Overcoming the Storm
... OVERCOMING THE STORM
Into the storm I must venture, knowing that any attempt to flee only prolongs the ravages.
Like any storm, it is relentless and destructive, just as a well-organized group...
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Categories:
honorably, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
The Deceased Politician
...Cold death it is, descending from the sky,
That like a shroud, across the land doth lie.
And why need death be cold?
Let we this tale unfold.
Dire death is no distraction for the best!
They ga...
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Categories:
honorably, death, funeral, funny, political,
Form: Light Verse
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part I, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith was a traveling minstrel who "sang for his supper" but may have been prone to exaggeration...
Widsith, the Far-Traveler, Part I of III
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 680-95...
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Categories:
honorably, adventure, music, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate
...Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate
October seventeenth
nineteen hundred sixty one
and October seventeenth
two thousand twenty four
represents, signals,
and traces ...
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Categories:
honorably, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Don't Let Tomorrow Turn Into Never
...Don't let tomorrow turn into NEVER!
Launch yourself on that next ENDEAVOR.
You are eternal and what you do now will live on FOREVER.
What you can do today, for tomorrow, don't LEAVE.
Just go o...
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Categories:
honorably, blessing, devotion, future, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
You Have Heroes' Blood - added to
...Hey there little one
Toddling ‘round your parents’ feet
Not yet knowing who you are
A whole wide world to meet
You have Nobility -
Heroes’ blood pumps in your heart
Martyrs, warriors and pion...
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Categories:
honorably, family, patriotic, religion, remember,
Form: Rhyme
An anticlimactic sexual event
...An anticlimactic sexual event...
with Barb Black née Beebee
to help set the ghost
of little Willy Brandt free
(a non German, but germane fellow
courtesy Craigslist classified
personals of m...
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Categories:
honorably, 12th grade, adventure, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Sun God Plea
...Sun Gods! Sun Gods!
I require your assistance
I come before you, humbly, without resistance
Hear me! Hear me! Please hear my plea!
Honorably - I come before you on bended knee
I come before you ...
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Categories:
honorably, boyfriend, care, change, god,
Form: Rhyme
On Learning To Become a Guru
...On learning to become a guru...
The following artfully crafted back in the day
(actually poetic endeavor presented below
written a few scant years ago) in response to
unexpected positive feedba...
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Categories:
honorably, adventure, age, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
One Vote
...One vote by itself seems less than a wonder
for history is a much larger thing – millions
of nays, millions of yeas, to suggest one small
voice need be heard, to think any little voice could
mak...
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Categories:
honorably, freedom, hero, military, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
I Have Cleared My Conscience For Insight From the Lord -Hebrews 13:18
...clear my conscience Lord
Pray for us we are sure to
have such a clear thought
my desire God to live
honorably now always
9/21/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr...
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Categories:
honorably, analogy, devotion, how i
Form: Tanka
Dream Catcher
...I am the whispering misty shadow, the dream catcher
You will sleep at night while your dreams I bring to my master.
Shadow of your dreams I see come floating in the night air.
Navajo web I choose ...
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Categories:
honorably, fantasy, imagination, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
Welcome To My Life
...Poet: Otieno Elvis Gikoi
Pen : el.oti.gi...
Welcome to my life,
Where:
Being human is a guest house,
Some momentary awareness,
comes as unexpected visitor,
Welcome and entertain them all,
W...
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Categories:
honorably, blessing, care, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Welcome To My Life
...Poet: Otieno Elvis Gikoi
Pen : el.oti.gi...
Welcome to my life,
Where:
Being human is a guest house,
Some momentary awareness,
comes as unexpected visitor,
Welcome and entertain them all,
W...
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Categories:
honorably, blessing, care, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Granted Be a Moment
...For all the good ever done
while remaining in the shadows,
granted be entrance to the place
where all begins, non-existence.
For to see the total scheme of things
is well beyond human domain.
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Categories:
honorably, introspection,
Form: Free verse
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