Uninvited
...Uninvited death slowly entered during her illness
Engulfing her old, frail body
Slowly and higher came the stillness
Which at any time can affect anybody
Night's embrace grows cold...
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Categories:
gurney, age, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown
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“The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown”
That man built a house
of straw and sticks
and the stories that burned within -
all consuming the titled prize;
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Categories:
gurney, muse,
Form: Narrative
To Those Who Bled
...To those who bled for others,
on the battlefield, in birth,
in rescue,
on a gurney to save lives.
Forevermore in gratitude sing
people of the teeming earth.
The only One who bled for
all hum...
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Categories:
gurney, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Accident
...This Christmas, I don’t want snow.
I want to forget what happened a year ago.
I still had that old car.
I was going to travel far.
Until the crash came around.
I can still hear that sound.
...
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Categories:
gurney, angst, anxiety, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Ring Ding Dong Our favorite Song
...On this and in many occasions
We've seen him proudly display
His titles along side of his
World Championship.
Tonight he enters the ring a
Battered and Bruised man.
Allowing a non contender to
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Categories:
gurney, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
Ring Ding Dong Our favorite Song
...On this and in many occasions
We've seen him proudly display
His titles along side of his
World Championship.
Tonight he enters the ring a
Battered and Bruised man.
Allowing a non contender to
...
...
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Categories:
gurney, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
Ring Ding Dong Our favorite Song
...On this and in many occasions
We've seen him proudly display
His titles along side of his
World Championship.
Tonight he enters the ring a
Battered and Bruised man.
Allowing a non contender to
...
...
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Categories:
gurney, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
Ring Ding Dong Our favorite Song
...On this and in many occasions
We've seen him proudly display
His titles along side of his
World Championship.
Tonight he enters the ring a
Battered and Bruised man.
Allowing a non contender to
...
...
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Categories:
gurney, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
Ring Ding Dong Our favorite Song
...On this and in many occasions
We've seen him proudly display
His titles along side of his
World Championship.
Tonight he enters the ring a
Battered and Bruised man.
Allowing a non contender to
...
...
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Categories:
gurney, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
Ring Ding Dong Our favorite Song
...On this and in many occasions
We've seen him proudly display
His titles along side of his
World Championship.
Tonight he enters the ring a
Battered and Bruised man.
Allowing a non contender to
...
...
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Categories:
gurney, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
what is his name?
...the older lady asked for help
she requested a gurney for her dog
two veterinary assistants went out
with a gurney
this dog must have weighed three hundred pounds
his body and head were enormou...
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Categories:
gurney, dog,
Form: Prose Poetry
Sleep Apnea: The Trail of The Silent Killer
...It's been ten years since I've been diagnosed with this DISORDER, with that said, it's NOT a DISEASE. As an active kid, I had damaged a minute portion of my TRACHEA which is the wind-pipe, from where...
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Categories:
gurney, analogy, education, inspiration,
Form: Carpe Diem
Too Close To The Edge
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In the hush after the storm's refrain,
Butterflies emerge softly once again
Their wings a painted canvas of pure gold
Fluttering gently, kissing blossoms untold
Droplets of rai...
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Categories:
gurney, death,
Form: Couplet
May God bless the drive thru's
...Several weeks in to this healing journey.
Grateful of course, there was no gurney..
Now waiting for these bones to knit.
It's challenging for me to quietly sit.
Wheeling around my condo floors,
...
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Categories:
gurney, feelings, health,
Form: Rhyme
Givers Of The Red
...From all walks of life,
near and far,
you lie on a gurney,
your own sustenance flowing out of you,
givers of the red.
Quiet heroes take the iron supplements,
so you can give again and again.
f...
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Categories:
gurney, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
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