Hounds and Jackals
A government of feral Jackals
The masses bound with chains and shackles
They infect us all with fear and lies
Empty promises from empty eyes
As our lives move and rearranges
We struggle on while nothing changes
They sympathize with our frustrations
Then hound us all for more donations
They say it with such sincerity
But it's just
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Categories:
jackals, political,
Form: Rhyme
Warrior
Beyond these ramparts lurks the mangy foe
Set to leave our red bodies in the snow.
The sultan of mayhem smirks and awaits
To grant harsh orders to decide our fates
With his swarming dragons outside our gates
And kill our love and peace that he hates.
Quarter will not be asked, and none given
For by bloodlust his jackals are driven.
Courage!
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Categories:
jackals, courage, fate, hate, peace,
Form: Sonnet
Night Tidings
A jackal cries in the distance
And I jolt awake
The candle is still awake
And my falcon glares at me,
one stern, yellow eye keeping me in check.
I hurriedly move to snuff out the light,
Then I remember...
It was a night just like this.
Jackals crying,
Men shouting and guns firing.
Then silence.
Four hours of silence.
There was a knock
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Categories:
jackals, africa, bereavement, death, loss,
Form: Narrative
Jealous Jaded Jackals
Jealous Jaded Jackals
Decadent darkness placed upon the setaceous shrine
For the Angels wilfully weep and ignominiously entwine
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Categories:
jackals, abuse, dark, lonely, sad,
Form: Rhyme
In Fairness To Jackals
You are a jackal dripping
A childish cotton candy concoction
From your canine teeth
Though that may be unfair to jackals
Less clever and more desperate,
You are more like a hyena
It's just that it sounds like "cackle" which reminds me of you
Which is how I got there
Really though you are more like an insect
That I
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Categories:
jackals, anger, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Jackals Danced
Jackals Danced
Gentle strokes soon soothed each heartbeat.
Where jackals danced at passions defeat.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 22, 2010
Poetic form: Crysalline
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Categories:
jackals, angst, animals, caregiving
Form: Crystalline