I AM POETRY
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I AM POETRY
‘In the Beginning
was the Word’
light penetrated dark
sound big-banged birthed
three in One creating
~ P o e t r y ~
I am this poised superlative
unchangi...
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Categories:
existentially, allegory, character, creation, deep,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Presidential Pronouncement
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Our precocious President pronounces,
in patent ad hominem attack,
that those deplorable disagreeables
are notably Neanderthal.
He might be technically correct;
nasty Neanderthals existentia...
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Categories:
existentially, bullying,
Form: Alliteration
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library
...Toddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum and a thunderous beast
With playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide to dreams just out of reach
Soaring through tales of barny...
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Categories:
existentially, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative
The Pain Sweet
...Existentially you think
you know me
having eaten a slice
of my mind
delicious you think
the bubbling froth
of this poetry
peppered with sprinkles
of rising undertones
the sugar depth ch...
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Categories:
existentially, muse, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Gaslit
...("Snake II", 2015, original block print)
Gaslit
In these times of constant parading
The emperor in his new gown
Sets the fashion for the whole world
Everywhere you look
People blindl...
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Categories:
existentially, perspective, society,
Form: Narrative
Two Pillars
...The two pillars of my poetry:
factual symbol and symbolic fact
without them,
I could not be able to write,
therefore
I would not exist
existentially....
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Categories:
existentially, love,
Form: Free verse
Nirvana
...I find myself seated within a chest of angel fare,
I see the cherubims fluttering around merrily,
I experience, each moment, an unknown tender care;
A cavern of calmness engulfs me voluntarily...!...
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Categories:
existentially, faith, hope, life, trust,
Form: Sonnet
Wave of Fantasy
...Me again:
Blue parrots screech hawkers off the streets
Where rats and mobile devices scream
Insults into the ears of the sewars.
Whiskers and teardrops and plops of fun
Which dangle relentlessly...
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Categories:
existentially, beautiful, blue, fear, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Coming Out Party
...An active adolescent auld adored
before bipolar behavior began,
articulating anger all abhorred,
became Beelzebub’s best boogeyman.
Called clergy congregated, confident,
discerning deep down, ...
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Categories:
existentially, evil,
Form: Sonnet
A Piece of Writing In Process
...Once a poet is done psychically with his or her craft
With the vernacular of his or her masterpieces
It’s the role of the readers to add mentally missing pieces
Parts, ideas, images, a few words a...
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Categories:
existentially, adventure, creation, emotions, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
To Be Or Not To Be Human
...A window of opportunity, arose on planet earth,
Reality is revealed, human intelligence gives birth,
Our mind opens possibilities, but questions coincide,
Trying to find answers, demise we might j...
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Categories:
existentially, how i feel, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Wonderment
...Why am I here? Not existentially
but literally why am I here in the
crawlspace. "Why are any of us
here?" Woh! Who are you
people?...
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Categories:
existentially, fantasy, funny, horror, humor,
Form: Epigram
Wisdom of the Owl
...I saw her standing in the grass…an owl…tiny, proud…but mute
which I thought odd because in the early morning owls usually love to hoot.
I‘ve heard owls are intelligent…and are said to be wise too...
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Categories:
existentially, wisdom,
Form: Verse
The Conversion In Rio
...The East Meets West Philosophy Association
had their annual 2020 conference in Rio,
when and where anything multiculturally lusty
is more likely to happen,
especially between sunset
and sunrise....
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Categories:
existentially, green, health, humor, passion,
Form: Political Verse
Consanguinity Begets Anomalies
...Offspring between close family members
not biologically fit nor ablest
even if direct immediate relations
consider themselves best
buddies, emotionally intimate, and offload
heavy matters weighi...
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Categories:
existentially, baby, body, conflict, confusion,
Form: Free verse
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