Goliath's Stone
...Downwind
of my perception
Upwind
before the fall
Immune
in my protection
From dullards
at the mall
The past
remains in focus
The future
but a myth
My words
fall out of judgment
Each...
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Categories:
dullards, time,
Form: Rhyme
San Francisco’s Soulmates
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San Francisco Soulmates
You discovered the ever-seeking soul in me!
Looking for truth, for all of mankind to see!
Unaccepting of all...
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Categories:
dullards, beautiful, happiness, husband, in
Form: Rhyme
The Power of Love
...There is no denying the power of love.
It is a splendid teacher
Quite adept at instructing us
In ways that completely alter our character,
And telling us how to be what we never were,
Or never e...
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Categories:
dullards, love, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
The Holy Land
...The Holy Land neath hammer blows -
is this what Jesus prophesied:
when sad-sack’s hanged like mistletoes
the sightless see a suicide;
when thousands fall like dominoes
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Categories:
dullards, conflict, death, humanity, war,
Form: Rhyme
THE SONG SANG BY MY HEART FOR YOU
...Your intelligence is of higher value than trillions of dollars,
Your wisdom can give wiseness to even the worst of dullards,
Your greatness will surely walk into many generations like a good ballar...
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Categories:
dullards, appreciation, birthday, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Sheep With Attitude
...Sheep with attitude did the cha cha cha
I am kidding actually, you know that Ma.
These two arrogant ninnies take themselves too seriously
Their faces are always staid and staunch, I said deliriou...
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Categories:
dullards, animal,
Form: Rhyme
San Francisco Soulmates
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San Francisco Soulmates
You discovered the ever-seeking soul in me!
Looking for truth, for all of mankind to see!
Unacce...
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Categories:
dullards, aubade, husband, memory, philosophy,
Form: Quatrain
Manly Trousers Pressed Into Ejactulating Spats
...MANLY TROUSERS PRESSED INTO EJACTULATING SPATS THIS man of god large belly and buttons with a big gollywog voice \his madness of conviction for personal interpretation //behind psychosis and need for...
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Categories:
dullards, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Anacoluthon Knights
...i can never tell you how displeased readers
are by that position the singular
moment when nothing makes any sense
to them at all but only to a few brilliant pebbles
that soar across th...
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Categories:
dullards, allegory, identity, writing,
Form: Free verse
Stephane Mallarme Translations
...These are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme.
The Tomb of Edgar Poe
by Stéphane Mallarmé
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Trans...
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Categories:
dullards, eulogy, extended metaphor, french,
Form: Sonnet
Force Majeure Denunciation
...We the People,
We were never consulted,
invited or agreed to the the 1999 constitution
never resolved to live together as drafted by the Military lies in the document,
Invisible, indisso...
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Categories:
dullards, absence, break up, change,
Form: Free verse
Golden Quill Quest
...White doves sit on our window sill
One ponders peace, eternal will
Countless dreams does it now fulfill
Cradled in hope's hands, not to spill
Dullards seek weak concepts to kill
Artists think ...
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Categories:
dullards, art, death, dream, fate,
Form: Monorhyme
Disney Princesses Go Clubbing
...Let’s go to the bathroom, I said to the girls. There were six of them actually.
Mulan, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Tiara, and me, Snow White, factually.
None had to go. Belle actually never look...
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Categories:
dullards, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Enough Already
...Enough Already!
You’re dawn’s ghost of a chance each new day can find meaning,
dusk’s thanks to creation, for gifts we’ve received.
You paint rhythm on roadblocks blank m...
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Categories:
dullards, faith, poetry, science, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Dangerously Dramatic Damsels
...Dangerously and dramatic, delightful diamond-clad damsels from Delaware
deviously dazzled dashing dapper dweebs from Des Moines.
Deliberate dallying drained the dullards of their discerning dendrit...
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Categories:
dullards, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
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