As We Metamorphose
...As people, we have begun to change,
Incrementally, thoughts rearrange.
Are we still the person we once seemed?
Or, were our thoughts seduced as we dreamed?
Words bandied about of kindness, good...
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Categories:
incrementally, angst, change, people,
Form: Rhyme
Adrenaline
...There is too much energy,
coincidentally,
Too much memory,
incrementally,
Too much sensory,
What has entered me
So unnaturally?
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Categories:
incrementally, addiction, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near Reality
...Half a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…...
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Categories:
incrementally, age, america, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Elusive Ephemeral Ethereal Expansive Eye I Witness Timelessness
...Elusive ephemeral ethereal expansive eye (I) witness timelessness
Analogous to Möbius strip -
measured passage of existence
seems to defy any beginning or end
(unless Artificial Intelligence
s...
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Categories:
incrementally, absence, africa, animal, birth,
Form: Free verse
Remorseless Sweaty Palms
...Remorseless sweaty palms
despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.
Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and in...
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Categories:
incrementally, 12th grade, anger, blue,
Form: Free verse
The Revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior
...The revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior
Born January fifteenth nineteen twenty nine
if still alive seven years shy
attaining age of centenarian
father of civil rights movement,
the rev...
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Categories:
incrementally, abuse, age, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
Surgery 9
...Francis saw the lights and heard the approaching sound of the Harley.She was at the entrance when Suzanne and Arlis pulled up .He slumped behind Suzanne leaning upon her as she maneuvered the bike to...
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Categories:
incrementally, courage,
Form: Free verse
Aquittal
...as if drawn by an invisible jury
the mood inched closer
to adjunction
incrementally and with
unbearable slowness of progress
it nibbled away at sizeable apathy
pinched a tiny chard ...
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Categories:
incrementally, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Doing Swimmingly
...I a woman of sixty and seven have come to realize
There is more here going on than is evident to the eyes
What is allowed by ego to filter through our defences
Is not the sum total registered b...
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Categories:
incrementally, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
I Imagine Relief While Feeling Comfortably Numb
...I imagine relief while feeling comfortably numb...
anesthetized courtesy central air
analogous to gulping down
a tall glass of ice cold water,
which equals ultimate thirst quencher,
especial...
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Categories:
incrementally, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
incrementally, addiction, betrayal, corruption, death,
Form: Epigram
Such Times Are Here
...Such Times are Here
51.
There be utter madness
That pervades the world today.
It's enough to cause a troubled soul
To just up and melt away.
Such times are here to try u...
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Categories:
incrementally, anxiety, appreciation, character,
Form: Rhyme
Old Men In Sports Cars
...I just finished flipping the calendar to March
I keep a paper one hanging on my kitchen wall
despite everything being digital
I’m old school some would say
How is it each day I’m at work every ...
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Categories:
incrementally, age, car, dream, grandparents,
Form: Free verse
The Revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Part First
...Born five score minus seven years ago
minus attaining age of centenarian
father of civil rights movement,
the revered Martin Luther King Junior
honored as benevolent demigod figure
to the oppre...
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Categories:
incrementally, america, anniversary, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
The Revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior First Part
...Five score minus eight years ago
January eighteenth two thousand twenty one
father of civil rights movement
the revered Martin Luther King Junior honored
as benevolent demigod figure
to the oppr...
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Categories:
incrementally, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
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