Counting Sea Lions
...A man with horn-rimmed glasses
knelt in the sand
thinking: "my office just got a whole lot bigger."
He had just flown from sea to shining sea
to survey the sea lions.
He walked barefoot to a r...
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Categories:
distaining, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Straightforward
...Truth, justice and the American way…*
Back up to Pilate
“What is truth?”
If you can question it
than you can let go of it
An honest answer
forbidden, revoked, crucified
Who is t...
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Categories:
distaining, bible, truth,
Form: Didactic
Spring-Heeled Jack
...SPRING-HEELED JACK
Spring-Heeled Jack was a very odd chap,
And a very odd chap was he.
His eyes glowed like a pyre,
He wore batman’s attire.
He was frightful not least
Because from the ...
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Categories:
distaining, mystery, nursery rhyme, scary,
Form: Rhyme
The Hangman's Whisper
...A gathering of whispers travel from breath to breath,
much like trains picking up chattering gossips along its
route. With breath held, they stand and wait to join the
last exhale of the wretch ...
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Categories:
distaining, obituary,
Form: Free verse
Insanity
...The hand that lets go will find its grip
The planted foot will surely slip
an open eye is often blind
a heavy head can close the mind
the leaning ear may not listen
choices may not become a deci...
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Categories:
distaining, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Jaded Crystal
...She went by the name of Crystal
Faded but straight as a pistol
Face showing the tick of the clock
Many times she had circled the block
Married twice but soon learned the rule:
‘Don’t tie yoursel...
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Categories:
distaining, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Vice Averse
..." The other way around, not now, by God's grace
not hiding but seeking your face.
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Categories:
distaining, faith, introspection, religion,
Form: Couplet