Long Afflicting Poems
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Wisdom's Marching Council
I know you invited the Brothers to side-line along,
but only if we are here to listen;
Don't speak.
Yet I may have credential for qualifying voice.
For I, like some of you,
know what it means to develop cooperative,
too...
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Categories:
afflicting, deep, health, poverty, race, wisdom, women,
Form:
Political Verse
Beware the Ides of March 2023
Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March
across span of millenniums.
One:...
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Categories:
afflicting, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
Moderna Commedia, Second Canto, Part 2
Quelle vicende vissi fino in fondo.
Quando mi riappropriai della mia vita
Se questo è un uomo chiesi a tutto il mondo.”
Those events I lived through and through.
When I again impropriated of my life
If this is a...
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Categories:
afflicting, dream,
Form:
Terza Rima
Jesus Told Me
Jesus taught and lived
Those who follow the Way
Truth
Life, rather than punishing death,
would be known
by our love,
especially for our enemies.
He did not say, or live,
Those who punish themselves and others with death threats
and war planning
and technology...
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Categories:
afflicting, community, culture, health, history, integrity, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
This Is Danger
This is dangerous
said pirates to their vampire allies
about losing past regeneration fees
and bloodline contributions.
I'm being treated unfairly,
said pathological hurt
to self-redeeming anger,
loss of sacred winning patience.
I've lost something precious,
said virginal grief
and sacred matriarchal refugees
of WiseElder
wombed through...
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Categories:
afflicting, culture, education, green, health, integrity, peace, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Please Help Yarn Hexed Door Neighbor
Please help yarn hexed door neighbor...
Yours truly pinned down by invisible
vestiges of coronavirus and
getting attacked from angry plague
of buttons, plus huge spools of yarn
grossly mistook me for human sock
to seal and line...
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Categories:
afflicting, abuse, anger, bullying, character, december, humorous, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
Ah Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Ah...Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Aye sandman, I surrender to yar supreme governance
surreal spectacular soiree gifts subconscious sphere
soothing (analogous to natural palliative), ah...REM
member nought, asper exquisite entertaining cerebral
kaleidoscope replete with nonpareil visual trappings
aesthetically tantalizing unforgettable..., but...
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Categories:
afflicting, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, celebration, dance, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...
of diverse and sundry sizes engaged
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide their snickers
just a kiss away)
their backsides mimicked
tufted heavenly...
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Categories:
afflicting, absence, adventure, america, angel, anger, divorce, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Tolerating Intolerance
I cannot tolerate
those who are intolerant,
I cannot stand
those who take a stand
against unknown others
unlike themselves,
much less than we are truly
health and safety seekers
multiculturally alike.
I can tolerate anything
except intolerance,
most certainly including impatience with myself,
not excluding...
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Categories:
afflicting, bullying, caregiving, change, growth, happiness, health, humanity,
Form:
Political Verse
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
The following constitutes a rather
twisted as a pretzel SUBTITLE:
I dash with my jiggling boobs in an attempt to escape...
being overrun by teddy bears and beanie babies
while carrying out heavy...
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Categories:
afflicting, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, america, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
Fretfully Aching To Feel Fit As a Fiddle
Fretfully aching to feel fit as a fiddle
After experiencing a severe,
albeit violent near lethal bout
of irritable bowel syndrome
(yesterday night August 30th, 2023)
triggered courtesy dulcolax caplets plus
healthy portion of lentils,
I (a beatle browed, foo fighting,...
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Categories:
afflicting, abuse, angst, anxiety, dad, death, drug, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Doomsday Clock Minute Hand
Doomsday Clock minute hand...
hovers over 100 seconds to midnight
as of January 2022,
which apocalyptic prognostication
established by the Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists
maintained since 1947,
the clock quantifies a metaphor
for threats to humanity
from unchecked...
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Categories:
afflicting, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Small Powers Everywhere
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
Wide and longing
for committed dialogue
not surrounded
by elitist debate,
Win/lose games,
Zero-sum asinine assumptions
requiring ego-infested shadows
Resisting win/win opportunities
of healthy
democratic dialogue
Between constituencies,
residents sufficiently humble
to become students together
and unschooled
unprofessional parents
and not...
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Categories:
afflicting, anger, beauty, fear, health, integrity, light, political,
Form:
Political Verse
Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
Ever since a young lad
irritable bowel syndrome
in my humble pinion wracked
lower abdominal area
gurgled and ballooned gastrointestinal tract
(similar to following Colonoscopy preparation
slated for January 24th, 2024
at Phoenixville Hospital)
posterior...
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Categories:
afflicting, 9th grade, angst, anxiety, birth, crush, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
Grief
the throb of a torment so deep, so despondent, it almost feels like the end of every hope, every grace, all the wonder of love and faith… this, dear soul, is the darkness of grief,...
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Categories:
afflicting, grief,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Booby Trapped Within Apartment Unit B44
Booby trapped within apartment unit b44
Circa August 18th, 2021
three bajillion years ago to date,
nevertheless I count blessings,
so please do not hashtag me
as worse than an ingrate
or one whose dire financial straits
attributed...
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Categories:
afflicting, adventure, anxiety, confusion, divorce, environment, grief, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
From Great Pain Comes Great Inspiration
A total Jedi mind f*ck from Hell is what this is. I feel like a nuclear bomb has exploded in
my mind of Hiroshima proportions and I am on the brink of a Chernobyl meltdown....
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Categories:
afflicting, anger, bereavement, best friend, friendship, grief, lost,
Form:
Narrative
Party Crasher
My Halloween party was in full swing. I had gone all out this year and rented an old crumbling, reputed-to-be haunted mansion for the evening's Dionysian festivities, and all the invited guests were present and...
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Categories:
afflicting, halloween,
Form:
Narrative
Acid reflux very early morning March 3rd, 2024
Acid reflux ~ very early morning March 3rd, 2024
Ah... nothing more enjoyable
than acidic gastric fluid (bile)
flowing backward into esophagus,
resulting in heartburn, meanwhile
disrupting pleasant dreams,
which phenomena also known as
gastroesophageal reflux (GER)
found me discombobulated
and swiftly...
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Categories:
afflicting, angst, baptism, body, dream, fire, grief, scary,
Form:
Free verse
Acid Reflux Early Morning August 9th 2022
Acid reflux ~ early morning August 9th, 2022
Ah... nothing more enjoyable
than acidic gastric fluid (bile)
flowing backward into esophagus,
resulting in heartburn, meanwhile
disrupting pleasant dreams,
which phenomena also known as
gastroesophageal reflux (GER)
found me discombobulated
and swiftly tailored...
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Categories:
afflicting, anxiety, confusion, dream, fate, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Upon the precipice of an abyss
Upon the precipice of an abyss
I stand able, eager, & ready to jump
impossible mission to swallow lump
muscles primed analogous to pump
prayer for soft landing on mine rump
bereft this johnny come lately trump
petting and donning shock...
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Categories:
afflicting, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence, age, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
A senior moment experienced by this drip
A senior moment experienced by this drip...
awash with intermittent amnesia.
Scant number of minutes elapsed...
before I forgot whether yours truly
took another dose of glycopyrrolate
ingested as a palliative prescription
medication addressing the issue of
palmar hyperhidrosis -- excessive
perspiration of...
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Categories:
afflicting, 12th grade, anger, body, courage, father, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
A Growing Menagerie of Stuffed Animals and Beanie Babies
A (growing) menagerie of stuffed animals And Beanie Babies
The following doth constitute
combination of fact and fiction
unfortunately not sentences
referencing overactive spousal glute
though sphincter roaring
could muscle us into ample loot
(after wife explodes open bank vault)
versus ass spire...
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Categories:
afflicting, adventure, appreciation, best friend, crazy, family, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Hyundai Sonata Malfunctioning Brake Caliper Blues
tweaked to pass inspection broadcast on the double
(alternately titled snafu: ma bell heave hubble
vehicular repairs (prohibitive)
finds me bleary eyed stupefied
and countenance grizzled with prickly stubble
collapsed amidst virtual rubble).
Best sung courtesy rotten dull liver:red worst
after words...
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Categories:
afflicting, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Beware the Ides of March 2022 Part Ii
Ten: A New Global Health Scare, 2003
After accumulating reports
of a mysterious respiratory disease
afflicting patients and healthcare workers
in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Canada,
the World Health Organization
issues a heightened global...
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Categories:
afflicting, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme