Janus Face
...Two faces; two juxtaposed deportments; two qualities;
On one hand, past pains; on the other, future jollities
Janus, the Roman god of progress and dualities
Dwells with keys of the door, gate, and...
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Categories:
jollities, body, heart, people,
Form: Rhyme
Syllogistics
...Comparisons are unerring things at worst;
Every common ore yielded for shinier gold,
And tepid junkets given up in apt forfeiture
For tolerably pricier carats unsullied stored.
Far less trea...
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Categories:
jollities, allegory, allusion, character, encouraging,
Form: Didactic
The Pilgrim's Maskil
...Over the distant horizon where unsullied love
Quietly calls in her yet unconsummated calm,
There daft hate has not sown its haughty gall;
There void's vitriols make no sweet airs numb.
In gre...
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Categories:
jollities, allegory, anxiety, christian, depression,
Form: Ode
January Climate
...Life over the moon at last has waned,
A drab and dull scene from great merriment and fun
Nothing now remains but ashes of yester-dreams
Strewn over the moribund ambience of jollities
Hard dry w...
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Categories:
jollities, celebration, farewell, hope, january,
Form: Blank verse