Long Crosshairs Poems
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Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near RealityHalf a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…9…8…3..2..1…
Found me linkedin at the end of...
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Categories:
crosshairs, age, america, anger, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Rampant and Endemic Police BrutalityRampant and endemic police brutality...
flourishes against United States citizens of color
going on three years
post George Floyd
short lived heightened awareness
when #blacklivesmatter
in conjunction with 1619 project
wrought upwelling of progressive surge
hinting at positive...
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Categories:
crosshairs, absence, abuse, africa, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Free verse
Sun God PleaSun Gods! Sun Gods!
I require your assistance
I come before you, humbly, without resistance
Hear me! Hear me! Please hear my plea!
Honorably - I come before you on bended knee
I come before you on this day and...
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Categories:
crosshairs, boyfriend, care, change, god,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Manse Market For a Preowned Spa HouseIn the manse market for a preowned spa house
Mine feeble efforts pale in comparison
to a kid scaling El Capitan
of Yosemite National Park,
nevertheless me, a dry witted husband
self emasculated milquetoast
of late ofttimes yawps imprecations
against fickle finger...
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Categories:
crosshairs, absence, allegory, angel, appreciation, autumn, black african
Form:
Free verse
The First Anniversary Since Being PeltedThe first anniversary since being pelted...
with pistachio shells April 3rd, 2021
sitting in the exact same chair
yours truly sat three hundred
and sixty five days ago.
Watermelons, grapefruits, oranges...
lobbed at yours truly ruled out,
hence the missus...
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Categories:
crosshairs, abuse, adventure, anger, april, courage, endurance, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Pelted With Pistachio Shells April 3rd 2021Pelted with pistachio shells April 3rd, 2021
Watermelons, grapefruits, oranges...
lobbed at yours truly ruled out,
hence the missus dreamt up bright idea
to enfilade me courtesy pistachio shells.
Rather than just hurl one at a time,
(she who unwittingly helped...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 12th grade, abuse, adventure, baptism, conflict, divorce,
Form:
Free verse
Brief Mane n Tail shampoo tall tell taleBrief Mane n' Tail shampoo tall (tell) tale
Living social amidst
crime infested urban jungle
bumping uglies cheek to jowl
analogous fate being housed in jail
escape room of great outdoors
spurred subject matter in question
to journey...
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Categories:
crosshairs, adventure, anger, animal, beach, beautiful, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Ice Cream Gran 7 - Gran Goes DeepThe Hammer and the sickle were emblazoned on its tower
This underwater enemy would demonstrate its power
The submarine, in covert mode, torpedoes at the ready
The crosshairs on the monitor were holding nice and steady
The captain said,...
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Categories:
crosshairs, cat, grandmother, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
I Wax Poetic As Lifeblood Imperceptibly Doth WaneI wax poetic as lifeblood imperceptibly doth wane
Mine body electric analogous
to Google map pronounced
with arteries and countless varicose vein
visible popping blood vessels
leeches haven grand old time
at expense of poor sucker...
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Categories:
crosshairs, adventure, anxiety, body, character, december, farewell, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Sighting Through the CrosshairsOur Constitution, page-by-page, provides a guide from age-to-age.
As citizens our views consist of strict or loose constructionists.
Yet, we should keep - we can agree - a free, but just, society
Though Freedom isn't strictly free, we...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 12th grade, conflict, death, heartbreak, imagery, judgement,
Form:
Rhyme
I Experience InappetenceI experience inappetence...
(similar physiological phenomena
affected yours truly
exactly one year ago),
yet nevertheless hunger,
not only for victuals
but peace on Earth
and goodwill to all men,
women, children, animals,
plants, et cetera
Mine corporeal complex edifice
unleashes convulsions of anxiety
less so regarding mine...
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Categories:
crosshairs, absence, bereavement, body, confusion, dark, fear, february,
Form:
Rhyme
Ban Assault Weapons In 2017 - Part4Firearms magazine offer manifold big bang for their buck,
many ear rational per son or daughter loves advocate, the late chuck
heston (now a shooting star occasionally visiting Earth from celestial vault)
...
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Categories:
crosshairs, poverty, prayer, racism, silence, society, stress, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
How To Maintain CredibilityHow to maintain credibility
Granulated points of view, they will not pan out.
They will sift through the strain, and leave your crowd with doubt.
This is always something, you must try to avoid,
or that crowd will toss...
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Categories:
crosshairs, education, health, life, people, satire, social, people,
Form:
Didactic
CrossroadsCrossroads
I woke up this morning with a question on my mind
What the Hell am I going to do with my life
I am sleeping on a futon in the basement at a friend’s
All because I fell...
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Categories:
crosshairs, divorce, introspection, moving on,
Form:
Lyric
Ever Since I Experienced Being Significantly Monetarily SidelinedEver since I experienced being significantly monetarily sidelined...
(how about that topic for a change of pace?)
Yes back to getting walloped, decked
and clubbed courtesy cold hearted brute,
who casually, glad handedly, and royally
flushed out mine tailored pricey...
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Categories:
crosshairs, absence, abuse, angel, angst, anxiety, bereavement, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Daily Bread Community Food PantryThe spouse betook monthly outing
today May 4th, 2022
to 3938B Ridge Pike,
Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426.
No more bare cupboards,
fridge, and deep freezer
since returning with more than
our share of daily bread,
plus other sundry provisions
referring to this mister,...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
I Wax Poetic As Lifeblood Imperceptibly WanesAging baby boomer
no longer fit as a fiddle
accumulating extra adipose tissue
around the middle
ain't no impossible mission
whence thumbs I twiddle
to shed unwanted
weight methinks exorcise to unriddle.
Call to action necessitates
yours truly to acclimatize,
calling fitness trainer
whereby honed...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
On being emotionally bankruptOn being emotionally bankrupt
Sentient beings distraught
psyche rent asunder
courtesy false accusations
heated words exchanged like gunfire
pox upon the house of Deborah Hunter,
a vicious vindictive
girlish looking septuagenarian woman
buzzfeeding unfounded conspiracy
that the missus steals packages
ever since we moved...
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Categories:
crosshairs, anger, anxiety, april, betrayal, bullying, conflict, crazy,
Form:
Free verse
One Step Ahead of the BestYou walk on me like a sidewalk
And write on me like chalk
I go blind just seeing you talk
My teeth are numb from hearing you walk
I’m caught in your vision
In the crosshairs of...
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Categories:
crosshairs, angst, happiness, hope, inspirational, lost love, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Amidst the Sorrow - Aurora Does ShineTwas a dark knight,
whence there came a pawn the hushed crowded movie house
A phantom of horror sprung out of the rookery that wrought deadly havoc
Renting asunder innocent audience members
Anticipating Batman annihilate evil within Manichean...
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Categories:
crosshairs, anger, bereavement, conflict, crazy, cry, dedication, eulogy,
Form:
I do not know?
Fate of MankindFate Of Mankind...
(this prognosticator ordains,
which if came to pass no brains)
necessary to impress any
goo goo dolls, nor swains!)
Cited in crosshairs of thermonuclear warfare
quite an about face from bursts of creativity,
yet omnipresent palpable threat...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 11th grade, 12th grade, crush, earth, goodbye,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Daily Bread Community Food PantryNo more bare cupboards,
fridge, and deep freezer
since returning with more than
our share of daily bread
referring to this mister, who
frightfully squawks like an old geezer,
plus the missus
also ain't no spring chicken,
being locked within crosshairs
elderly stage, she...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Ominous Nighttime ForayCrow's claws carrion campy carping
nsync nocturnal teenage mutant ninja turtles
analogous to scuttling
(think) browed beastie boys scarab beetle
brandishing sharp small scabbard swords
delightedly digging daggers deep
into deadened prey
rotting roadkill repulsively reeking
formerly (mere moments ago) once
fancy free and...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Blitz
Rampant Police Brutality Against United States Citizens of Color First RoundAgony, grief and particularly anger
roil these lovely bones
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
exempts those graced with darker skin tones.
Rather than raucously riot,
I craft emotions courtesy poetry
mine feeble attempt to agitate and protest
sublimated thru scathing poetic...
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Categories:
crosshairs, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Political Verse
You'Re Just a CriticDid you know....
about the look in my eyes?
The ongoing fatigue....
The fact that I sleep more....
the fact that I distance myself....
away from you?
Don't you see,
what you've done to me?
You've taken a loving man,
and you've destroyed his...
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Categories:
crosshairs, abuse, anger, hate,
Form:
Blank verse