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Larcenous Poems - Poems about Larcenous


An Angels Reprieve

...Stealing your thoughts
a crime of dispassion
the penalty fatal
my name stays unknown

A larcenous caper
whose felony looming
authorities chasing
though lost will they roam

Returning your m...
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Categories: larcenous, angel,
Form: Rhyme

If I Were You

...My pen cascades it's ink here and now,
Leaving stains on my pad, silently i assign my words,
Carefully in a filthy aura, they might be candied than
Thaumatin, yet as biting as lime, very monotonou...
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Categories: larcenous, africa, corruption, courage, encouraging,
Form: Free verse



Grand Theft Tiempo

...Larcenous freedom,
mask so divine
Hiding in plain sight
—stealing from time

(The New Room: March, 2021)...
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Categories: larcenous, time,
Form: Rhyme

Till Death Do Us Part

...I stole from myself,
never paying me back,
rich in the spoils of war

Identity gone,
the body count total
—larcenous guilt to endure

(The New Room: March, 2021)...
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Categories: larcenous, death,
Form: Rhyme

A Demon That Hides

...Fear is a thief stealing into the future,
the past its lot to pawn

A larcenous demon that hides in the night,
from the gallant, intrepid—and strong

(Dreamsleep: May, 2020)...
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Categories: larcenous, courage, fear,
Form: Rhyme



In Search of the Cream

...Is someone profiting on your wishes and dreams,
renaming your parade

Like a thief in the night they steal every wish,
their own life at best a charade

Is someone else cashing the check you ju...
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Categories: larcenous, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Calling Us Inward

...The logic of life…
  illogically pure

In search of itself,
  last problem to cure

Synapses relapse,
  science reclaims

The form with the formula,
  washed down the drain

Structural we...
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Categories: larcenous, light,
Form: Rhyme

Indigenous Creatures of My Writing Desk

...There is an antique writing desk
in my little study
handed-me-down
from generations of would-be
writers in my family

And there are ancient creatures
from days gone by
living in this old desk...
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Categories: larcenous, anxiety, feelings, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse

No Immunity For Trumpeting Donkey Kong

...The wheels of justice might turn slow,
but...fear not those Dom (men knows)
minions defrauding decent folks...THUS
We (the Gods/Goddesses of Olympus)
interrupt this regularly scheduled pro
gram ...
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Categories: larcenous, abuse, age, environment, hope,
Form: Light Verse

Portrait of a Hanging

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With the opening of my fortress cell,
solemn-faced men come locust invading in
Their mouths smile not, and eyes neither grin
as ceremonial words pursed lips expel
A deer thought escape...
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Categories: larcenous, dark, death, horror, imagery,
Form: Prose Poetry

In the Land of Elephant Dreams

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THE FALL OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT’S CAN’T FAIL IDEA

No self-respecting politician wanted to drink from that well
the self-inflicted delusion persisted for the faithful
they were shocked but not s...
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Categories: larcenous, age, corruption, passion, patriotic,
Form: Free verse

Haiku Today Butterfly Larceny

...creature larcenous
                                         rainbow cries her colors  melt
                                                  on butterfly wings











 haiku today b...
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Categories: larcenous, butterfly,
Form: Haiku

Footles For the Birds and the Beasts

...Bad-ass old bear:
Grizzly
Grizzy

Cougar from Arizona:
Yuma
Puma

Cowardly Cock-a-Doodle-Doer:
Chicken
Chicken

Un-cool Terrier:
Dorky
Yorkie

Larcenous bird:
Robbin'
Robin

Slave...
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Categories: larcenous, animal, funny,
Form: Footle

Premium MemberStay Away and Don'T Play

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After all these years, you still have not learned.
If you play too long, you are going to get burned.
It is embarrassing, and certainly not nice,
when you blow your whole bankroll while ...
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Categories: larcenous, addiction, games, loss,
Form: Rhyme

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