Paradise Spurned
...Strelitzia reginea is utterly pretentious!
Its claim to fame is so contentious!
For it is not a bird, that's absurd!
As sinner impenitent, from paradise it's spurred....
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Categories:
impenitent, flower,
Form: Quatrain
One Among You
...but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
He wakes and walk with you,
His breath gives you Life,
He fashioned you in the womb,
He saw You soaked in your blood,
form conce...
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Categories:
impenitent, bible, faith, father, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
In His Own Devilment
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On herself much cruelty was afflictedSeldom would it leave her so confused mindNever a trial, yet she was convicted<...
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Categories:
impenitent, betrayal, deep, solitude, strength,
Form: Sonnet
I Am a Broken Bone
...These half score years for me have been a war,
My soul a broken bone reset in place,
The girl He made was meant for so much more.
In vain, I searched for naught I could adore,
With those I love...
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Categories:
impenitent, addiction, god, growth, hope,
Form: Villanelle
I See Them Everywhere
...I could see stars everywhere,
In every foggy corner,
In the twinkling of their eyes
The exchange of goods, services, money
Some grateful and well-intentioned, others listless
Cold and accusato...
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Categories:
impenitent, beauty, blessing, celebration, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Threads of Deceit
...THREADS OF DECEIT
The puppet flexes with threads of gold,
the hobby of his mistress to sew.
His wife kneels on impenitent boards, parquet cold.
The puppet flexes with threads of gol...
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Categories:
impenitent, husband, wife,
Form: Triolet
Aesthetics of a Damsel
...Her cursory gaze is like the impenitent sun,
Her brave speech are edified like sindey.
Her eyeballs kindled the fire of fun,
And ushered the lucky man into glory.
Her hips are attractive like the...
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Categories:
impenitent, beauty,
Form: Romanticism
War and Peace
...across the table pink-eyed – not even Alice’s rabbit either – the impenitent sat – stooped – round as a fatted pig – full of pride in service – unabashed by his kill count – he spoke of philosophy Pa...
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Categories:
impenitent, age, betrayal, truth,
Form: Free verse
Shaman of the Darkest Id
...Ever impenitent it seethes in a midnight pool
hidden by chains of impropriety
pondering misdeeds of demeanour
mysterious kiss the darkest id
Unbidden scourge of bestial tongue
to rise within t...
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Categories:
impenitent, mystery,
Form: Free verse
The Tall Ships Burn
...Burnished gold, aged bronze patinaed by the firelight
singed by sullen Sol, not stayed by Poseidon's hand;
aflame, aflame, tall ships burn, see their masts ignite.
Impenitent, sky rains ash blac...
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Categories:
impenitent, art,
Form: Villanelle
Riverine
...Torn from an endless night
Bound by a creeping fog
Like a shadow of the twilight
Born of the bog
With a cry or a moan
Half-heard with a hum
She flashed and shone
Nodded and shr...
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Categories:
impenitent, absence, sorrow,
Form: Lyric
Metaphor of Outrage, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: Metafora Del Desafuero
...Metaphor of outrage, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Metafora del desafuero
( In celebration of a birthday)
for Andrés Amoros
Having been outside of you, yo...
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Categories:
impenitent, truth,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Checkmate
...Clever queen, I maneuvered my way through all of the subtle and most obvious plays
Masterfully
Sensual aestheticism, sexual teetotalism, romanticism, sadism, masochism, hedonism
Calculating man...
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Categories:
impenitent, passion, me, heart, emotions,
Form: I do not know?
Give Me a Change of Heart
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Give Me A Change of Heart [Prayer]
“4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But in ac...
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Categories:
impenitent, faith, inspirational, me, heart,
Form: Rhyme
The Last Mile of the Way
...The last mile of the way
It is a matter of must
To all and sundry,
Each and every man-jack
Has to walk it.
It is the real moment in deed
For one has to say, “Goodbye”
To those he loves.
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Categories:
impenitent, religion,
Form: Free verse
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