A Legacy of Virtue
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Not all inherit a father's noble name,
Some learn deceit, others theft, and shame.
But I, blessed with a virtuous sire,
Inherited values that my heart desires.
My children will learn to rever...
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Categories:
emancipator, blessing, care, faith, family,
Form: Didactic
Renaissance - First Place Contest Winner
...The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. By Leonardo da Vinci.
In a chasm of hate, shards descend,
Crystallized thoughts; thei...
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Categories:
emancipator, appreciation, character, encouraging, recovery
Form: Rubaiyat
Ark
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"Ark"
books have eyes here
they sense things
through the turning of leaves
strange chapters
they listen to small sounds
loud lives lived quietly
they are grou...
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Categories:
emancipator, animal, environment, planet,
Form: Free verse
A 1952s
...A 1952s
I pulled the penny from my pocket to toss it
In the change jar. All my change goes immediately
Into the jar upon arriving home. There it collects
Until I go to the bank and have it spu...
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Categories:
emancipator, endurance, money,
Form: Free verse
The Mind Is a Temple Within a Kingdom
...Two kings wage war on the same crown.
To which the fate of your kingdom is bound.
Destined collision.
Of a manifesting mechanism.
The great schism of barbarism and wisdom.
Ruling over a nat...
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Categories:
emancipator, conflict, introspection, mythology, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Revere the Founding Fathers, Part Ii
......And Alexander Hamilton,
though know for controversy,
served alongside Washington
in the war to make us free.
Helped build up our new armed forces,
set the stage for our economics,
the prospe...
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Categories:
emancipator, america, appreciation, freedom, history,
Form: Rhyme
Juneteenth
...JUNETEENTH
Jesus Christ is Lord
Unsurpassed
Nazarene of all Nazarenes
Emmanuel - God with us
Teacher
Exemplary in all ways
Emancipator of mankind
Neophyte recipient
Three in One
21 J...
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Categories:
emancipator, christian, inspirational, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Acrostic
Paul, Peter and the Tweeter
...Paul, Peter and the Tweeter
Why not choose,
a billionaire leader?
One who is not
an eloquent speaker.
Trouble rises,
he robs Paul to pay Peter.
The bold rich need tax savings,
forget about ...
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Categories:
emancipator, anxiety, celebrity, confusion, environment,
Form: Political Verse
Terrible Towards Traitor
...Terrible Towards Traitor
Always would be terrible towards a traitor;
Realizing there is someone who was greater;
Eyes baggy and sagging,
And behind not lagging;
Ended up being called Great Ema...
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Categories:
emancipator, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Easter
...Ethereal Ascendant Sacred Transcendent Emmanuel Redeemer
Emissary Afflicted Submitted Triumphant Evangel Reformer
Exemplum Agonist Servant Teacher Em...
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Categories:
emancipator, bible, christian, easter, faith,
Form: Acrostic
Foreboding -- Song of Demagogia
...Introduction
From the city on the river
Where the Sage of Monticello
And the Great Emancipator
Birthed the country, saved the nation,
Sounds a call for civil discord
In the service of ambitio...
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Categories:
emancipator, anger, conflict, future, leadership,
Form: Free verse
The Dark Artist Rewrite
...An artist's pen
Whose veins are of
Cold black ink, that bleed
Through the pages of time.
Fear not for dark realms,
Of torture, are but ignorant myths.
I have found solace
In the arms of Morp...
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Categories:
emancipator, art, beauty, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Life Poet
...Life Poet
Contemporaneously, my thoughts ponder.
I know that the light of day supervenes when it does.
But when night comes, the blinds are yet left open.
The streetlights provide the f...
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Categories:
emancipator, conflict, future, image, leadership,
Form: Imagism
The Dark Artist
...Death,
A fate foretold
Since the beginning of time
Master of time,
Misunderstood,
And feared by many.
Some say your power is a curse
Some a blessing
Emancipator of souls,
Bestow freed...
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Categories:
emancipator, art, beauty, death, deep,
Form: Free verse