You Can Get By With Murder
...I scoff when I hear people say “You can’t get by with murder.”
You can. Serial murderers prove that on a daily basis.
Sometimes DNA evidence found thirty years later exonerates a prisoner.
A victi...
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Categories:
exonerates, murder,
Form: Free verse
School
...School
A teacher smiles with the bad news
He won’t get his grades, in their view
He’s wasted ten years attending school
he’s good in PE and the swimming pool
It’s last-ditch, with exams mon...
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Categories:
exonerates, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Where Bumbles Bounce
...Demon, tread thee soft near me, I burn, your hellish progeny
Born of you 'midst bumbling ire - frozen stiff with spiteful fire
Every secret gained in treason begs to hone an edge of reason
Ragge...
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Categories:
exonerates, analogy, deep, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Praise Triangles
... abecedarian
God is absolute; God is able; God is almighty.
God beckons; God bestows; God blesses.
God is the Creator; God is the Christ; God is the Comforter.
God designs; God direct...
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Categories:
exonerates, prayer, spiritual,
Form: Abecedarian
Pain Drips
...It seems at times we play sad parts.
Dancing on the edge of obscurity.
Music played on broken harps.
One step away from insanity.
We cling with a fervored grip.
How we hold on is a mystery.
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Categories:
exonerates, pain,
Form: Terza Rima
Moments Like This
...The stars quickly dim,
taking their place behind stretching clouds,
as the allure of night fades
and the lamp of the world switches on.
Morning's scent steals grace from sleeps convalescent ether...
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Categories:
exonerates, introspection, life, loss, love,
Form: Free verse