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
...
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
Stay 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