

While I Whisper

...With tendencies towards modes abhorrent, I operate
    Hone deterrence to deserved carnal pleasure consolidate
    Intentional extension of potential paths provoke
    Libidinous grasping of bliss...

A Tricolour Tribal President

...A Tribal  Tricolour President 

Welcome Lady President of hills 
Unknown to world; till other day
Miracles happen in a flash 
Just as Draupadi in Mahabharat

Madam Draupadi enters Raisina hill...

Forgiveness

...If it were to be foe, I could bear it; He was my friend;
Why should he betray me? In public that too; at the end;
I kept him aside like a bone separated from meat,
Avoided the rarest of places whe...

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