Long Bygone Poems
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Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.
Back in the day
quaint...
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Categories:
bygone, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Amberina BallerinaA born lioness my untamed heart? ha!
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on a dare to be won or lost
till it became...
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Categories:
bygone, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection, memory, metaphor, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Now and Then and Now Again1
Though still within our infancy,
we strive to thrive, but woefully
we flash and flaunt our 'primacy',
display our trophies pridefully.
Our terra firma ecstasy
destroys survival's harmony,
lays waste to life on land and sea.
Mankind, thy name...
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Categories:
bygone, corruption, culture, environment, money, pollution, racism, religion,
Form:
Monorhyme
Attitude with latitudeAttitude with latitude
originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic
Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested vainglorious woke
mine genuine apology,
viz sincerely yours truly
psyche asper paternal overture
toward aforementioned offspring
smitten with opprobrium
figuratively smacked upside...
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Categories:
bygone, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal, family, father daughter,
Form:
Free verse
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilOnce so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit forms,
Whilst our unsuspecting mortal Earth...
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Categories:
bygone, dark, evil, fantasy, god, horror, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Raven and The BardThe Raven and the Bard
-Daniel Henry Rodgers
The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night,
Its haunting words, a melody of fright.
The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair,
Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...
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Categories:
bygone, philosophy, poets, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
I'Ve Got To GoI’m on my way, I’ve got to go
(the reasons why you’ll never know),
whisked away in winter’s winds, your sleeping sighs remind me.
And I’ll ramble where I please,
sometimes slipping to my knees,
phantom memories a’ chasing close...
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Categories:
bygone, cute, farewell,
Form:
Rhyme
Legacy of PenangBack in 1962 when I was just a lad
my dad gave me a holiday
the best I ever had.
A holiday of every dream
that one lifetime could hold
so listen while this wondrous time
to you I now...
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Categories:
bygone, culture, father, food, friendship, introspection, paradise, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
When Three Cousins PlayedThree cousins played a “game’ of war
A map of Europe spread across the floor
No adults there to keep the score
As each of them wanted more and more
Three of four empires lay upon that map
As they...
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Categories:
bygone, war,
Form:
Verse
My Thing Is ThisAs hapless vapors of decay, surround us, suffocating the fecund earth. A blanket of suffocating grey, born from the diseased aspirations of humanity. We, the self-appointed masters of a planet in shambles, gaze upon the...
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Categories:
bygone, corruption, education, environment, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilA Bohemian Maze of True Evil
Once so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit...
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Categories:
bygone, dark, evil, fantasy, god, horror, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
ROBERT SHERRIFF Leonardo's ArtROBERT SHERRIFF 08/07/1954 - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER
Leonardo's Art
Leonardo da Vinci, a visionary of his time, was often likened to a grandmaster wielding a baton, orchestrating...
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Categories:
bygone, age, art, heart, women,
Form:
Spoken Word
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilOnce so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit forms,
Whilst our unsuspecting mortal...
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Categories:
bygone, creation, dark, evil, god, heaven, mother son,
Form:
Narrative
Ledger of Love: PART II
Ledger of Love
In the shadows of the Victorian night,
Where candles flicker with amorous light,
A forbidden love fiercely burns,
In a pounding heart, passion yearns.
Amidst the lace and satin array,
Where masks conceal bygone dismay,
A dance of desire,...
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Categories:
bygone, break up, emotions, heartbroken, life, longing, lost
Form:
Narrative
Watching Upcoming Toilet Bowl Lvii Highlight of February 12th, 2023Watching upcoming toilet bowl lvii highlight of February 12th, 2023
Above title attests
how mine mundane mein kampf
insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:
flush with adventure overflowing excrement
er... rather excitement.
Apt aforementioned accurate personal description
believe me not,...
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Categories:
bygone, 12th grade, abuse, adventure, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Rhyme
Richard Mcgeehan PoemRichard Mcgeehan Poem
Poetic license I employ
to match inventive
wisdom and witticism
regarding (brother in law of mine
husband of eldest sister of same)
interspersing, initiating, incorporating
fabrication whenever possible,
and only the subject himself
can discern fact from fiction
and get a...
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Categories:
bygone, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation, birthday, celebration, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Headstones and ChattelsHEADSTONES AND CHATTELS
‘Twas pure chance that I discovered
Just the other day,
A place passed
Countless times,
Never had the thought of calling in,
Inner thoughts and misplaced fears
Oh there must have been countless other reasons
For one to...
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Categories:
bygone, meaningful, society,
Form:
Free verse
Watching Upcoming Toilet Bowl Lvi Highlight of February 13th, 2022Watching upcoming toilet bowl lvi highlight of February 13th, 2022
Above title attests how mine mundane mein kampf
insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:
flush with adventure overflowing excrement
er... rather excitement.
Apt aforementioned accurate personal description
believe me not,...
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Categories:
bygone, adventure, cool, devotion, farewell, happiness, heaven, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Slave Chains of HistoryChains never fall completely.
Scars embed themselves like burns under the skin,
And even though the skin is a body, it cannot hide the shadow of the irons.
History screams, but its lips are sealed with silence,
A silence...
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Categories:
bygone, culture,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
bygone, bereavement, death, earth, eulogy, farewell, identity, planet,
Form:
Rhyme
''To My Dear and Loving Husband'': Perspective, Tone, and Effect In Anne Bradstreet's Poem"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
by Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare me with ye women if...
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Categories:
bygone, feelings, husband, inspirational love, love, marriage, poetess,
Form:
Prose
My Silent HouseI.
GRAIL OF TIDES
from the brewing storm’s steeping chalice
the breath of death’s journey awakens in quiet tides
beckoned by the stirring whisper of mortal winds
furrowed by stoic angels in pallid temporal skies
on wings they dance with...
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Categories:
bygone, death, feelings, humanity, identity, inspiration, loss, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
The heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongueThe heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongue,
Will always remain in a dead language for degenerate times;
And we must laboriously seek the meaning of each word and line,
Conjecturing a broader...
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Categories:
bygone, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
bygone, heartbroken, memory, pain, storm, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
Symphony of Shadows in the MoonlightSymphony of Shadows in the Moonlight
In the calming hours of the night, when shadows dance upon the walls of consciousness,
As twilight intertwines with the remnants of bygone dreams,
My soul wanders through echoes of the sublime,
Attempting...
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Categories:
bygone, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse