An unexceptional turning point in our marriage
...An unexceptional turning point in our marriage...
unexpectedly came about,
when possible prospect
of the wife going
to Puerto Rico by herself
(for a fêted celebration
of our eldest daughter
...
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Categories:
emasculation, absence, abuse, adventure, anger,
Form: Rhyme
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
...The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
I led a boring life.
The end.
All joking aside, now the epilogue.
As a bookish fellow born Januar...
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Categories:
emasculation, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
neither cleanliness nor godliness do I abide
...neither cleanliness nor godliness do I abide
rather yours truly doth thrive
on keeping the ethos, mythos,
and pathos of Pigpen alive
subjected to eternal
abomination, brutalization,
condemnatio...
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Categories:
emasculation, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Lilith
...As a figure in history and legend, she is mythic
but was regarded as parasitic and horrific.
She was demonized and dehumanized;
a woman so fiery,
known for notoriety and impropriety;
a mistress...
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Categories:
emasculation, gender, myth, symbolism, woman,
Form: Rhyme
A Meadow For Autumn
...A meadow for Autumn
Forest, I lay me down to rest
upon bed of moss.
Eternal sleep immediately overtakes me
lichen kenning myself
as Rip Van Winkle
except being repurposed
as oldest li...
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Categories:
emasculation, animal, appreciation, autumn, creation,
Form: Free verse
Shame and Guilt Sabotaged Mine Healthy Growth
...Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth...
and let yours truly not forget emasculation
that prickly emotional immobilization
whereby these lovely bones
subject courtesy senescence
upon...
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Categories:
emasculation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Once Pawn a Time
...Once pawn a time...
About four plus weeks after
frazzling fiasco from friggin fraudsters
white knight still mourns swindled money
Lynne Costello Senior Civil Investigator
(assistant to Philade...
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Categories:
emasculation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Juan Tells You He Is An Immigrant, Northern Mexico
...Juan tells you he is an immigrant, northern mexico
that he learned to speak english in iowa
and these coupled are the reason
Juan's accent is different
Juan is not mexican
Juan lives in fear of...
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Categories:
emasculation, anti bullying, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
I Am Ill Eke Quipped To Dusk Hoover Dawn Ting Task of Badinage
...I am ill eke quipped to dusk hoover dawn ting task of badinage
Indentured gumption forsaken
courtesy each pulled wisdom-tooth
this hug gust aspiring writer..., albeit youth
fool looking imp po...
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Categories:
emasculation, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Mine Gerund Farming, Tilling, and Harvesting Illogical Weltanschauung
...Mine gerund farming, tilling, and harvesting illogical weltanschauung
Twas accursed destiny
since birth (maybe coded in
deoxyribonucleic acid
since time immemorial) alas and alack
nascent em...
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Categories:
emasculation, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Groundswell of Emotional Blessedness
...Groundswell Of Emotional Blessedness
Ebullience exudes from mine every pore
courtesy festive mood in the air,
thus acknowledgment to the following:
thank you All Poetry, COSMOFUNNEL,
Faceboo...
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Categories:
emasculation, adventure, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Argh Daylight Savings Time Ends Two Am November 6th 2022
...Argh daylight savings time ends – 2:00 AM November 6th 2022
Hour hands of o'clock get set back
sixty minutes gaining extra hour of Autumn
round about this same day of November
every year, wha...
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Categories:
emasculation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Harris Fortitude Went Awol
...lest ye seek alms
with outfaced palms
just imagine
how the lantern shone
against the knees of Archelaus,
and lit up the check-board pattern
of the eleemosynary trousers
Fatigued civilian...
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Categories:
emasculation, 12th grade, adventure, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
I Experience Languor Getting Auld
...As a bouncing baby boy
syne of tragic travails in the offing tolled
courtesy analogous bell think Pavlov's employ;
yours truly me mama's apron strings rolled
secure around stubby fingers brought ...
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Categories:
emasculation, 12th grade, absence, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Matthew Scott Harris Whar Art Thou *****
...Matthew Scott Harris, whar art thou *****?
The following admission
honest to dogness haint no bunk
nobody, but yours truly
bore deeply and countersunk
his spontaneity satisfactorily
lightweig...
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Categories:
emasculation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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