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Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal Moment
Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment

alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly 
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit; 
ofttimes imagined as time thief.

Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...

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Categories: avuncular, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly, death, farewell, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Journalists - Dedication To Andre Fontaine - Xxvi
Unquotable quotes: Tale-Carriers, Gossip-Mongers, Courrier-Pigeon Caretakers, Smoke-Signal Puffers and Tom-Tom Thumpers – XXVI

Could there be such things as political shenanigans or inter-continental warfares, even catastrophes, natural disasters, tsunamis, irruptions, conflagrations, inundations, landslides, typhoons, tornadoes, hurricanes,...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: avuncular, power,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Spirit of Christmastide
Spirit of Christmastide
Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette 
     in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of 
     crystal laughter...

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Categories: avuncular, christmas, december, joy, love, nostalgia, winter,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Take Us To Church
Professional spiritual developers
are sometimes called clergy
and not farmers
or fishermen
or organic gardeners.

Professional nature-spirit Rescuers
of Earth's outdoor-indoor
healthy secular with wealthy sacred
discovery
are sometimes called body-mind co-facilitators.

Occasionally ZeroZen Zone
Red YangEgo
with Green YinEco-facilitators
of DNA with RNA
past through long-term future
WinWin solidarity,
polypathic...

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Categories: avuncular, caregiving, health, love, peace, wisdom,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member An Important Man
Lisa’s dad has a visitor from out of town - a “very important man.” He came early. He was dressed casually, in slacks, and a jacket over a mock-turtleneck. He was genial, behind tortoiseshell glasses,...

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Categories: avuncular, business, family, feelings, grandfather, humor, mother, teen,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Avuncular viscosity ::Graphic content::
(Probably more a short story than free verse
In any case it’s true, 
seen through my eyes as a child)

He was a heavy smoker sat by the fire 
Coughing and wheezing hacking up phlegm 
spitting it...

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Categories: avuncular, child, perspective, truth,
Form: Free verse
Joyless Joseph
Wordless worries wander wearily working wayward,
    Towards thoughts transgressing truth’s textured tide.
As always acknowledging agnosticism’s appeal,
    Essence easily evaporates, exeunt Emile. 
Very virtuous violent vowels vociferously validate,
  ...

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Categories: avuncular, crazy, creation, imagination, , cute,
Form: Alliteration
Reprobate Fictional Schnorrer
Reprobate fictional schnorrer...

Who never did a lick of work 
gifted lifelong entitlement,
yet possessed webbed wide world reputation
actually humble contemplative earthling
jump/kick started cosmic consciousness
as modest (née supreme)
unrivaled spiritual leader
with natural born talent
to resolve conflicts
without uttering a...

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Categories: avuncular, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, celebrity, discrimination, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Elegy For My Father
Godwin Adizue Ibeh 
(1937-2017)


Mr. Godwin Adizue Ibeh
Aged 79 years
Was and is 
My beloved, doting father
“Is” because he remains
Spiritually present 
Present 
In my memory
Present 
In pictures and mementos 
Present 
In my dreams, smiles and tears 
Present 
In my prayers and imagination
His spirit 
Hovers in the air
Above...

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Categories: avuncular, death, eulogy, father, how i feel, poetry,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Gift of Benevolence
Written: September 09, 2023
______________________________________________________________

In a world where boons often fade,
And kindness can be obnoxiously betrayed.
There is a spark within the human soul.
A blaze of empathy that frames us whole.

Benevolent spirits, shining so brightly
With feats of...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: avuncular, analogy, appreciation, confidence, forgiveness, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Ware - a Reappraisal
He had a way with words,
An avuncular style,
A throaty little laugh, 
A world embracing smile.
He didn’t suffer fools gladly,
He thought that I was thick 
But not too bad really for
A Yorkshire country hick.
He came into...

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Categories: avuncular, appreciation, friendship, memory, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Automobile Blues Fuels Exhausting Lament
Automobile blues fuels exhausting lament...

Indicator light signaling door(s) ajar
least significant issue concerning
2009 Hyundai Sonata car
applauded craftsmanship darn exemplar,
thus said vehicle deserves favorable avatar,

nonetheless vehicular maintenance
exceeds king's ransom by far
takes lion's share comprising regular
costs of living...

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Categories: avuncular, 12th grade, analogy, destiny, faith, fate, horror,
Form: Free verse
A Late Blooming Truth
In the middle of a Thai hot summer, we ventured
into the high hills of North Thailand.
We were medics, a small out-reach team
serving the scattered rural villages
of that remote area.

Klauss, a dour civic engineer, by his...

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Categories: avuncular, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Walk Around the Garden - a Tribute To Captain Tom
As illness spread across the land, and our lives began to spiral,
A Captain and his charitable plan was a tale that soon went viral.

A centenarian walking laps, distracted us from Covid stats and charts,
And the...

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Categories: avuncular, love,
Form: Rhyme
Loneliness
Lonesomeness

At the news agent’s a woman in her forties spoke to me, said she had 
lived in Algarve for two years, from Romania, used to be a doctor, but 
here she could only get a...

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Categories: avuncular, sad, woman, people, wife, people,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Shattered Sighs