Mob justice
...Travis shot a black man, he says it was self defense
They put him in solitary, that punishment is intense.
For 27 months he was in "the hole" let out for just one hour
where he could use a phone, ...
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Categories:
expressly, america, bible, christian, judgement,
Form: Lyric
My Truths
...
Let's dispel the miss-truth of telling:
I can't compel you to think my way.
Instead it's images, word play, rhymes, jangles, sounds and clangs
That I share, th...
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Categories:
expressly, muse, poems, poetry, word
Form: Verse
Elvis Aaron Presley
...The legendary teen idol Elvis Aaron Presley
was criticized for his gyrations, expressly.
And yet, this shooting star went supernova,
morphing into a teenage Casanova.
When this Memphis boy bega...
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Categories:
expressly, america, art, celebrity, character,
Form: Clerihew
Freedom vs Order: Competing Constructs
...Freedom with far Freedom with Order with less Order with far
less emphasis on less emphasis emphasis on less emphasis
Order - on Order - ...
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Categories:
expressly, destiny, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
A Reassessment of Differing Views
...Some feel that Bible verse conclusively
Describes all life explained through liturgy.
Some feel that evolution holds the key
With science leading forth explicitly.
Positions juxtaposed percepti...
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Categories:
expressly, destiny, encouraging, humanity, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Stay Faithful To the Final Day - 1 Timothy 4: 1
...In these days that we live in
the walk of faith is no picnic
attacks come from every side
makes one feel spiritually sick
there is a remedy to all this
seek God first and first alone
worship ...
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Categories:
expressly, bible, endurance, faith,
Form: Rhyme
The Sun
...I am the sun, I energize your day.
I speak expressly to the humid air;
'dry up for a day that is bright and fair.'
I command moisture to dry the lush hay
for non-ruminants to be well nourished.
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Categories:
expressly, nature, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Do It Now
...The night I sat at the bedside of a dear friend's dying sister,
A poem was conceived in my heart and mind, unlike anything
that I had ever experienced. Words of inspiration were being
formed insid...
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Categories:
expressly, write, writing,
Form: Verse
Understatement
...UNDERSTATEMENT
language
confirms
the
familiar
even a weakness
angst
melodrama
wonder
the
significant
reciprocated
precisely
a
modern echo
momentarily
a
slight
fore...
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Categories:
expressly, poetry,
Form: Other
Magic Is the Mind
...MAGIC IS THE MIND
Poetry is to poets a fantasy world,
You can say the truth or be absurd,
You can travel to Venus if you like,
Go by rocket ship or merely hitch hike,
Anything is possible in...
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Categories:
expressly, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Try Me
...TRY ME!
I am expressly on life's totem pole
Come what may, be joyful with heart & soul
Trying to keep pace in this life's phase
Get my boot laced to run this long race
Stride past the days unt...
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Categories:
expressly, 1st grade, encouraging, life,
Form: Rhyme
Erasing Your Memory
...If I could erase the memory, of hate I would
Upon all the humans, of this torn world;
This is expressly how I feel;
This would be a new world for me;
And why would I erase, this the pr...
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Categories:
expressly, analogy, blessing, confidence, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Head of Two Person Patriarchy 2nd Guess
...Domestic chargé d'affaires
became mine bailiwick
dint of the missus being
disinclined and less quick
budgeting, hence I inadvertently
accepted lickity split,
subsequent obligation did
smooth...
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Categories:
expressly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Fissures
...I want to be where
fissures meet
and sentences are passed,
Every step before
arouses immeasurable inquest.
This phase encounters
a dull moment
and deems it appeasing,
To warm its charm
will ...
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Categories:
expressly, loss,
Form: I do not know?
By God's Powerful Scriptures
...Powerfully asserted by God’s preserved Word*
Authenticated by divine righteousness
Our sanctuary-worship is genuinely experienced
In His magnificent holiness, truly sublime…
We must be gl...
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Categories:
expressly, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
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