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Immunity To a Death Sentence

Now the public library in our town contains the knowledge for mankind, 
and there’s not much happening ‘round the world, that I cannot find.
I can think of any subject that I like and tell Jenny what I’m after,
and she can find a stack of books that darn near touch the rafter. 

The library’s helped me countless times from days when I’m at school,
and I’ve become a handy man with books my back up tool,
but aside from books on lifestyle needs, on fiction some are geared,
and some authors write for little kids, and some write on the weird.

I’ve hired books about our history and read about some shocking wars.
Our garden is designed from books, and I’m obsessed with reading ‘Jaws’.
But crime became my new desire with cases filed from years gone by,
where Capital Punishment was handed down and why some had to die.

Description of the victims sent a chill right through my bones,
right to the guilty on death row with all their over-tones.
I read about their last few weeks, with how and why and where,
before they took their final walk to the electric chair.

One story written by a Warder based in a Southern US gaol,
is penned about a chilling case that for you I will unveil …
Leroy murdered seven folk; the warder wrote down in this book.
For twenty years appeals were held then Leroy’s goose was cooked.

When you’re with someone for twenty years, no matter what they’ve done,
you can form a slight attachment even if a fragile one.
So one week before that final stroll Leroy was asked by Warder Black,
if there’s something special that he’d like, and Leroy answered back.

“There is something I do desire - but it must involve me faithful wife.
“My wish is” Leroy grinned. “Is to eat her meatloaf now for life”. 
Well Leroy’s wish was granted and for three meals every day,
he ate the meatloaf that he begged for while the hours ticked away.

On the eve of Leroy’s execution there was tension being shown.
The corridors were creepy now with a ghostly eerie tone.
Forgotten were the seven victims - in the morning there’s one more.
Leroy must face ‘old sparky’ waiting down that corridor.

His final meal of meatloaf was brought before him on a plate.
Said Warder Black with teary eyes “You don’t look worried mate!”
Leroy laughed “I’m not my friend, that chair won’t kill me man.
If this meatloaf couldn’t do me in - I know that nothing can!”
Form: Rhyme


If He Were a Book I'D Pull a Heist

just an average typical morning within this same old town
avoiding all the neighbors that nosily creep these grounds
while all these other folks keep busy bodying gossiping and all
who has whiter teeth, bigger boobs, or the cutest guy at the mall
i stopped at the library to dodge all these illiterate snots
the only place that's quite enough for me to organize my thoughts
i walked in just to be stopped, breathless, dead in my tracks
a book, not made of paper or even hard back
binding was some type of stitched authenticism
bound with a beautiful articulate collage of pattern to it

I thought
same old stories, same old narrative
can someone tell me where all the good authors went
I just need an outline, no critique or edit
but everything I read, I feel I have already read it

I stood there for a second, which felt like a lifetime
must have been reading stars, because it left my mind blind
if only just once I could hold that masteredpiece written classic
I can't lie it was perfect man, I just had to have it
I gasped for a moment, dead in my body
frozen and stunned hoping nobody saw me
it crossed my mind for a split, then, I thought
nah ****
if I get caught I'd be a goner, but I just couldn't wait any longer

I thought
same old stories, same old narrative
can someone tell me where all the good authors went
I just need an outline, no critique or edit
but everything I read, I feel I have already read it

I darted for that case in a flash and I shattered that glass
busted it open, like I was late for literature class
static shocked a little as the book touched my hand
it was in that moment i knew i was the #1 fan
then it wasn't long I realized it was written for me
initials imprinted so there was no questioning

I thought
same old stories, same old narrative
can someone tell me where all the good authors went
I just need an outline, no critique or edit
but everything I read, I feel I have already read it

I fell deep into the title it really 'hit a line'
bold, italics, with a dedication underlined
I wasn't sure why I needed or wanted to own it
but I would have searched forever if I would have known it
searching every library for a perfect story
all the titles and endings just really seem to bore me
this one was special I just wanted to trace over the print
read. every small detail. no need for suspense
Form: Lyric

Edgar and Me

© Ben Burton 2-20-2015

If I were Edgar Allan Poe
I'd been dead many years ago


Two score, no more, the poet bore
Before rejoining his Lenore


Reflections now, from sixty-five
I'm wondering how I have survived


For, having shared his mental state
Induced abuse which bordered crazed


In looking back it seems most strange
The lucid fundamental change


Created in a child of eight
Whose kinship must have been innate


With one long dead, a hundred years
Before that smack upon my rear


I learned his poems, all were gems
And thought that rhyme was named for him


Read "Gold Bug" and "The Telltale Heart"
Thence, for some time I feared the dark


And as I read, I knew that I
Had, even then, the skills to write


Though modesty forbade the act
Far less than the assured attack


For none dare read foul poetry
In place of chase or hide and seek


When unassigned, a travesty
I wrote in fits, but just for me


"The Raven" and "The Bells" bequeathed
A rhythm beat of hell in me


Too natural to be mere chance
My mind would rhyme through happenstance


With no attempts to join the breed
Through school or university


I, nonetheless, read works aloud
In hopes their authors had been proud


Won competitions far and wide
Unsatisfied, the words weren't mine


And yet, I kept my pen at bay
Years past my graduation day


Jack Daniels opened up my soul
To take me on poetic strolls


Not unlike Poe who oft consumed
Whilst making sojourns to the tomb


I hungered to make words my own
Through blank verse, limerick, or song


Though mostly as a barroom trick
Which oft'times made the pick-up quick


But then, at length, I followed Poe
Officially gave up the ghost


By then I'd fifteen years surpassed
The forty Poe logged for his last


But providence did intervene
Man-made machine, propitiously


Brought back to life that muscle which
Once stilled, rarely renews its tick


My second life was born to write
To spill it all, let nothing slide


And, on ten years my pen creates
Whatever my odd mind dictates


With second chance, I wish to praise
The first man whom within me raised


A passion known as poetry
Though I am light years from his league


We met in El Dorado's dream
Two kindred souls, Edgar and me
© Ben Burton  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Elusive Pursuit Endeavoring To Craft a Great Poem

Elusive pursuit endeavoring to craft a great poem

I (analogous to a rolling stone)
confess, no deliberate intent, yet often wonder
what spurs me to nudge, goad, coax, et cetera
semblance of reasonable poetic rhyme
despite modesty regarding
ably linkedin words for others to ponder
more often than not experiencing nonresponder,
nevertheless share mine writing 
with folks cyberspace out yonder
or aliens occupying
beyond the pale of outer limits
amidst the twilight zone,
where dark shadows
looming near the edge of night
hint of spooky forebodings.

Without lofty literary ambitions,
more so stream 
of consciousness abandonment,
yours truly rests content
to cobble, gamble, noodle... courtesy
swifty tailored stylishly harried element
mild mannered modest gent
bumbling along boulevard of
broken (po' whet) dreams intent
far less superman than Clark Kent

exercising mental cogs and wheels meant
merely to liberate momentary overconfident
zealous spontaneous inspiration,
albeit ordinarily quiescent
ex post facto concluding
equals time most salient
direct object lesson learned
lame, insipid, feeble resultant
effort generates undercurrent
aghast how rapid 
(think lightspeed) went.

Yours truly his own worst critic ad aware
how avast mein kampf replete with bare
inducent to tap into latent fledgling clear
propensity to express creatively, I declare
bonafide potential to join pantheon excelsior
reserved for established authors within their
respective canon, genre, league...,
nonetheless an obvious flair
seemed evident perhaps coalesced
when in utero biological gear

yielded wiggly, ugly, scrawny,
quirky Harris heir
(sole son and second of three offspring)
an older and younger sister,
which introverted brother bullies
did constantly jeer
token scapegoat suffered
one after another kingly leer
pushing psychological state near
precipice off into dock side of moon,

who sought 
(wharf far art grim reaper) to pier
without naked qualm evincing
one very bony rear
without sympathy for the devil
merely spells severely
pockmarked psyche therefore
impossible mission to set tattered self esteem
tacked toward in opposite direct where
dark shadow of doubt doth not veer
me into apathetic, horrific, pathetic...
suicidal mental state of yesteryear.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1

~Another Fairyland Story - An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1
(Short Story or Narrative poem)



It was very early in the morning when I was just having 

What I thought was a very good time relaxing all by myself

And remembering all the wonderful times that now have gone by

Since another year had come and left again here  in Fairyland.

It has been all to tell the truth not all that great all the time

Since there has been quite some days that I wish rather not 

Remember now especially today when all seem to be so sad.


I was about to embark in another one of my exciting journey 

When all of sudden I heard what sounded like my front door

Opening and right there behold came bouncing in with a big grin

My very good friend and roommate the Mouse, who just been 

Himself as usual said his usual greeting with a very warm hello

And a happy wave of his hand in my direction as he spotted me

Sitting at the table and having my usual hot and nice cup of tea.


This afternoon I was having a very delicious blend of mint tea 

With other few spices thrown in the mix to accentuate its favor.

I wavered my hand at him and smiling I said hello to him too and

Asked him to stepped in the dining room and invite him to have 

A nice cup too and he told me grinning that he would be more 

Than content and very happy to do it since he was in need of

Having my very good company and having a good conversation

With me and update me in some recent happenings in Fairyland.


So he came around and just sat in his usual chair, then served 

Himself a very nice warm cup of mint tea too. Then he turned

To face me and started to share with me many  things that have

Been Happening in Fairyland for the last 24 hours or so and I was 

More than happy to hear what he was sharing with me when all

Of Suddenly I heard what sounded like a very tiny fainting little

Childs voice coming somewhere from where he sat and asked

Him if he's heard it too and then just smiling at me he dipped in

Deep into one of his shirt  pockets and gently brought out ...



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2016


April.27.2016


~ Authors Notes:

To be continued soon in the second part by the title...An Unexpected Visitor Part 2.  :))
Form: Narrative


Premium Member An Unexpected Visitor - the Narrative Style

~Another Fairyland Story - An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1
(Short Story or Narrative poem)



It was very early in the morning when I was just having 

What I thought was a very good time relaxing all by myself

And remembering all the wonderful times that now have gone by

Since another year had come and left again here  in Fairyland.

It has been all to tell the truth not all that great all the time

Since there has been quite some days that I wish rather not 

Remember now especially today when all seem to be so sad.


I was about to embark in another one of my exciting journey 

When all of sudden I heard what sounded like my front door

Opening and right there behold came bouncing in with a big grin

My very good friend and roommate the Mouse, who just been 

Himself as usual said his usual greeting with a very warm hello

And a happy wave of his hand in my direction as he spotted me

Sitting at the table and having my usual hot and nice cup of tea.


This afternoon I was having a very delicious blend of mint tea 

With other few spices thrown in the mix to accentuate its favor.

I wavered my hand at him and smiling I said hello to him too and

Asked him to stepped in the dining room and invite him to have 

A nice cup too and he told me grinning that he would be more 

Than content and very happy to do it since he was in need of

Having my very good company and having a good conversation

With me and update me in some recent happenings in Fairyland.


So he came around and just sat in his usual chair, then served 

Himself a very nice warm cup of mint tea too. Then he turned

To face me and started to share with me many  things that have

Been Happening in Fairyland for the last 24 hours or so and I was 

More than happy to hear what he was sharing with me when all

Of Suddenly I heard what sounded like a very tiny fainting little

Childs voice coming somewhere from where he sat and asked

Him if he's heard it too and then just smiling at me he dipped in

Deep into one of his shirt  pockets and gently brought out ...



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2016


October.08.2016


~ Authors Notes:

To be continued in the second part by the title...An Unexpected Visitor Part 2.  :))

Premium Member An Unexpected Visitor - Part 1

~Another Fairyland Story - An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1
(Short Story or Narrative poem)



It was very early in the morning when I was just having 

What I thought was a very good time relaxing all by myself

And remembering all the wonderful times that now have gone by

Since another year had come and left again here  in Fairyland.

It has been all to tell the truth not all that great all the time

Since there has been quite some days that I wish rather not 

Remember now especially today when all seem to be so sad.


I was about to embark in another one of my exciting journey 

When all of sudden I heard what sounded like my front door

Opening and right there behold came bouncing in with a big grin

My very good friend and roommate the Mouse, who just been 

Himself as usual said his usual greeting with a very warm hello

And a happy wave of his hand in my direction as he spotted me

Sitting at the table and having my usual hot and nice cup of tea.


This afternoon I was having a very delicious blend of mint tea 

With other few spices thrown in the mix to accentuate its favor.

I wavered my hand at him and smiling I said hello to him too and

Asked him to stepped in the dining room and invite him to have 

A nice cup too and he told me grinning that he would be more 

Than content and very happy to do it since he was in need of

Having my very good company and having a good conversation

With me and update me in some recent happenings in Fairyland.


So he came around and just sat in his usual chair, then served 

Himself a very nice warm cup of mint tea too. Then he turned

To face me and started to share with me many  things that have

Been Happening in Fairyland for the last 24 hours or so and I was 

More than happy to hear what he was sharing with me when all

Of Suddenly I heard what sounded like a very tiny fainting little

Childs voice coming somewhere from where he sat and asked

Him if he's heard it too and then just smiling at me he dipped in

Deep into one of his shirt  pockets and gently brought out ...



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2016


January.16.2016


~ Authors Notes:

To be continued in the second part by the title...An Unexpected Visitor Part 2.  :))
Form: Narrative

Premium Member I Love You Jesus

~I Love You Jesus~ 
(Couplets) 


Just when I thought, I was alone and so lost, 
You came to live inside my heart, and paid for me the greatest cost, 
Of all, and since then You never left my side no matter what I have done, 
Or what in my life I've chosen to do.In my soul you shine like the sun 

You're the most wonderful thing that happened to me.You make me whole, 
Without You to guide me I would be now in an empty darkened hole, 
Without You by my side, this life would be so worthless and very mean, 
Without You, my world would be so cruel and empty and so coldly grim. 

I  know that there's nobody like Him in the whole world, you see 
He touches my heart and my soul, everyday, in every conceivable way, 
He's made everything for me so completely brand-new, you see, 
His sweet love fills  the emptiness of my sinful soul, He sets me free. 

His love is the greatest therapeutic healer  that every man should know, 
And without His Love and Grace there wouldn't be, any love left to show. 


Dorian Petersen Potter 
aka ladydp2000 
copyright@2015 


March.03.2015 


Authors notes: Reference 

Tap in to the truth - Scripture reading: John 3:16 

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON,THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. -JOHN 3:16 

IN GOD I TRUST! 

My very favorite Psalm in the Holy Bible..Psalm 23. 

Psalm 23 King James Version (KJV) 


Very important verses to read in the Holy Scriptures.. 

1. Nothing to be afraid of- Hebrews 13:5-6 
2. The heart of the matter- 1 Samuel 16:7 
3. A covenant of love-  John 3:16 
4. Thank You Lord-  1 Thessalonians 5:18 
5. Christ in you!-  Colossians 1:27 
6. Don't let the devil put one over you- John 8:44 
7. Follow your dream- Exodus 3:11-12 
8. God of your trouble,God of your heart- Psalm 32:7 
9. Don't look at the storm - Matthew 14:30-31
10. A word about angels - Psalm 91:11
11. The power of love- Galatians 5:6
12. Abide in the Word- John 15:7
13. Love the secret of success- 1 Corinthians 13:8
14. Seek God first- Matthew 6:33
15. No deposit- No return- Psalm 112:1-7  
16. Be clothed with humility- 1 Peter 5:5
17. Solid Rock Faith- 1 Samuel 4-6 and Luke 2:18-36
18. Firm foundation - 1 Samuel 7-9 and Luke 9:18-36
Form: Couplet

Premium Member AUTHENTICITY of POETRY


When  people comment  
on the style or way 
I write and the words 
I use to express and convey 
my thoughts and views.
I tend to stop and ponder 
my road less traveled . 

Acknowledging,  appreciating , 
admiring the authors, teachers 
scribes of many nations 
and the outer regions of the universe , 
who have inspired , guided  encouraging ,
me to develop and advance 
my writing skills along the way.

People like Manly P. Hall
Socrates, Plato, Thales of Miletus , 
Thomas Aquinas , The Apostles ,
Sigman Freud , Carl Jung , Galileo Galilei, 
Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Edison , Nikola Tesla , 
William Shakespeare , Homer , Aesop 
and other well known Philosophers and 
critical thinkers in the world's history.

Authors like Dr. Edgar Cayce
Dr. George Brown ,
Literary genius and artist such as James Joyce ,
Walt Whitman and of course some of my favorite 
Authors George Orwell , Robert Frost , with their
extensive and vibrant vocabularies  
and their ability to bring words to life.

The most impressive  author 
with the ability  to put you in the room
And stimulate our sensations such 
as aroma and taste and sound to make you feel 
as if you are sitting in the cat birds seat.

An author with incredible and fascinating 
writing technique , a man with a colorful and sparkling  array of words , and superlative writing flair and talent  
that tickles the imagination. 

Capable of painting a scene with words ,
bringing it to life ,
like no other author has ever done before or since.

A story teller who can magically ,
create a vision so vivid so  profound , 
one just might forget and step away 
from reality for a brief moment in time.

An individual who can descriptively  describe 
the Animation of his imagination 
like no man or woman in the history of recorded time.

Creator and contributor 
of some of the finest sculptures 
in the world of literary works of art.

Born into reality in the year 1809 , on the 19th day of January. 
He would go on to reside 
in the harts , souls and minds , 
intricately  woven into universal fabric of time 
October 7 Nineteen Hundred Forty Nine. 

The individual who put the authenticity of Poe 
Into Poetry
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Edgar Allan Poe.

Michael E.Harris 
10072024

Pure Fantasy

Pure Fantasy 

Authors disclaimer this is the only poem that eye must disavow all attempts of 
actual emergence no murder will ever be done... 

The Central tower has a clock the people gather in the better spots at any given 
time close to lunch the hits a go. There must be Four Thousand of them between 
us and the road. We need to kill them all to ease the overcrowding problem. Web 
attachments on. Make nice clean kills on the girls kill the boys slow and hard. 
There is nine of us and when we are done they will kill us all. They have no 
choice they will send someone. The retired air force colonel say it col o nell we 
say it kernel practice it the European way he left he is not the threat the real 
problem that we have is the old poet he can stop us. The one they call the 
CharlaX. He is unafraid of men. Eye heard the screams of the wounded boys first 
and the girls were never heard for they died fast. Eye sprinted out into the fray 
looking this way and that. Eye grabbed the first man from behind and twisted his 
head around to let him look at me the man who killed him then eye took his 
Tommy gun and let it chatter at the next three men bunched up and lucky for the 
me eye hit them with all three bullits in the gun the bullits meant for my poor 
children on the mall. Eye won that round and took the gun from just one man and 
the clips needed from the web attachments off the rest of them and went to look 
for more and there were four. Eye pulled the bolt back on the Tommy and let 
them have it full bore holding the barrel down to spray them fully not giving them 
time to shoot at me and there is where they died. That left one the leader of this 
dearth of circumstance. He tried to get me fast and he let up on his approach too 
quickly missing me the needed inches in his haste to get it done. Eye did not 
hesitate for in a fight it must be moments added to the microseconds needed to 
complete a fight to get it on. Eye let the barrel swivel up cutting him so cleanly 
and so neatly half into he dropped nothing left of feeling in a man beyond his 
pain. The children who were left will never knoe how much eye loved them for eye 
turned the Tommy up and cut it swiftly to my brain. The tenth man gone. 
 
           
 
 
 Pure Fantasy

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