Suspended FaultsI felt as small as a winter’s flower
yet as tall as an old oak tree
the seconds dragged on for what seemed like hours
when my world turned in on me
the cloak I wore was of little comfort
just to bridge between present and past
I held onto this and other secrets
no more a peasant but a king at...
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Categories:
innocence, bereavement, death, freedom, history,
Form: Rhyme
nude
from top to bottom, like a
root,
she stretched across the entire
canvas,
eyes, petals, closed
~ arms ~ melting ~ beewax ~ liquid ~ imitating
water ~
...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, art, innocence,
Form: Free verse
for a childhood memory
porch swing
raining
no scares
free air
small girl
unfurl
back, forth
ghosts storm
lightning
blending
lost flash
backlash
time meant
ringlets
rocking,
rocking...
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Categories:
child, innocence, lonely, lost,
Form: Footle
Dying InnocenceA young crow carries them-
selves meticulously, screening
their surroundings. Too wary
to engage with others, but
always so observant.
A golden jewel shines in a
parking lot corner. Tempting
the young crow’s eyes. Their
bill clutches on, fragile by
nature, it breaks.
Glass shards pierces their
tongue, blood cascades on-
to the concrete as the jewel
dismantles. Remnants of...
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Categories:
innocence, bird, conflict, desire, environment,
Form: Free verse
UnbirthdayNoon simmers a chamomile lavender
Like the summer rain that resembles diamond tears
The tea pot serenades my senses with aroma rays of hope
My favorite mug sports a Sunday best just waiting for service to begin
Your Saturday mug is game time ready in a classic all white number
You are spreading the sandy toasted bagels with butter...
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Categories:
innocence, cute love, hope, i
Form: Free verse
No mountains, Nor CoastI don't desire mountains,
Nor do I desire coasts
But I hope when I knock your door, Death,
You would be a gracious host.
When I come to meet you Death,
I hope you would be kind.
And shoulder to carry me,
None I'd need to find.
I hope when I lay there,
There would be people who would...
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Categories:
innocence, absence, conflict, death, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Going My Way
Going my way?
I’m looking for a perfect world
Sorry, pal. I finished looking yesterday
...
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Categories:
history, innocence, world,
Form: Rhyme
Ota BengaThey took him—
not for war,
not for crime,
but for curiosity.
A boy from Congo,
where rivers hum with memory,
and the trees know your name.
Ota Benga—
smile full of sun,
soul full of sky—
was stolen,
placed in a cage
beside an ape
while the world laughed.
And they called it science.
They called it education.
But it was cruelty—
plain and piercing.
He was not a beast.
He was a...
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Categories:
crazy, evil, hate, innocence,
Form: Free verse
QuestioningOh Seigneur,
Je n’entends plus,
Je suis un pêcheur,
Avec mes pensées absolues.
Où êtes-vous,
Ne me laissez pas toute seule,
Êtes-vous dégout,
Avec mon engueule.
Prends pitié,
Même si je suis damné,
Même si vous ne pouvez pas le justifier,
Avec votre ton suranné....
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Categories:
angst, desire, innocence, woman,
Form: Rhyme
PAEDOPHILES RUNNING THE SHOWPAEDOPHILES RUNNING THE SHOW.
It doesn’t matter where you look
Or anywhere in the world you go,
The only thing that’s guaranteed
Is there is a paedophile running the show.
From ancient times to modern day
Frome a home to the highest tower,
Paedophiles will always infiltrate
Into a position of power.
Rings established networks built
With protection guaranteed,
From top to bottom in society
They spread...
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Categories:
innocence, abuse, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
A Blue Moon
That moon by romancing is made,
I never know what people do.
But its love light has picked your face.
That moon by romancing is made,
Sets my fingertips to the day —
A night that's between me and you
That moon by romancing is made.
I never know what people do....
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Categories:
i love you, innocence,
Form: Triolet
where do I go from herewhere do I go from here Jehovah. I have tried and I have not succeed. I did what you have adviced and failed. I have followed your example and instead I am being ostracized. You have seen my affliction, and you have heard my out cries. I wobbling in a pit of excrement, and...
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Categories:
innocence, absence, abuse, anger, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Broken HeartMy heart is filled with so much sorrows. It is aching from disappointments, betrayals, deceptions and lies. How can I stop it from hurting, from crying, and from screaming in pain. My heart is no longer whole, but in fragments. How could I start mending you when I need you to cope. Where do I...
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Categories:
innocence, abuse, anxiety, betrayal, dark,
Form: Free verse
Ocean's Body - Rondelet
Ocean's body
old footprints gone before I come
Ocean's body
with flower's toss, overgrowing,
old footprints gone before I come —
the fall of the tide falls in love
Ocean's body...
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Categories:
deep, flower, innocence, love,
Form: Rhyme
Pandora’s Box(“Pandora’s Box”, 2014, original pen and ink and oil)
Pandora’s Box
I don’t know who she was,
What she did or how she did it,
And maybe as the first it was sublime
Or maybe she was just another woman
With the kind of perfect snatch
To launch a thousand ships
On a sea of broken hearts,
But Pandora certainly left her...
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Categories:
innocence, corruption, culture, mythology, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
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