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Twenty years elapsed since Harriet Harris, nee Kuritsky gave up the ghost May 5th, 2004

...Twenty years elapsed since Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 5th, 2004

Often these days
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share one son,
cuz ...
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Categories: greentree, absence, adventure, appreciation, destiny,
Form: Free verse

Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head

...Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head...
not just in time for Valentine's Day
but the remaining days of our lives
as the world turns
on all our children
the young and restle...
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Categories: greentree, absence, adventure, anger, anniversary,
Form: Free verse



his December 17th 2024

...This December 17th, 2024...

alternately titled: a literary retrospective when holiday times living hand to mouth in Penn Valley fraught with slim pickings and yours truly felt utterly miserable th...
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Categories: greentree, absence, america, angst, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme

Beyond the mourning of bereavement no stilled tears

...Beyond the mourning of bereavement no stilled tears

Today marks fifth anniversary of tragic deaths
an aching breaking heart – mine
remembers four extinguished breaths.

dashed – not while ridi...
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Categories: greentree, absence, anniversary, august, death,
Form: Free verse

Michael Joseph Jackson

...Michael Joseph Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of t...
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Categories: greentree, abuse, addiction, america, angel,
Form: Free verse



Attitude with latitude

...Attitude with latitude

originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic

Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested...
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Categories: greentree, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

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: greentree, 7th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Ink Roached Infestation Didst Derive Within Mice Elf

...Ink roached infestation didst derive within mice elf

Minor emendations to following
just posted verse
oversight to correct dissatisfaction,
yours truly I do curse
ah... methinks if hands of ti...
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Categories: greentree, absence, adventure, age, birth,
Form: Rhyme

Ink Roached Infestation Didst Derive Within Mice Elf

...Ink roached infestation didst derive within mice elf

Thus writer of these words
forever mus lee experiencing 
craving to eat cheese,
a milk product 
eternally preserved within 
annals, chroni...
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Categories: greentree, adventure, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Beyond the Mourning of Bereavement

...Beyond the mourning of bereavement

Today marks fourth anniversary of tragic deaths
an aching breaking heart – mine
remembers four extinguished breaths.

(dashed – not while riding off
in a wh...
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Categories: greentree, absence, america, angel, august,
Form: Free verse

Unidentified Extraterrestrials Willingly Abducted Me

...Unidentified extraterrestrial(s) willingly abducted me

As a divergence 
from the apocalyptical, dialectical, 
geomorphological, judgmatical, 
metaphorical, philosophical...,
I share an out of ...
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Categories: greentree, absence, adventure, august, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost

...Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...

~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
ab...
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Categories: greentree, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Unidentified Flying Object Abducted Yours Truly,

...Unidentified flying object abducted yours truly,... 

a willing experimental subject 
to escape untenable married life.

Upon falling into a deep slumber, 
the following subconscious 
somnambu...
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Categories: greentree, absence, adventure, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004

...Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004

Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matth...
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Categories: greentree, absence, anger, atheist, courage,
Form: Free verse

This December 17th, 2021

...This December 17th, 2021...

Totally tubular fiction yup,
nevertheless I reflect 
the year (arbitrarily plucked from misty past)
Santa Claus did not show up
courtesy imagination license
cruel ...
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Categories: greentree, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

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