If the Old Shovel Had Voice -Small Edits
My owner Jon has bought a bright new shovel
But keeps me in this corner of the barn.
I’m very glad to be here by my lonesome,
no longer party to his wicked deeds.
He used to throw me into his black van
every other month or so at night.
He’d drive a long ways out into a forest.
He’s got a
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Categories:
edits, dark,
Form: Blank verse
Who Edits
WHO EDITS?
I read the news,
I watch the news,
I listen to the news,
I read Google for views,
Someone edits all this stuff,
Well, I guess that's tough,
Whose agenda is manipulative?
Media ghouls so negative,
Their agenda is too much,
Haven't normals had enough?
Well, I guess that's tough,
Who edits all this stuff?
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Categories:
edits, angst, society, writing,
Form: Free verse
Edits of My Life
EDITS OF MY LIFE
The years scrolled down like pages
Lots of memories to highlight
Bad times not deleted
That wouldn’t feel right.
Sometimes the years just flowed
Almost perfect from the start
Others were a struggle
Etched forever in my heart
There were missing commas
Brief respites from the pain
Transitions were never easy
But life went on again.
We’d seen unexpected full
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Categories:
edits, appreciation, feelings, life,
Form: I do not know?
Home (Repost With Edits)
...for Virginia
Floating under the surface,
stones weighting her body,
gremlins and goblins
are hobbling her soul.
Images jar,
memories jostle,
her compass is gone
yet she's in full control.
Full to o'erflowing,
her faculties failing,
she's one with the fishes,
at last she is whole.
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Categories:
edits, loss
Form: Quatrain
Edits Okay
Diet is really edit misspelled.
I'd rather think of it that way.
It seems easier to modify,
Than it does to take away.
Diet is also a harsh word.
Starvation leaps to mind.
A jailer who throws the key away,
Because eating is a crime.
Edit is a nicer word.
Rearranged
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Categories:
edits, allegory, food, parody,
Form: Rhyme