Paradoxal Love
...Sometimes I ask myself if
it would've been better
to have never loved
at all
For me it's the ins & outs
of the fall that are
really discouraging
The idea of purging this
emotion is freeing t...
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Categories:
enrages, beauty, introspection, love, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Comedy 101
...
Real comedy is bold
it's straight and blunt
there's no white gloves
or polite niceties
Real comedy is harsh
without playing dirty
it smacks you in the face
and punches in the gut
Real c...
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Categories:
enrages, change, world,
Form: Free verse
Damnation
...You might not like it
you may not agree
But religion’s the problem
the real enemy
A blind ideology
that kills to maintain
A false image of God
to blaspheme and profane
The Koran—the Crusades
...
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Categories:
enrages, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Scorched Earth Social Policing
...a thousand tragedies paned
onto the community headlines
slashes the idle spirits
the wound enrages them to
seek out sadistic glee for the sake
to title themselves as 'woken.'
pitchforks an...
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Categories:
enrages, allegory, extended metaphor, social,
Form: Free verse
The Melancholy and the Pale Machinery Part Iv
...Of pale melancholy
And the infinite fall
Of broken machinery
Cast upon vast shores
Decimation reservation
The prodigal son returns
Jagged reigns of jaded egos
Amber suns stretching upon...
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Categories:
enrages, allegory, allusion, analogy, art,
Form: Free verse
The New Concept of Romance
...One can fall in love madly
if he accepts it and believes it;
someone else might choose to be free
and regret his decision when he'll be lonely:
what will you pick and stick to it?
It might be un...
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Categories:
enrages, devotion, dream, feelings, love,
Form: Lyric
This Forgotten Chapel
...
The chapel wall ornate brass findings are long gone as no more
Years of dust and debris lie upon, the now no longer used pews
Pieces from the stain glass windows, broken upon the tiled floor
In ...
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Categories:
enrages, death, religion, visionary, words,
Form: Pantoum
Coronavirus Came From China
...Coronavirus Came From China
By Franklin Price
03/27/2020
Coronavirus came from China
At least that's what they say
Matters not, where it came from
It's with us here today
Has spread throug...
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Categories:
enrages, anger, betrayal, health, political,
Form: Rhyme
Take This, Spenser
...My husband's like to water, I to oil.
We're masters of the knock-down, drag-out brawl.
We just don't mix. I cause his blood to boil
and he enrages me. The dude has gall!
From "Water and Oi...
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Categories:
enrages, anger, marriage, parody,
Form: Quatrain
Water and Oil, a Parody
...my parody
My husband's like to water, I to oil.
We're masters of the knock-down, drag-out brawl.
We just don't mix. I cause his blood to boil
and he enrages me. The dude has gall!
Why in the...
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Categories:
enrages, marriage, parody,
Form: Sonnet
Who Is Right
...Everybody has a point of view to express…that’s one of the joys of being free.
But what happens in a country when two sides completely disagree?
We end up fighting a war of words with both sides ...
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Categories:
enrages, inspiration,
Form: Verse
My Rapport and Affinity With Nature- Collaboration
...I am drawn to beautiful wild scenery and landscapes
lured, enchanted and enthralled by the native creatures
with magnetic fascination . . .
I feel a kinship and connection to the natural world an...
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Categories:
enrages, humanity, nature, universe, world,
Form: Free verse
Makes My Blood Boil
...it infuriates me so
kids anxious
to get their grubby hands
on their inheritance
~ their due!
anxious to claim their jackpot
uncouth arrogance and greed
so what if it’s at the expense
of...
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Categories:
enrages, anger, money, parents,
Form: Free verse
Now Casus Belli Upon the Head of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
...NOW - casus belli upon the head of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
Greenlighted signal activating
opprobrious rapacious incestuous grievous...
Alabama Human Life Protection Act approved
desecration a...
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Categories:
enrages, abortion, abuse, age, america,
Form: Political Verse
The Man Who Puts Kids In Cages
...The man who puts kids in cages
Laughs at the folks it enrages
Whilst taxpayers bleed
Republicans need
Bilingual pedophile Pages...
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Categories:
enrages, betrayal, bullying, child abuse,
Form: Limerick
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