why were we fighting
...the dragon conquered both armies, annihilating them with fire
soldiers screamed as he incinerated both sides, their lines breeched.
shields did not help them, and swords would not pierce his armor....
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Categories:
incinerated, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Forsaken
...My spirit,
Incinerated.
Its ashes
Descend back into
That dark crater:
That inky opaque abyss,
Where the slightest din
Is swallowed,
Where that one fragment of light is asphyxiated,
Held d...
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Categories:
incinerated, bereavement, dark, depression, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Raging Fire Hollow Hearts
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Written: January 22, 2025 for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
Quote: “In the dynamic world society which is the objective of the United Nations, all peoples must have eq...
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Categories:
incinerated, analogy, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The Andromeda Strain Part II: ILMO - my son
...Dr. Mark Hall undertook the task of unarming the rigged satellite there in the secluded part of the lab. He is trapped in a section that, due to an oversight, has no substation. He must navigate Wild...
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Categories:
incinerated, mystery, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
DUAL VOICES: INK AND CHALK
...I am a tempest of words, aching to burst forth.
(Years of structured lessons simmer beneath my skin.)
The most important thing is that I'm drowning in metaphors.
Being a poet shapes reality, an...
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Categories:
incinerated, teacher, writing,
Form: Narrative
Bless You
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May every sunrise, so dear and clear,
Cast its rays upon your every tear.
May every tear from your saddened eyes
Become debris from your midnight cries.
May every non-joyful tear bow in d...
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Categories:
incinerated, blessing, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Transmutation
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As the peacock-sage
waves of whimsical peace
faded in silence's
pale watercolors,
I masked my
eerie eyelashes,
with drifting
angel-mist smog.
For, I sensed the
wistful wailin...
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Categories:
incinerated, deep, emotions, feelings, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Ignited By Deception
...The yellow neon sign casted a glow upon his chiselled cheekbones as the bustling sounds of a city that never slept droned on.
He carried his troubles with him, like a worn out cloak, weighing him...
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Categories:
incinerated, dark, death, imagery, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Wife
...I will no longer mourn.
For nothing was lost.
Yes, I shed my tears with the spring rain;
The summer sun incinerated my soul;
Blood fell from my heart with marigold leaves in autumn;
Winter hel...
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Categories:
incinerated, faith, first love, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Time Traveler's Guide To Planning Funerals
...We should whisper our prayers tonight
before we go to bed tonight
our souls shall slumber onto the brink of eternity
in God’s home filled with his many mansions
tomorrow morning is coming
time t...
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Categories:
incinerated, death,
Form: Free verse
Just a Place
...It's a marbled design, a tiny little urn where the physical parts of you were left behind. I opened it thinking it may help, but when I looked in all of my pain was deeply felt. I want to hug you, bu...
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Categories:
incinerated, grief, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Sunday In the Queen of the West
...A slack jawed drunk
thugs his way toward
a down-town bar and grill.
Red lights over sizzling steaks
add flames to his eyes.
Cincinnati on a Sunday morning
trashes its streets
cold wi...
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Categories:
incinerated, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Thoughts On Autumn
... FINALE
last cut of autumn
emerald smell pervades air
lawn-mower silent
LITTER
dead leaves on the ground
fine garden bonfire pending
incinerated
PA...
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Categories:
incinerated, autumn, nature,
Form: Haiku
Up In Smoke
...I walked on the garden path,
young heart pulsating
with the cadence of love,
fostered dream of permanence
in the transient world
for being loved and possessed forever.
Times turned into...
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Categories:
incinerated, analogy, dream, god, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Mellifluous
...a mellifluous trickle had given way
to licking her wounds in silent arrest
of the honey flow of her beautiful mind
synapses clotted on stagnant display
like burnt marshmallows on a fire
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Categories:
incinerated, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
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