Delusions
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A thousand bees never settling down,
buzzed within his head.
Their confused drone, into a ruffled rumble grew,
lengthening into frenzied drum beats,
taking t...
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Categories:
hurtled, angst, bible, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Over the River
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Over the wide stretch of water flowing along,
In a small boat the lovers made their way.
Before them the river hurtled headlong.
Leaving behind the sullen shores, all their cares,
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Categories:
hurtled, adventure, journey, life,
Form: Verse
Maestro
...“A maestro is like a candle. It consumes itself to light the way for others.”-
~~ The Poet ~~
Conductor of an a...
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Categories:
hurtled, music,
Form: Rhyme
A Cobalt Ice Capade - Your Choice Again
...“Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever
penetrated into the ear of man or woman.” Quote: E. M. Forster
" Poem is enhanced if symphony plays while poem is re...
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Categories:
hurtled, music,
Form: Rhyme
Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
...Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences through...
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Categories:
hurtled, abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Odyssey
...Last night I went on a magical mystery tour.
If you are interested, read on, I will tell you more.
To distant realms beyond the stars in space.
I was hurtled to a strange land, a different place...
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Categories:
hurtled, angel,
Form: Couplet
A Cobalt Ice Capade
...Bold navy as dark and pure as the cold frosty night.
Chilled season’s symphony opens with eight notes come what might.
Short blast followed by long note repeated short followed by long.
Thunder ha...
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Categories:
hurtled, 5th grade, blue, music,
Form: Rhyme
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and Gaoled
...Self destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive di...
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Categories:
hurtled, 2nd grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Hereafter
...Living on a planet, unsure if I belong
Where only sand grains and fossils, seem to last long
The instinct to breathe air, compelling me along
And the miracle that’s water, strives to prolong
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Categories:
hurtled, allusion, life, meaningful, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Accident That Spelt Ruin
...I saw the woman
sprawled on the ground,
her legs askew beneath her.
She was alive but could not move,
obviously in a faint.
Right in front of her
a small pram
squeezed to a wall
pinned by a t...
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Categories:
hurtled, bereavement, evil, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Prophet
...A thousand bees never settling down,
buzzed within his head.
Their confused drone, into a ruffled rumble grew,
lengthening into frenzied drumbeats,
taking the might of roaring waves
...
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Categories:
hurtled, angst, conflict, confusion, crazy,
Form: Free verse
Mine Psyche Riddled With Dybbuk
...Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences throu...
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Categories:
hurtled, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Catonita Strikes - Part One: a Freezer Mice Adventure
...Continued from FREEZER MICE
The cat had travelled straight from hell, a hell beyond the stars
The cat that theories claim once levied genocide on Mars
She now seeks vengeance on...
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Categories:
hurtled, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Log Cabin By the Railway Track
...Hilda my partner turned in her bed as the early morning train hurtled by at breakneck speed sending tremors round our dwelling.
Those long flowing tresses embrace the shafts of first light so enthus...
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Categories:
hurtled, adventure, change, cool, creation,
Form: Prose
Adieu Papa Madabe
...A patriarch, legend, family man,
A moral compass,
An arc of proprietary leadership
With octopus creeping advancements
Inducing pomiferous effects
Africa’s epitome of
Struggle against racial opp...
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Categories:
hurtled, appreciation, eulogy, inspirational, leadership,
Form: Elegy
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