Correctional Choreography poem
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It’s a place I feel off—
not wedded to anything.
Truculent.
I think in riddles
and answer in metaphors.
I dance on my tiptoes—
an adagio of agony.
Passion pirouettes
out of sight.
Te...
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Categories:
jailor, angst, change, culture,
Form: Free verse
My Beautiful Addiction
...I lie here in an empty freezing prison cell,
Alone apart from the black mirror in my hands.
How long I have been here I couldn't say,
A prisoner and jailor with the key in one.
You're my nico...
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Categories:
jailor, addiction, computer, internet, solitude,
Form: Lyric
Unmarked Graves
...Arresting the future
as well as the past
Time the great jailor
its prison precast
A graveyard of victims
in temporal loss
Destiny preying
—perdition the cost
(Dreamsleep: March, 202...
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Categories:
jailor, time,
Form: Rhyme
Lord God, You Are My Prayer Responder
...March 11 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 16-18
Key Verse –Judges 16:28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me,...
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Categories:
jailor, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
In Here
...In here
I occupy the smallest space,
yet cultivate galaxies
to weave and web light
across an infinite sky,
or in darker moods,
conjure glaciers that grind
towards frozen seas
and numb the min...
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Categories:
jailor, self,
Form: Free verse
Riddles On the Wind
...in the desolate
solitary hours
when fear trickles down my spine
time is my jailor
closing me behind its doors
isolating my heartbeats
distant from yo...
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Categories:
jailor, dark, prison, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
One-Eye Jake
...Their youngest boy, they call him one-eye Jake
He was as means as a black mamba snake
Cursed like a landlocked sailor
Took a job as a county jailor
Made all the money a good thief can make.
wr...
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Categories:
jailor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Five Occupational Footles
...Church Architects
Steeple
People
Jailhouse Clothier
Jailor
Tailor
Navy Misfits
Failing
Sailiing
Imposter Chef
Baker
Faker
Fat Taxi Driver
Flabby
Cabbie
April 12, 20...
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Categories:
jailor, jobs,
Form: Footle
Covid Waltz
...A Rondo In 23 Verses
COVID is very inconvenient.
Difficult to endure.
It controls my soul and my movements
It has ruined my life for sure.
I hate masks but I wear them.
Fogging my view wi...
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Categories:
jailor, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Eros Trigger
...Smirk pouty shyne-joyfully
Like an Ancient and Childlike EmeraudeTear.
Curtsy the World clumsily but gracefully
your face draws it nearer.
As are Children, kindred and kin inVestige, Envisage...
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Categories:
jailor, best friend, child, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm
...*title is Ralph Waldo Emerson quotation
Enthusiasm often is the reason
behind much-needed change and happiness.
Add zest to common sense and careful planning.
You hold the recipe to ...
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Categories:
jailor, bible, desire, emotions, happy,
Form: Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Xlv - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
...UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLV - Tongue teasing epigrams
A stitch in time can save an arranged marriage and stave off a family feud, not to mention everlasting vendettas.
Still waters run deep in slee...
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Categories:
jailor, humor, judgement, satire, word
Form: Epigram
Claustrophobic Walls
...Claustrophobic walls
These claustrophobic walls
That grasp and hold me tight
Destroy my very soul
And end my will to fight
Enclosed I am in loneliness
My mind a silent yell
Age became my ja...
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Categories:
jailor, age, anxiety, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
A Rose By Any Other
...What's in a name, you say
Is a rose still a rose by any other
And isn't 'Mom' a lot more loving
Than calling her 'Mother'
A name is an occupation, a means to a living
There's Taylor and...
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Categories:
jailor, identity, meaningful, people, words,
Form: Rhyme
The Gospel
...The Gospel
So many feel the gospel turns them away
I hope you truly don't feel this way
The opposite is true and that's a fact
The gospel is here to bring us back
Instead of feeling condemna...
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Categories:
jailor, analogy, appreciation, blessing, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
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