CRIME BOSS CIRO GARGANO ORGANIZED CRIME ABUSE OF POWER HOSANA IN THE HIGHIEST
...AFTER THE HIT ON MY LIFE MY LIFE CHANGED IN AN INSTANT A CICERO CAR BOMB IGNITED MY FACE IT WAS MEANT TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT THROUGH MY EYE BALL GARGANO HAD EVER THING PLANNED DOWN TO THE PERSONAL INJ...
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Categories:
instant(a), allah,
Form: Naat
Devotion in Silence
...My mind bears the weight of you,
a celestial gravity pulling our souls together
in an instant—a supernova of connection—
after an agonizing year of cosmic drift.
It bewilders me how viv...
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Categories:
instant(a), angst, art, blessing, devotion,
Form: Free verse
The inexplicable why
...I watched a lorry
coming down the Route de Lesterps.
One of those rumbling lumbering lorries
that so disturbed your morning sleep
and for an instant, a moment’s thought,
I wanted
to dash out ...
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Categories:
instant(a), death, family,
Form: Free verse
A MINISTER RETIRES: SOLILOQUY
...A MINISTER RETIRES :
SOLILOQUY
I arise as infant Phoenix
from Akasha ashes
counterparts frozen
with foibles intact
a still Arctic of death
sheath for recalibration
Source Light bre...
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Categories:
instant(a), change, character, emotions, extended
Form: Dramatic Monologue
To Which Image Should we Cling
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Written: April 18, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest
Line of inquiry:
“We have been here a thousand times before
Memory erased, each time we begin anew
Of hands held tenderly...
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Categories:
instant(a), analogy, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
What The Roses Don't Say
...What The Roses Don’t Say
by Michael R. Burch
Oblivious to love, the roses bloom
and never touch ... They gather calm and still
to watch the busy insects swarm their leaves ...
They sway, bem...
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Categories:
instant(a), angst, fear, lost love,
Form: Sonnet
The Kingfisher
...The kingfisher is the diving tip of a rainbow,
a chromatic splinter,
a deadly certainty
piercing sky and water.
All morning it has perched high atop a dead tree.
The sun rose softly (good for ...
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Categories:
instant(a), poetry,
Form: Free verse
Making Tea
...It's styles of a nameless brand pristine day
an exclusive star-sheathed shadow after
overwhelming luminous glare fainted
a somewhat true-to-life footpath in
a back of structured quai...
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Categories:
instant(a), allusion, analogy, blessing, celebration,
Form: Concrete
Translate From Speech
...Let's dwell a tiny bit on that skill most hanker after,
of mastering a language that especially enthrals,
infused with magic rhythm so fervent,
pulsing music lilt, anthem-rich samba,
think fo...
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Categories:
instant(a), age, anxiety, art, courage,
Form: Free verse
Imagining a Devotion Series Poem
...*** IMAGINING (a Devotion Series Poem) ***
My beloved, do you see my eyes
Approaching near to sweet tears
Whenever your intimate touch
Comes — as you brush my hair
or reassuringly pat m...
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Categories:
instant(a), heart, imagination, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Chance Encounter
...Walking the coastline pathways
Cup of coffee in the local Café
Sitting, observing people as they passed
Checking on dress sense today
Shoes, where did they purchase them?
Spotted a homeless p...
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Categories:
instant(a), desire, destiny, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Forest, Never To Return, Part 3
...Reggie, what is it?
Who’s there?
Reggie, ANSWER ME REGGIE!
What do you see?
It’s OK Jean
It’s just-- that idiot
Goober Knotts
The milkman
Goober, whatcha doin’?
It’s two in the morning
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Categories:
instant(a), scary, words,
Form: Free verse
No One Loves Me-
...No one loves me
May life come upon us
an empty jar on the table, a blueish cheek
there is only confusion
there is only loss
Why?
No one loves me
May life come upon us
the shad...
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Categories:
instant(a), analogy, anxiety, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
A Chance Encounter
...Walking the local area coastline,
Cup of coffee in the local Café
Sitting, observing people passing
Checking on dress sense today,
Shoes, where did they purchase them?
Spotted a homeless pe...
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Categories:
instant(a), environment, friendship, how i
Form: Free verse
A Weak Woman-
...A week woman cries and hollers fusses and skalks
That she has nobody
A weak woman will settle for any someone to caress
A physical bond then calling
That true love the weak woman burden
Stron...
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Categories:
instant(a), allusion, analogy, cheer up,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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