Global order'
...Glibly goes; the globalists line deprivation is freedom
And eternal war is so fine' repression of the west that
Had afflulence and health.' That might spill over? to the
Third world..Kept upon its...
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Categories:
glibly, allegory, bible, education, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
...(“Something From Nothing”, 2024, original encaustic)
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
The great questions of existence
Arise and revolve around just that; existence.
And if n...
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Categories:
glibly, life, philosophy, religion, science,
Form: Narrative
For some enchanted evenings
...For some enchanted evenings...
The following scenario imagined
after the hoopla of
Democratic National Convention miracle workers
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
trumpeted politically wholesome zea...
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Categories:
glibly, america, angst, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Rundown
...
“In a rundown, the runner is in a pickle that could become a rhubarb.” ~ by poet
Rundown.
He's trapped between
bases being pursued
by the fielders who glibly smile
because they know ...
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Categories:
glibly, baseball, games,
Form: Rictameter
FROM SANTA CLAUS XMAS 2011
...
written twelve years ago
when yours truly about two score
and twelve years old,
and fishy financial fiasco
about twenty six weeks
before being scalloped
courtesy villainous fraudster
otherw...
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Categories:
glibly, 7th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Revisiting the Same Ground
...(John Day Fossil Beds, 2018)
Revisiting The Same Ground
Over and over again
I find myself returning
to the same thoughts, ideas, histories
but now with years more experience between
...
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Categories:
glibly, growth, introspection, perspective, psychological,
Form: Narrative
Oh This Frisson, Thrill of Lies
...Hair gets grey, withers he but seldom wise
To know why nothing thrills him more than lies,
Why man’s pen portrays obscure truths in grey,
Why his mind’s chisel carves out misty clout
So grote...
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Categories:
glibly, truth,
Form: Ode
Mister Money Bags No More
...Mister money bags no more
Ah..., how I idolize the days of yore
before June twentieth, and twenty first
two thousand twenty three
when utter senselessness wore,
a trail of woe brutally
ravagi...
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Categories:
glibly, abuse, america, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
A Fortune Cookie
...Tonight my sweetheart shook his head
As fortune cookie note was read
A baffled look; his countenance
"...
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Categories:
glibly, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Anchors Aweigh
...Anchors Aweigh...
destination unknown
for this Earthling
stardate: February 26th, 2022
At sea since time immemorial
I relish being alone
upon oceanic expanse
yours truly doth bemoan
me ga...
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Categories:
glibly, 6th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Rhyme
Violence of Mind
...Once a nation
Supremely white as driven snow,
Singularly Christian, white and male,
Purely untarnished, and aglow,
Grandeur unparalleled in fairytale.
Hence a grievance
Punitively bold as blo...
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Categories:
glibly, america, anxiety, culture, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Neil Before God
...*And when you'd almost bet
You could hear yourself sweat,
He walks in.* -Neil Diamond
I approached the cherry cherry
fire bush in my garden.
“Who are you?” I asked,
“I Am, I Said”...
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Categories:
glibly, god, music, religion, song,
Form: Free verse
A Lament For America
...How long must the hostility and bitterness continue
The clear majority has made its preference known,
The higher courts of the land have verified what is true.
How much evil and vindictiveness a...
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Categories:
glibly, america, patriotic, political,
Form: Terza Rima
With Gods and Kings
...The soul is right
The soul is good
It gets no credit
Perhaps it should
Deserves respect
Demands acclaim
We give it up
In someone’s name
Maybe a god
Maybe a king
A pleasant voice
That t...
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Categories:
glibly, america, anti bullying, education,
Form: Political Verse
Please Be Gentle, Oh, Father
...Please be gentle, oh Father
With those who are suffering this day,
Protect my nurse neighbor, give her the courage
She must have to hold her fear at bay.
As you have given us the tools to make
...
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Categories:
glibly, prayer,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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