Angst History Poems

Hail, the doorway keen on the known world ... theme wails attention,
time of roses' blooms cower ... usurped magentas, aloof maroons,
for the flight of the...

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Nameless-
they are now gone
vanished too, from our view;
removed from our history past-
destroyed.

Statues
that once stood tall
in praise of current feats-
smashed, gone, to forever remain
unknown.

Banished
from sight and...

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evening news
in every land
shadows of war~

even the songbirds
have dissappeared.

***

protestors ~
in the garbage
photos of the lost,

prayers 
rising to heaven.

***

unheard
the cries of children
and old men

beneath the sounds
of...

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In our souls, an insatiable desire resides
A force compelling, where reason often hides
A primal instinct, hidden deep below
Millennia of evolution, it's hard to overthrow

Man and...

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Children of Abgraham
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Before the primate known as “man” became loquacious, 
With all his fishnet shenanigans, skylarking monkey shines, 
And thermo-nuclear weapons, 
There was a time when words...

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reconstruction

recalling  much less than half i wrote 
though long ago and miles remote 
i remember when 
an old black  man 
walks out from...

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I felt I gave so much
the sweat a badge of giving
chapped hands a merit of honour

But it was just never enough
furrowed brows and high expectation
ripped...

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Wistful yearning for an air of trustfulness
Zeus' libido was famed for its lustfulness.

Who saved thugs till all wits were withdrawn?
No farmer ever wiped dew off...

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For generations raps, taps and table turnings were
the signs of a spirit calling; the ghoul of you trying to 
deliver a message - to finish...

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My mind is laid bare its components 
& functions are under your razor's gaze

To compare…

My aged bones are yours to dig into…
My past, like my...

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Counting History
Days, months, years
But history is not a
mystical process
You have written about the winners
but what about the losers?
You count history
You count what is written, but...

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In this age of chaos, troubled tunes do chime;
seems elites can't control all the power.
Brawn does drag down ruler's clout over time,
only ones of merit...

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Putin's Ukraine war
prophetic or pathetic...
history shall judge


(senryu)


10/06/2022
SIMPLY SENRYU Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: John lawless...

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If Not Us, Who?


Some leader will come and save us!
The political lie of the day.
We just don’t want to cause any fuss.
Just relax and get...

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