Long Calloused Poems
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Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part OneBeneath a misty veil of ‘Euphoria’ by Calvin Klein, she dares to dream of acceptance in a world of wanna-be Literary Giants who are members of an elite writer’s group, as she drives along a...
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Categories:
calloused, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Dark Reflection...and the Demon spoke,
its voice deep and mellow like smooth satiny chocolate,
"There is more, much more than good and evil,"
the words thunderously whispered.
The verdant emerald green of the forest quivering at the sound,
drawing in upon...
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Categories:
calloused, dark, evil, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Centurio Romanus SumCenturio Romanus sum,
et nolite flere non commovebitur.
I am a Roman Centurion.I do not weep or tremble.
But I have wept some bitter tears before this end of week.
Yes, I have wept some bitter tears hot rolling...
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Categories:
calloused, bible, christian, death, easter,
Form:
Rhyme
From HopeSo, sorry for you claiming this sad, sad world;
In your desperate means to cling to a disintegrating dream of mankind;
Your rose colored goggles fogging with deception and hate;
I apologize to every spirit and soul caught...
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Categories:
calloused, bible, culture, imagination,
Form:
Personification
An Involuntary ShudderVII.
An involuntary shudder as I watch her
Spread ...
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Categories:
calloused, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
Speechless Part 2*
The heart may fall in love unwillfully
so, in a script will lie my paramour.
Oh manic quest, I've sworn to set you free
to let the ink's imagination soar.
I’ve found a place to court a writer’s muse;
this...
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Categories:
calloused, romance,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
My Practiced Mid-Life PassionMany passions I have had
and many I have practiced long and hard.,
but it was not until mid-life, I opted for a hobby more artistic.
I got myself a new guitar with books to teach myself the...
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Categories:
calloused, music,
Form:
Narrative
Card TricksIt was a party like most, I guess
And not a “fun” one, I must confess
But our hostess I adored
And I just couldn’t say: “I’m bored”,
So, I milled around, and said “Hello”
And tried to fake a...
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Categories:
calloused, conflict, dark, evil, horror, magic, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
November Second Two Thousand Twenty TwoNovember second two thousand twenty two...
abuzz with Autumnal thrum
Approximately six weeks since August sum
er re: lazy dog days witnessed lolling about
sipping cocktails, whose primary ingredient rum
pulled and sated esophageal tract nsync
with thirstily quaffing...
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Categories:
calloused, 12th grade, adventure, animal, appreciation, beautiful, butterfly,
Form:
Rhyme
Trawl Tale of a Fictitious Seaman Told To YeWhile on the topic
of blood kith and kin,
I relate another
fabricated poem about
blimey bloke of a fisherman.
Trawl tale of a fictitious seaman told to ye...
Courtesy webbed whirled wide net wit
cursing thwarted life,...
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Categories:
calloused, 8th grade, adventure, animal, appreciation, destiny, fish,
Form:
Rhyme
Shoe DreamsAfter a short illness keeping me off Soup, and a 50-year refrain from Prose Poetry, I was inspired by a Thomas Merton talk about Rilke to find the courage for this form again.
Shoe Dreams
Is there...
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Categories:
calloused, art, body, christian, dance, fashion, mythology,
Form:
Prose
Gratitude For Grace
Life gets in the way and somedays I find it hard
To even laugh or play - after all is said and done
Have I even prayed?
The gratitude that I should
Have shared with my God, the...
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Categories:
calloused, god, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
October Twenty Third Two Thousand Twenty OneOctober twenty third two thousand twenty one...02:44:06 PM
Eastern Standard Time abuzz auld Durin
(ya know whit I'm Tolkien about
Elder days long regarding) Autumnal thrum –
The perfect balm to avoid feeling glum
supine upon greensward
I...
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Categories:
calloused, america, appreciation, autumn, beautiful, celebration, color, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Utopia - Silent One's ChallengeIt was the hour of their glory
harps tuned,they bravely stood strong
their path to salvation,cried for sacrifice
as a storm loomed,with their rhapsodic song.
Forced to live a life of misery
these calloused hands took many lives
but now the...
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Categories:
calloused, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Book……
Searing pain shot through
my body like a wave of heat. I
raised my arm to feel my
cheek, but he grabbed my
wrist, forcing it back to my
side....
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Categories:
calloused, adventureme, pain, body, me,
Form:
ABC
Rose Coloured Portrait(This is about the same lovely young lady and best friend that I wrote about in "A Pink Rose." I always think about her when I think about roses. Especially pink and lavender ones.)
The very...
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Categories:
calloused, beauty, best friend, girl, youth,
Form:
Romanticism
WoodcutterWith feet rooted into the bones of the Earth,
the old man squatted on his heels and began his work.
He lifted his saw and placed it on top of a block of hardwood.
And then he began...
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Categories:
calloused, warold, old,
Form:
I do not know?
After All of These YearsAfter all of these years
This is my spot, just outside these green coffee house doors,
my piece of sidewalk, my place in this world
A small square of concrete where I try to bring smiles
to those in...
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Categories:
calloused, guitar, love, music,
Form:
Epic
Nightmare AbroadThree years have been a lifetime,
In a place unfathomable-
Met with a gun barrel to the scalp,
Scars cover his back, tortured for freedom,
Punished for a woman he loves who stands proud with her...
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Categories:
calloused, america, depression, humanity, solitude, strength,
Form:
Free verse
The Moon, a Golden Doubloon Buried In the Midnight SkyThe moon, a golden doubloon buried in the midnight sky, amongst a billion diamond
speckles, shimmers in the warm summer night’s air, as it slowly climbs to its zenith. The
lake reflects the scene back...
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Categories:
calloused, losslost, dark, dark, girl, lost,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Eagle SurvivesIn this tumultuous political climate
I find both parties irrelevant and obsolete
They do not speak to me or my families’ needs
Neither do they consider our suffering
Day after day immigrants look for respite from expulsion from...
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Categories:
calloused, patriotic, political,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To Tai-Ana At Age Ten and Far Away1
Oh, gentle child, how doth my heart still burn
thine absence half a decade spent in vain
to break the bonds that tie, that fett’ring chain
that holds me from embracing thee, thyself in turn.
Thine all...
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Categories:
calloused, daughter, life, love, heart, children, freedom, heart,
Form:
Ode
Portrait In Indigo -She Dreamed of Icarus**~~**
She seemed to be like a delicate portrait
which had fallen from its gilded frame
Abandoned, lying face down on the cold winter floor
An elegant portrait once painted
In resplendent hues...
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Categories:
calloused, allegory, angst, loss, sad, heart, winter, blue,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Daisies and Dreams
When Spring’s soft murmurs broke the stillness of the rolling hills,
He took his guitar outside to welcome days of daffodils.
His music wound throughout the pines in greening melodies,
The gypsy lady heard them and was stirred...
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Categories:
calloused, dance, death, desire, destiny, guitar, heartbreak,
Form:
Ballad
HomesteadMisshapen limbs of the Palo Verde trees add an artistic touch to the landscape. While
Honeysuckle twine about the old rail fence and the spiny Ocotillo flash scarlet plumes.
Mesquite trees, older than the homestead,...
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Categories:
calloused, old, winter, old, winter,
Form:
I do not know?