Long Batten Poems
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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:
batten, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
The Captain
He sat all alone, drinking jim beam and coke
Looking out as the waves crashed ashore
He kept to himself, drinking jim beam and coke
As the storm winds would batter the door
He'd only come in when the...
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Categories:
batten, america, bereavement, child, dad, grief, loss, ocean,
Form:
Epic
Categories:
batten, war, time,
Form:
Free verse
Aol two step verification a boon to my psyche
Aol two step verification a boon to my psyche
plus I batten down the itty bitty hatches
courtesy Avast Random Password Generator,
and keep track of alphanumeric
near impossible to crack passwords
incorporating a special symbol
such as exclamation point
painstakingly recording...
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Categories:
batten, adventure, appreciation, atheist, birth, celebration, deep, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Mosley Hall
I got it as a gift from my grand uncle Dan who lived to a ripe old age of a hundred and one. He was the type of man that believes in developing the land;...
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Categories:
batten, adventure, america, creation, destiny, education, endurance, environment,
Form:
Narrative
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:
batten, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Wake Asia Wake - Part One - 4
And remember the sun never really sets only on covetousness
no greater co-prosperity sphere is there than inner contentment
...
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Categories:
batten, inspirational, brother, old, brother, old, sun,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Cancel
you have been waving your big whip over the vulnerable and the sick, you have been using your unauthorized power to walk over the affluent and the weak claiming that you are the man of...
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Categories:
batten, community, cry, endurance, environment, evil, farewell, universe,
Form:
Narrative
The Ides of March 2018
ever since Homo Sapiens didst
insinuate, elbow and barge
humanity at the mercy sans, small, medium
(Strunk and White) elemental forces at large
which indiscriminate merciless whims extant
ask Homer Simpson or Marge
g'head and...
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Categories:
batten, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Free verse
The Mirror's Tear Part 2
Just?
look, at YOU now, self righteous, you know YOUR rites best.
You have much to celebrate.
Celebrate diversity, the joy of
sex in the city.
Make it,
YOU, at your behest,
the center of your Universe.
Where only...
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Categories:
batten, abortion,
Form:
Epic
Social Security Electronic Deposit
Social Security Electronic Deposit ruff lee = A Dog Send!
Node out if Trump
pad hiz way...
this scrivener would
batten down in skidrow
with the missus,
...
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Categories:
batten, angst, atheist, care, dark, faith, fear, health,
Form:
Metrical Tale
The Night Santa Left Me In Stitches
Twas the night before Christmas and I was a gasp
at the rumors that filled me with an odious fright.
For Santa Claus was now tired of working for free
...
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Categories:
batten, christmas, funny, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
Teddy Bears Boat Trip
Teddy Bears Boat Trip
The bears today have gone online
To check their Bank Account
It seems that now the book has sold
They have a large amount.
Deciding what to spend it on
A very anguished choice.
A car-a house-a plane-...
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Categories:
batten, child, childhood, kid,
Form:
Quatrain
My Monster
among you and I and among us all
remains a feeling of shallow intoxication
that seems to play on and on and on in our respective heads
as everyone important to us has gone on to some beautiful...
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Categories:
batten, conflict, depression, niece, suicide, , literature,
Form:
Blank verse
It's Alright
I thought it's alright when he skips the talking;
Getting hot, and then boiling over promptly.
And it's alright; he won't put me in a coffin;
I'm not dead, I was just unconscious.
I thought it's alright...
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Categories:
batten, abuse, anger, angst, confusion, courage, heartbroken, love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Pirates Prayer of Thanks
I come to you with humble thanks for all that you’ve delivered,
For Englishmen to walk the planks and for timbers left unshivered.
I thank you for a glassy sea and the steady blowing breeze,
For giving all...
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Categories:
batten, funny, sea, me, sea, thank you,
Form:
Light Verse
Fleeing Irma
FLEEING IRMA
spotlight moon, full, like an Old Testament cloud, leading
Floridians forth, not into the desert, but away from the wrath
of Irma. bumper to bumper, neighbors from pilot to caboose,
illuminated in each other’s flood beams....
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Categories:
batten, car, people, religious, storm, strength,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Circle
Circle
Circle
The autumn leaves have fallen down
Like a celebration from trees unto the ground
An end to summer yellow now orange brown
A cycle of the past once new to pass to...
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Categories:
batten, creation,
Form:
I do not know?
Batten the Hatch
Buzzing rail buggies
spinning paddled tires beating
out a gritty wake feather
on sand dune
deliberation over alcohol burning
engines being better than gas
everyone with lit cigarette in hand
aroma of tobacco with salt launching
forth from frothy waves
forms low misty...
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Categories:
batten, appreciation, beach, family,
Form:
Free verse
Said the Indigenous People of Their Land -Evil Provocation
Said the indigenous people of their land,
"Our Lord,
Since time started we lived here,
before prophets and their offsprings.
We built sanctuaries and prayer houses.
Our Lord,
today like never before,
we are under siege
as suffering invades our homes,
steal our...
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Categories:
batten, abuse, evil, irony, passion, peace, prayer, truth,
Form:
Didactic
Hunkering Down
Ready or not here he comes
Best you batten down the hatches
Unless you were one of the smart ones to run
Like a Coon Hound in July chasing rabbits
Alright, alright, alright
As you turn and face the...
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Categories:
batten, fun, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Disruption
Are we ready for what’s to come?
Will we know how to behave?
Never before in human history has there been such disruption. It was once a much simpler place. No more. The future is arriving faster...
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Categories:
batten, art,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Im Caught In the Eye of the Storm
The gusts are picking up moving through the trees
It’s getting darker by the minute I feel your cool breeze
It’s cloudy and the light turns to dark
I’m mesmerized by your heart but still hear your thunderous...
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Categories:
batten, love, me, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Shut Up!
Shut Up!
Shut up the hurricane shutters!
There's a storm that is ready to blow.
Batten down all the hatches!
Mother nature is angry, don't you know?
There's a man on the watch tower
...
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Categories:
batten, violence, visionary,
Form:
Rhyme
Rise To the Occasion
Rise to the occasion of the weather
Inform the storm of cruel intentions
Lift your eyes above tsunami fury
Take back the waves you came in on
Make earthquakes miracles that move
Shake hands with disaster for awhile...
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Categories:
batten, appreciation, natural disasters, weather,
Form:
Didactic