Grandpa the Master Magician
...Grandpa the Master Magician
Grandpa was old and creaked
like a well-worn floorboard
but he always carried a smile with him
which generally won the day or the situation.
He had just spent time ...
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Categories:
ill bred, fun, grandfather,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
ill bred, rude,
Form: Than-Bauk
small exorcisms
...When your heart
corresponds
with your mind,
then, give it a shot,
you write
back to me
what expressions
you so badly
need
to bleed;
the characterisation
of letters
are alphabe...
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Categories:
ill bred, metaphor, mirror, poets,
Form: Free verse
Tired
...I'm tired of it
I'm tired of all the politics
I'm tired of everyone acting like they care
But won't stand up because they're sitting down on fear
I'm tired of the factitious love spread
I'm tire...
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Categories:
ill bred, anti bullying, change, environment,
Form: Free verse
Tree Walk
...a cold sleep
under chilling dreams
mostly
bones find each other
a dirt path
in the tall woods
the ill-bred trees
as usual –
darkly
disinterested
rabbit running
helter-skelter
down t...
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Categories:
ill bred, poetry,
Form: Free verse
talking turkey
...
pilgrim turkeys sensing dread
scurry into an old shed
farmer hear our plea
nest we in a tree
and dear friend we are ill bred.
...
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Categories:
ill bred, bird, farm, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
It Was Not Me It Was Not Me
...It wasn’t me the notorious outlaw said.
His mother was Ellen, his father Red.
They used to sell illegal liquor, so he was ill-bred.
A case of mistaken identity, said the Kelly, Ned.
Horse thiev...
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Categories:
ill bred, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Anahata - the Heart Centre
...Chakras correspondent to the earth plane
announce their presence as a reminder
that all attachments are not to rest lain,
as we blissfully go through life’s grinder,
requiring to make ten...
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Categories:
ill bred, spiritual,
Form: Dizain
Stooped Stance
...Melding with the void,
blissful, overjoyed,
we choose to descend
to help souls ascend.
In search for the light,
there’s no wrong or right;
since the truth is veiled,
by fears we’re assailed....
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Categories:
ill bred, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
We Falter At the Altar
...We’ve been, seen but not become
soul’s light that bids us welcome,
since as yet we stand not still,
not quite aligned with God’s will.
Subtle flickers of disdain,
stifled dreams that cause us ...
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Categories:
ill bred, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
Vultures Circling
...Vultures feed off the dead,
therefore we are worried
seeing them overhead,
as fearful thought spirals,
hovering in our head.
Vultures feed off the dead,
so it’s time to reflect
on dark desir...
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Categories:
ill bred, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
In Those Far Days
...In those far days, stars had stilts, shafts
that pierced every eye with a legendary knowledge.
There were celestial dragons
that roamed the daylight clouds,
actual myths glittered in the sunligh...
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Categories:
ill bred, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Time of Indifference
...We saw and yet ignored
the evident mistake,
being indifferent
or perhaps well mannered,
having nothing at stake.
We saw and yet ignored,
what the verse left unsaid;
thinking but not feeling...
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Categories:
ill bred, introspection,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Pretenders To the Throne
...With shouts of glee, twin hellions fled
across the park while I would tread
behind them. Always it was me
who had responsibility
of them, who acted so ill-bred.
They wouldn’t heed one word I...
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Categories:
ill bred, brother,
Form: Rondeau
Chaos Is Born In Corrupted Rights Passed
...People are obedient to the power they serve
the source of all conflict and war works for the devil
No one in governmental positions ever calls for peace
they put sanctions on nations to fill th...
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Categories:
ill bred, anti bullying, bible, blessing,
Form: Free verse
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