I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T Clarence
...I wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence
The following crafted
approximately midway
into the administration
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping...
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Categories:
fire resistant, america, anxiety, appreciation, character,
Form: Rhyme
If I Were a Tree
...Sky overhead, ground below, stance erect
Roots with brethren entwined, in the forest
Sequoia redwood tall, with roots far spread
United we all stand, being well bred
Helping each other, judging n...
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Categories:
fire resistant, spiritual, tree,
Form: Rondeau
Burnt Out
...No one saw him come or go,
he just appeared
jerking around - a mute puppet on fire.
His strings must have been thin
too thin to hold a flame
or maybe like his eyes, they were fire resistant.
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Categories:
fire resistant, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Wait With Bated Breath
...I Wait With Bated Breath...
(slack jaw froze mine countenance
when eyes blinded with figurative
daggers asper mistakes in original draft,
hence...this flood proof, fire resistant,
and fever redu...
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Categories:
fire resistant, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Despite New Anchors
...She filled the entire sky.
The fold of clouds evened out.
She smiled regardless of weather.
Her smile peeped through the cracks of closed blinds.
Peeked between open spots of trees.
Her smile br...
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Categories:
fire resistant, black african american, for
Form: Free verse
Defective Depends
...Do you know what burns my ass, my friends
A three foot high flame, setting fire to my Depends
Thought they were fire resistant
Guess mine were a defective shipment
Panic set in as the fla...
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Categories:
fire resistant, betrayal,
Form: Limerick
They Came As Butterflies
...Men with butterfly clothes
came from the East
moving in iron snakes
speaking chicken language
stormed land of our ancestors
They came as jokers, play boys
now they have multiplied
as many as S...
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Categories:
fire resistant, culture, history, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Daughters of Medusa
...Daughters of Medusa
Grey hair, ginger hair, dark hair......
All simmering in an inverted jar,
Cooked and fried
Headshrinkers doing serious business.
These avid Girls w...
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Categories:
fire resistant,
Form: Free verse
Corruption Speaks
...I dwell in the hearts of callous men,
I control and make them insatiable,
why all these campaigns against me?,
why set me on fire with sulphur and brimstone?
why set me ablaze with special gasol...
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Categories:
fire resistant, life, me, people,
Form: Free verse