November Sunset
hunters are long gone
remaining deer are safe
meadow is still in shock from the gunplay
november sunset is a relief
no more loud noises
no more death
bam!
spoken too soon
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Categories:
gunplay, november,
Form: Free verse
Gunplay
Gunplay
The confused inner-city kid
Had a gun
Another boy didn´t show him respect
So., he shot him dead.
The gun-boy fled into a park
Hid under a bush
Shivering in the cold rain.
Now he was a hero.
Sirens and voices, they have got him now.
One bullet left
Wished, he was back home with his mum.
Thought of his option
A hero of all time?
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Categories:
gunplay, anti bullying, confidence, creation,
Form: Blank verse
Nra American Weigh
The wife was driving the Wong Wei
When she heard the sound of gunplay
Auto-da-fé
She sped away
And lived to drive another day
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Categories:
gunplay, culture,
Form: Limerick
Little Black Pearl
Little black pearl
formed from city grit
pressurized by violence
layers of scars-a survivor.
There were no birds or trees
only concrete eggs in broken nests
harsh decades under moonlit gunplay
never time for a young mind to rest,,,
so hard escaping those dark ugly caves.
Finally, you've arrived, rolling into the light
not a mirage but something of a miracle
at the very top of your class.
Tassel merrily dancing to the left of a black pearl face.
Smiling a shade beyond bright
for the moment color is insignificant.
There's still much work to be done
many more hurdles-mostly unseen
but nothing that you can't overcome
while wearing the bright feathers of the dream-
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Categories:
gunplay, chicago, child abuse, education,
Form: Free verse
Slow Draw
He was a gunfighter so they say
And his life ended thataway
On his tombstone where he lay
Tells us where one might stay
Living day to day
Facing gunplay
And not pray -
Cold grey
Clay
11-1-19
Contest: Rhyming Nonet
Sponsor: Charles Messina
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Categories:
gunplay, humorous,
Form: Nonet
Gunplay
Gunplay
The confused inner city kid
had a gun.
Another boy didn`t show him respect,
so he shot him dead.
The gun boy fled into a park,
under a bush hid.
He is a hero by younger boys.
Sirens and voices, they have got him now,
one bullet left,
wished he was back home with his mum.
Thought of his option
to be a hero for all time?
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Categories:
gunplay, absence, adventure, africa, anger,
Form: Blitz
Innocent Bystander
Ricochet bullet,
a bullet with someone else's name written on it ...
It makes a 45-degree right turn off the concrete pavement,
and finds you instead
You just went to the corner gas station
to buy some potato chips and a loaf of bread
But now you're going to the morgue
with a bullet in your head
Death was waiting to embrace you that morning,
the minute you got out of bed
Newspapers the next day,
says you were an innocent bystander
An argument in the store,
spilled out into the parking lot
Just as you arrived, the shots rang out
Deadly gunplay took your life yesterday,
you never would've stepped out the house,
if you had known it was gonna end this way
Innocent bystander,
your life took a stage exit left
when that ricochet bullet took a right turn
Falling to the ground, taking your last breath,
you bemoaned your fate ...
picking the wrong time to be an out-of-town guest
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Categories:
gunplay, death, irony, sad, sorrow,
Form: Elegy
Gunplay One
Gunplay 1
They don´t have guns in heaven only tooth picks,
but god has got a golden gun, given to him by
the producer of James Bond movies.
He toys with it just for fun when newcomers
arrive, but most of the time the gun is on top
of the bible he wrote once upon a time.
Not that he has copyright, he will be the first
to tell you, but with the help of strange people
who insisted he had spoken to them.
Sometimes when god is alone he put the gun
to his temple and…click... nothing happens
it is all in jest or is it? Infinity can be a burden.
Now, if you wonder about the tooth picks,
angels like to welcome you with a bright smile.
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Categories:
gunplay, faith, mystery, parody, god,
Form: Blank verse