Esmeralda, As Told By the Poet Pierre Gringoire - With Apologies To Victor Hugo
...I had been placed in chains
Where the cripples shed their canes
And the blind regained the art of seeing.
It was a robbers’ den
And as all God fearing men,
I had assets needed freeing.
So...
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Categories:
hard currency, allegory, desire, literature, romantic,
Form: Lyric
Turbulence To a Whisper
...Eyes to a back hand
Wipe away my tears
Swipe me a clean slate
Abondon my abusive years
Closed ears to a focused mind
An insomniac's cry for a dream
Murmurs of a silent heart
Even in peace ther...
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Categories:
hard currency, how i feel,
Form: Lyric
African Synergee
...Chloro-feel feeds my poetree
Feet tap to my own tapestree
It’s roots nourishment to my ancestree
Fruit ripe aloft a thriving family tree
A cultural emergence of vibrancy
To uproot generational ...
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Categories:
hard currency, africa, inspiration, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Wonder and Despair
...Wonder and Despair,
Twin brothers born of our need to know;
These the tainted fruits
These the light and dark
Born of laboring knowledge.
Learning's vanities
Illuminate the limits.
The hard cu...
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Categories:
hard currency, introspection, mystery, nature, philosophy,
Form: Choka
Treading Water
...Treading water
Where did it all go wrong?
What happened
To those dreams and hopes
Of yesteryear?
Traded in for hard currency
They're drifting further and further away
And you can't summon u...
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Categories:
hard currency, angst, death, introspection, loss,
Form: Free verse