France I
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The emptiness is left with no resolve
for all the stars in Heaven have maligned.
Your God has let morality devolve
into the darkest days of humankind.
A war to end all wars has spawned revenge,...
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Categories:
ineptness, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Your Lips
...I can see on your lips
you have clumps of earth
from rubbish golfers
and the fact you celebrate dawn
as a thing that happens by design
only adds to your concoction
just go over and tell them...
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Categories:
ineptness, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Melancholic Urge
...Rising from the recollection of a yearning,
Pieces of me, broken and hurting
Spoiled by the risk of a lasting darkness,
Remembering the past with all its lostnesssss…
Rising from the impossibil...
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Categories:
ineptness, appreciation, christian, depression, faith,
Form: Free verse
Can I Regain Some of My Youth
...I cried tears of anguish for the burgeoning.
Tears and sobbing aren't prospering.
I regret all the rambunctious ineptness.
Silver hair and a large head are worthless.
My youth ...
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Categories:
ineptness, analogy, childhood, conflict, destiny,
Form: Couplet
Warning Labels
...Warning Labels
I remember the eighties, common sense and smarts
big hair and jeans were just part of the arts
there was lead in our paint and asbestos on the floor
if you talked back to Mom y...
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Categories:
ineptness, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Saving Liberty
...We find Liberty has left us as we left our guard,
allowing hate and dishonesty to prosper unbarred.
We tempted fate, then saw cruelty's depth
as we watched a man die while pleading for breath.
...
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Categories:
ineptness, betrayal, conflict, integrity, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
You'Re a Monster, Donny Dump
...Sung to, You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, (extended version).
KP
You’re a monster, Donny Dump.
Some biiig-time twiiisted clooown.
To no end, I could deride you,
are no depths you didn’t fall to,...
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Categories:
ineptness, america, celebrity, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Too Black
...If I sigh, in frustration,
I have an attitude.
If I arch my brows,
I'm confrontational.
If I bow my back or tilt my head,
I'm ghetto.
When I explain
"that I'm not anti police",
but I A...
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Categories:
ineptness, america, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Poisonous Self Doubt
...Only life in our mortal realm
entrenches self-doubt’s stand.
People and events cripple us
with critical mirrors showing us
visuals of our ineptness.
All who are predisposed to clutchi...
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Categories:
ineptness, anxiety, character, confidence, confusion,
Form: Free verse
It's a Wrap
...I’m not too swift at wrapping gifts
But I make an attempt,
So therefore from critiques I think
That I should be exempt.
I purchase pretty paper
Though I rarely splurge on bows,
Yet sometimes ...
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Categories:
ineptness, me,
Form: Rhyme
Realize
...I remember the first time you lied
to allay your fear of ineptness;
you told me that I oughtn't try
for my lack of finesse and depth.
I realize that things were at stake:
your "prowess," your ...
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Categories:
ineptness, conflict, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Irony
...
My lips white I wilt beneath the gaze
Of the tyrant standing before me
With freedom on his lips
He wraps me in chains
And silences my very thought
So I chew my lip
Until blood drips off o...
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Categories:
ineptness, america, angst, anxiety, dark,
Form: Free verse
Mimicry of Societies Face
...What is this curve of grace
the mimicry of societies face
that my hands flutter and tuck
in a feminine coy pretense?
How have I become the mirror of copy print
and m...
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Categories:
ineptness, betrayal, for her, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Birth of Beauty
...I'm a witness,...you're an audience,
Yes,...Christ and the church,
Abide to list of ineptness,
Meet a criteria of creche,
A lioness gifted with new furs from gold,
Love in their abode,
Attrac...
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Categories:
ineptness, absence, beauty,
Form: Concrete
Behind a Round Table
...Behind a Round Table:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES...
VERSE 1:
I'm a witness,...you're an audience,
Yes,...Christ and the church,
Abide to list of ineptness,
Meet a criteria of creche,
A li...
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Categories:
ineptness, 6th grade, bereavement,
Form: Blitz
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