Musing on the Death Penalty
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A double murderer
Shot before a firing squad
Justice or revenge?
An eye for an eye
So, the old law book conveys
Punishment for sin
Society’s way
To rid town square of wrongs
Yet, death ...
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Categories:
door latch, 12th grade, abuse, death,
Form: Haiku
Quest
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The clinking toward an adventure.
The door latch of an old manor
to enter an obscure maze
and defy the legend.
A basement with tombs
and oubliettes.
And a dart
to meet
death.
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Categories:
door latch, adventure, fear, games, mystery,
Form: Nonet
Door Without a Latch
...It's no true door without a latch,
After closure,still easy catch:
Robber to one's helpless things snatch;
A firm structure turns a bad thatch
And up with things one starts to patch!
It's no G...
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Categories:
door latch, cry, evil, house, money,
Form: Rhyme
My Grandson
...He recently turned one
Got his first hair cut
blue jeans with pockets.
His gait has changed
almost as if he knows
he’s headed somewhere
not now, maybe
when he figures out the door latch.
He k...
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Categories:
door latch, fun, grandfather, humor, kid,
Form: Free verse
Chicken Poop
...everything came from the back door
a peace offering sandwich
something to be lost on the clothes line
and when the door slamed close
chickens scramed with their necks crained back
in their tradi...
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Categories:
door latch, addiction,
Form: Prose Poetry
Way Back Then
...Way back then when I was two,
I couldn't even tie my shoe.
But I could stand up on a chair
to retrieve my teddy bear.
Way back then when I was four,
I'd sneak out the doggie door,
cause the d...
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Categories:
door latch, humor, humorous, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme