An Eye for an Eye
...Some people say revenge is sweet,
but its true source is from beneath.
The cycle of violence it spawns,
new horrors breed as each day dawns.
When wrong is done, justice demands,
wrongdoers, fo...
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Categories:
feuds, god, judgement, philosophy, religious,
Form: Rhyme
I love to pray
...after “Lead, Kindly Light” by Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
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Centuries saw god-fearing folks
There was faith,...
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Categories:
feuds, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Much Ado About Something
...“Much Ado About Nothing”
Romeo’s love doesn’t fall through,
As Tybalt piques his fancy too.
And Juliet,
Not in love yet
Chills out on Tinder and Temu.
William, don’t mind the premise ...
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Categories:
feuds, humorous,
Form: Limerick
For The Life Of Me
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God, for the life of me, I know not why
we have not learned a way to live in peace.
As in the past, our wars still nullify
this yearning by not finding ways to cease.
The feuds betw...
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Categories:
feuds, peace, prayer, world,
Form: Dizain
A Wake on the Night Before Christmas
...'Twas the night before Christmas, and insomnia befell,
No creature was stirring, but my thoughts are pell-mell.
Would the family squabbles and feuds come with the cheer?
Would I have to drown them...
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Categories:
feuds, celebration, christmas, family, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Literary Feud Among - Pt 2
...Step Forward McCarthy vs. Hellman
What is this The Digital Crucible of Truth?
On a stage of scrutiny,
titans c l a s h—
McCarthy's words, a web of accusations
S l i c...
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Categories:
feuds, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Literary Feud Among - Pt 1
...Prelude to what…..
I see you, / you / yes, come into my……
laboratory of alchemist mystical languaging.
where arsenic spills into the whirlpool of thought
and savage syntax shatter li...
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Categories:
feuds, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Family Feuds
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Brothers and sisters are born to fight
over who’s always wrong and who's never right
They drink this propensity in with their mother’s milk ~
for she and her husband bang hea...
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Categories:
feuds, brother, conflict, husband, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Picture warts and all
...The picture on the parlor wall captures
A frozen memento of lives lived long ago.
With all its creatures, scenes and features,
Arrayed like animals, in a parade on show.
Dicky bird smiles entic...
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Categories:
feuds, image, perspective,
Form: Sonnet
big ticket
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* an updated version of a piece I wrote for my favorite baller, Kevin Garnett *
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intensity ... defined
excuses were for gods and gamblers
(lesser giants with fairer feuds)
HE ... w...
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Categories:
feuds, analogy, basketball,
Form: Free verse
Dancing Mad
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I
Standing in a glass cube
As rain falls all around
The fate of the world
Is up for sale
Valkyries burst like bombs
As the forces of evil push us down
Lightning lances across the sky
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Categories:
feuds, conflict, imagination, meaningful, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Last Drop Of Their Blood
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In a realm where feuds festered, fierce and free,
Two clans clashed, Kovacs and Petrovics, starkly set.
Amidst the mountains, a tale of sorrow spun,
Where bloodied bonds bespoke a bitter deb...
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Categories:
feuds, absence, addiction, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Flower that never fades
...Oh, God we know our life is.
But a flower that blooms and goes.
In this, treasured time in your presence.
Keep one clear from feuds of tangled weeds.
That lives to choke out the light by dirty de...
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Categories:
feuds, faith,
Form: Free verse
The Hungry Stones - I
...I
As things do return home like a refrain,
On way back from a country tour were we,
A leisurely long trip—my kin and me,
And met a quaint character on the train,
As I recall, in his late li...
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Categories:
feuds, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Foe Forgiveness Joy
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Written: December 24, 2023, For Anoucheka Gangabissoon Contest
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Forgiveness is felicity fetching a hefty feud.
It warms our heart...
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Categories:
feuds, analogy, confusion, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
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