Heartbroken Again and Again
...~~~ Heartbreaks can give us inner strength
in developing courage, self-growth, self-awareness
and empathy or can break us physically
and emotionally. ~~~
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Categories:
guam, heartbreak, heartbroken, life,
Form: Free verse
Chances of Me Leaving Home
...chances of me leaving home
chances of me donning blues
chances of me wearing a flight suit
chances of me being chosen
to carry the sports flag
chances of me staying
what chance do I have...
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Categories:
guam, life,
Form: Verse
Brasca Fronts Palace
...In Twenty Fourty Six a group of men
hacked into a bible printing companies
computer
gaining access to the revisions
in the new book.
They removed copied and placed new sections of
the script.
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Categories:
guam, adventure, analogy, film, graduation,
Form: Ballade
The Goat: A Poem in Three Stanzas
...There once was a restaurant in Guam.
You don't want to bring your mom.
There was a goat
In a fur coat.
And weird things were going on.
The goat was up on the stage.
He was amazing given his a...
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Categories:
guam, fun, funny,
Form: Rhyme
My Dragonware
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There are great dragons in my life
that came to me from long ago.
They traveled far across the sea
inside some boxes stored below
his seat, safe for the flight's long trip-
to be a ...
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Categories:
guam, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme
The Limerick, Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant Siren Wailed
...The Limerick, Pennsylvania Nuclear power plant siren wailed
yesterday at 1400 hours December the fourth
and probably broadcast further
east, west, south and north.
That shrill ear-piercing
e...
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Categories:
guam, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Soup Mail For Everyone
...I read soup mail from Mrs. Doris Bettencourt
which would be a waste of my time to report
She claims to be ill and wearing widow's weeds
then goes on to tell me all about her needs
I'll not reply ...
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Categories:
guam, slam,
Form: Rhyme
Onslaught
...#One should be cautious in starting a war, but
once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly#
#Quote by Hirohito circa Dec 1942#
Onslaught
As little...
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Categories:
guam, allusion, america, world war
Form: Rhyme
Not Without Blame
...While condemning Putin, let us recall
That Americans are not blameless, after all,
Guilty, too, of invading our weaker neighbors
Increasing our land area by rattling sabers.
We for...
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Categories:
guam, america, international, perspective, usa,
Form: Couplet
Hymn To An Art-O-Matic Laundromat
...Hymn to an Art-o-matic Laundromat
by Michael R. Burch
after Richard Thomas Moore’s “Hymn to an Automatic Washer”
O, terrible-immaculate
ALL-cleansing godly Laundromat,
where cleanliness is n...
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Categories:
guam, america, analogy, art, baptism,
Form: Sonnet
Loaves and Fishes
...Rita was visiting. She pointed off the road. Let’s go there. So we did. It was the CIA - Culinary Institute of America. Like Auntie Mame, my aunt was a world traveler, an adventurer. My parents were ...
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Categories:
guam, god, life,
Form: Haibun
Forever Side By Side
...I witnessed pure love spilled out in front of me
I watched him caressed her lovely face,
a tenderness of his touch eased her distress.
I heard him spoke of their love,
and the melody of his voi...
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Categories:
guam, inspiration, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Screwitdotcom
...I went to the store to buy some juice
And a red bull I needed a boost
Walked in to get introduced
To family members standing in groups
don't they understand there is no excuse
That is borderlin...
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Categories:
guam, 9th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Lyric
My Life
...MY LIFE
Born in Dublin on Saint Patrick's Day
School; spelling champ; steady girl
Senior Prom; graduation; went away
Air Force career; traveled the world
Turkey; Germany; England; Japan
Kor...
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Categories:
guam, career, military, retirement, soldier,
Form: Free verse
Soup Mail
...I never know what fun I will have when I open my Soup Mail.
When I was young, it took a long time for a letter to arrive from
Canada or the Virgin Islands or Guam, but with Soup Mail here it
is in...
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Categories:
guam, community,
Form: Free verse
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