With dimming moonlight ebbing slowly,
treading the path to lands deemed holy,
here walks a tired man, an aged pilgrim,
with his frail shadow following him.
He maunders on in search of that bed
where he can lay down his weary head,
and draw earthy sheets over tired eyes,
life's unbalanced sums thus totalise.
Return to nature with final act
what he took: no more, no less…exact.
Too exact Revenge
I hold a strand of enemies’ hair.
I will carve my exact revenge.
Plant the root deep down Hell
For her to be punished and held captive
Where she can’t reach it
Watch her burn, watch her sweat,
Just like she did to me.
Light a candle, read prayer
Burn strand over candle
Leaving candle all night
Preferably 3 am to 4 am.
ps. if not got candle , just touch picture
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At the counter’s edge,
my childhood fingers fumble coins~
pennies like fallen stars,
nickels cold as lost teeth.
Start with the price
the clerk says,
her voice a slow, patient river.
I press a dollar bill in my hand,
waiting for the math
to unspool in my palms.
Quarters roll home first,
then dimes—sharp
as I hear Mother, Try again.
The register sighs.
My breath knots,
but the numbers,
suddenly,
step backward
into my hands:
exact change,
warm
as a secret.
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Crossing into a parallel universe one day
I met my exact double
‘cept his hair was gray
I greeted him right away
but that turned his hair green
He looked askance at me,
muttered, ‘Strangest hair I’ve
ever seen.’
Not one at a slight to back down
I called him ‘Gershon Clown’
Once more looking askance at me
lips fast frozen in a frown
My son is an exact duplicate of me
In all respects born under the same tree
He's a bit more extreme
Owns a bigger dream
But really quite similar way down deep
An Exact Fact Will Enact
was part of an act
so exact fact must enact
and remain intact
Jim Horn
A-crostic
Z-one
U-ses
C-elebrant's
E-xact
N-ame
A-s
D-edication
E-mploys
L-itterateur's
A-nnual
M-essage
A-bout
T-he
A-ffair
Topic: Birthday of Azucena dela Mata (March 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Feel more
Sense core
Love heals
Be still
Touch each
Fine reach
Be clear
Prize cheer
Watch wit
Groom fit
Word well
Love tells
Sculpt art
Feel heart
Soul knows
What flows
Gaze grand
Dear friend
Leon Enriquez
10 September 2019
Singapore
L-ove
U-ses
I-ts
J-oy
I-n
E-xact
M-oment
I-f
L-ife
A-bates
N-egativity
Topic: Birthday of Luijie M. Milan (December 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-essages
A-re
R-emembering
Y-our
A-nnual
N-atal
N-iceness
F-inding
E-xact
L-ines
I-n
P-roper
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Mary Ann Felipe (January 22)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
T-he
H-eart's
E-xact
R-hythm
E-xpresses
S-weet
A-ffection
A-nd
N-ot
N-egative
M-otion
O-f
O-ne's
R-aging
E-motion
Topic: Poetess (Theresa Ann Moore)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-esearch
O-n
D-efinite
E-xact
R-eality
I-s
C-omplete
K-nowledge
P-rocess
A-s
S-ystematic
C-heck
U-ses
A-ccurate
L-earning
Topic: Birthday of Roderick G. Pascual (May 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-o write the exact sentence,
H-iding not a single word;
A-im to show the statement,
I-f the line is actually heard.
E-agerly tell the exact sentence,
S-o the truth will not be twisted;
G-ive the particular fact,
U-se not the lies from evil head.
E-arly twenty-sixth of November,
R-eport the event in good sense;
R-ead first to fully understand,
A-im to say the exact sentence.
E-xact words of the verse
R-each the seeking eyes;
W-isdom written within
I-s meaningful and
N-ice.
T-hirteenth of November Monday,
A-n ode touches the readers;
N-ew acrostic is penned in exact words of the verse.
React To An Exact Fact
Are many ways we can react,
To sound and presence of a fact,
You have found and about read.
Cover from it you should shed
Easier will be to end up exact.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
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