morning crows
...Sometimes, in the mornings,
The morning crows don’t sing—
Perched and preaching by a loblolly.
Breathe in this metanoia,
We all live for it.
And if the morning crows never reverenced,
Sitting...
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Categories:
heedlessness, 10th grade, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Ancient Egyptian Harper's Song Translations
...These are modern English translations of ancient Egyptian Harper's songs.
Harper's Song: Tomb of Djehutiemheb
translation by Michael R. Burch
The sky is opened for you,
the earth opened for ...
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Categories:
heedlessness, africa, culture, death, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Innate Aptitude
...The inclination for heedlessness is a blessing.
Every point will, without a doubt, be invigorating.
With another blast of matured positive thinking.
To retrace our steps, civiliz...
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Categories:
heedlessness, analogy, appreciation, blessing, character,
Form: Monorhyme
Tribute To the Memory of John Keats
...Tribute To The Memory Of John Keats
Child of the storm-swift Hermes, lithe and strong
To Trojan tumult, had the gods thus willed,
They gave thee one short year of riper song
And more melodious ...
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Categories:
heedlessness, art, dedication, deep, judgement,
Form: Classicism
No House Built On a Bridge, Part Two
...2.
"Those who have gone astray, whom [the Holy Spirit] itself begets, usually go
astray also because of the Spirit. Thus, by this one and the same breath, the
fire blazes and is put out."
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Categories:
heedlessness, philosophy,
Form: Prose Poetry
Old Houses of Charlottenburg
...betroth yourselves
to old houses of Charlottenburg
let yourselves be mollycoddled
by the petrified rain king
buy yourselves a shiny armour
of a former seraphim
call yourselves bourgeois,
dear...
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Categories:
heedlessness, dream, imagery, surreal,
Form: Free verse