August 13th, 2025 twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events
...August 13th, 2025 – twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events
The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a frea...
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Categories:
hilt, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
The Blade in the Garden
...I found a blade beside the rose,
its silver kissed by morning’s close;
It caught the sun as if to keep
the fire warm while earth still sleeps.
It did not stir when I drew near,
nor tremble wit...
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Categories:
hilt, fate, freedom, passion, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
A Tryst With Fantasy
...He's closed the blinds. His twilight dawns.
A midday reverie.
Within his mind, a vision spawns,
awash in mystery.
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A levee bursts, torrents crash free—
a castle from a dream.
Atop his thro...
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Categories:
hilt, childhood, fantasy, imagination, memory,
Form: Ballad
Forever And Always, For All Eternity
...Infinite love
Has come to an end
The white dove?
Its neck has a bend
What was promised forever
Did not last
Continued for never
And came in last
Eight months
To be continued
Eight month...
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Categories:
hilt, crush, cry, loss, love
Form: Rhyme
Scotland
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I couldn't give a toss for the caber
cromach bagpipes sporran or kilt
(a fling's the thing)
and you can stick your dirk in your haggis
up to its bog-wood hilt
yet I'd like to hike thro...
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Categories:
hilt, animal, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
The Widdler
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A knife lie in her bed, her hand rests atop the hilt.
The satin maple bed frame lie bare beneath her fingers,
And the aliferous knife lie skin warm in the cradle of her hand.
A pile of g...
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Categories:
hilt, 12th grade, allusion, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Brian Charles Lara
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Have to admit.. do have a bit
Of a trenchant penchant
Alright adore southpaw purveyors
Dabbles..pique aroused..rabbles in the stands roused
Unique sleek cheek of their chic espoused
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Categories:
hilt, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Another HooDoo
...Another HooDoo
I Know You're Very Serious
Following Your Plan
But I Don't Seem To Play-Right
Any Way I Can.
I'm Just Another HooDoo
Picking Up A Scar!
Inviting 'Sober Mines' To Ask:
"Hoo...
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Categories:
hilt, life,
Form: Free verse
Apologies
...Apologies
If I say I'm sorry
I will get my way
Your thinking to sway
Apology to look good
Narcissism under the hood
For me everyone will root
Apology to provoke guilt...
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Categories:
hilt, emotions, growth, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme
Forget regret, riffs on what ifs
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Forget riffs of regrets
But
To the hilt
We tilt to
Inbuilt lilt
A guilt quilt
Can jilt & wilt
But
No tiffs with what ifs
Won’t let you fret
Circumspect.. I find
Older you get
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Categories:
hilt, hope,
Form: Free verse
Lunar Eclipse
...The moon would be a dull, gray rock without the Sun's light.
An opinion would be a thought without one's voice.
A man would be useless without a purpose.
So, all the men that stand before me are...
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Categories:
hilt, earth, moon, sun,
Form: Free verse
Of Patagonia
...When you ask about my trip, what will I say?
That the river waters are milky azure, surging from melting glaciers
Glaciers pressing through granite masses
So huge they might be clouds held tightly...
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Categories:
hilt, imagery, longing, nature, passion,
Form: Free verse
Renaissance Architecture
...I've done bad, I'm full of guilt.
I deserve punishment to the hilt.
You've every reason - sure, you've got 'em.
So, whack me soundly on my bottom,
but please, oh please, don't give me a lecture
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Categories:
hilt, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Circus Life
...Circus Life
Inside, it smells like death and pain.
And two beasts guard
the heart of my brain.
Puzzles and pieces
scatter from the hilt.
My spine breaks under
this mountain of guilt.
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Categories:
hilt, analogy, angst, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Snow Angels, Snowpeople, and Evergreen Trees
...Snow Angels, Snowpeople, and Evergreen Trees
When winter comes, children know how to have fun.
Laughing and catching snowflakes with their tongues
Or lying flat on their backs with arms f...
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Categories:
hilt, children, fun, winter,
Form: Verse
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