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Premium Member The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 2
"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2



Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm, 
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...

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Categories: dead man, imagery, jesus, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member U Can 2
U can 2 was on the license plate of my 
store manager brown Benz where a dead man 
was found in the trunk Alston Isadore defense store 
manager at Fort Sheridan Army base Ronald Reagan...

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Categories: dead man, business, chicago, death, film, money, words, writing,
Form: Acrostic
The Adverse World
I sing my songs with rageful joy in mind,
Forgetting the past struggles, aches and sorrows
That intertwine with my mind’s eye, leaving all of me behind
Forgiving others of their wrongs for better tomorrows

You know who comforts...

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Categories: dead man, angst, emotions, endurance, feelings, pain, passion, strength,
Form: Free verse
The Forge
I remember the beach sand and swing
when you and mother were still something
I remember the ducks in the lake
you held my hand watching their wake
I remember the sheep dogs when the day was through
and the...

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Categories: dead man, abuse, angst, emotions, life, recovery from, violence,
Form: Rhyme
The Dancing: the Return Thereof
Prelude

After banishing my foe off to hell
The Lord took pity on my soul 
And returned it to my undead shell
Again, I was alive and whole

But the consequences of a second chance
Meant that I would have...

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Categories: dead man, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member This Poem May Kill Me, Or Not
Notes: I am putting the notes upfront, suicide is no laughing matter, however, anything that makes it something that can be discussed I think is a good thing. Humor really is an aid to many...

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Categories: dead man, depression, introspection, lonely, psychological, suicide, drug,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Cold Doorknobs
The Cold Doorknobs 

I.
I am sure there will be that profound moment in time
when the dog out back will stop its incessant yapping,
Its unrelenting impulse to belch out its interminable wails, 
alas, to inform its...

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Categories: dead man, death,
Form: Free verse
The Nifty Town 2
I walked pass the neighborhood restaurants and saw Americans
browsing on their laptops and having their Saturday evening meals
Some were having a serious chat over dinner
I could see angry faces filled with disappointments and resentments
There is...

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Categories: dead man, absence, abuse, america, anti bullying, break up,
Form: Narrative
Dead Man Tales
Dead Man Tales
shards of glass pearl the emperor's rise,
his arms embracing upon our sins and lies, 

do not deceive yourself , my friend.
in the twilight of our beings our corruption merges and blends.

there is no...

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Categories: dead man, conflict, corruption, emotions, freedom, sad, sin,
Form: Classicism
A White Sheet of Paper Part I
"A White Sheet of Paper."  Part1

Once upon a time I was a white sheet of paper
Pilled between hundreds on a shelf my neighbor 
For years was an old stapler.

I was full of life yet...

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Categories: dead man, imagination,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member And Miles To Go Before I Sleep For Miles Davis
Kind Of Blue (For Miles Davis)

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Ny 1991


Before they could lower Miles 
into the damp, dark ground
Two of the PALL BEARERS
Thought they heard musical sounds

Before the Preacher could say
Turn your BiblesTo Acts, 
The...

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Categories: dead man, bird, celebrity, death, guitar, i miss you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lifeboat the End
Part 10

The Sun high above was swiftly given a shove
    As the Moon appeared to swallow the night.
And with another miserable day... just hours away,
    They all slept to...

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Categories: dead man, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Goodbye To Home
Sand in my lungs and in every nook and cranny possible, nothing out here not even a simple bush or tree. Everything is dead and dry as a bone. My own skin holds no life,...

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© Cat Way  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dead man, art, me, woman, old, me, old,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Lifeboat Peg Leg's Trial
Part 9

A trial was formed with the Captain as Judge
    With the good Doctor to frame the debate.
While the Dancer was pressed to the Atheist's grudge
    And the crew...

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Categories: dead man, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Doctor Is a Dead Man Walking
Bob had a special talent
That only worked in his men’s store.
He had ‘clothing ESP’.
He knew what his customers wanted…and more.

When customer would come into his store
Bob would invariably say, 
“Hello. I'm Bob. Don’t say a...

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Categories: dead man, angst, bereavement, betrayal, body, business, celebration, character,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Can Clean, I Can Drive
Plenty of sleep, no more tv, the wars in the Middle East
are resource wars, disguised as religious debates.
So Dad would say.

A beautiful winter day, hunting
season. A Gun In Every Home, in light of U.S. mass...

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Categories: dead man, home, magic, poetry, religion, sleep, war, winter,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Lifeboat Adrift At Sea
Part 2

The passengers were a well-heeled lot who
    Had no experience to the rigors at sea.
And their disillusionment grew... on seeing the crew
    Entirely encrusted with earwigs and fleas.

But...

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Categories: dead man, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Inevitable Death Defines Afterlife Trois
Inevitable death defines afterlife - trois

So all I ask, would be
inviting, offering, and ushering me to 
top secret cygnet committee
to give this average sized 
chapped sticky man
spinning the david bowie playlist 
as a somber dee...

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Categories: dead man, absence, allah, analogy, angel, appreciation, blessing, death,
Form: Rhyme
Meet Me At the Cemetery
Meet at the Cemetery
This is where I live
Meet me at the cemetery to make your final bid
One suitcase and one long gown
This is where I am bound
Bones and bones meet  with bones
Dead bones, dried...

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Categories: dead man, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, character, community, confusion,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Dead Man Tells Tales

 I saw, the rot of selfish desires,
 burning endlessly in clever fires
 Piles of cash a mountain high
 stolen by those that steal and lie
 six days every week , 
...

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Categories: dead man, blessing, conflict, dark, evil, hope, introspection, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Fringe Benefits a Plug For Perks Yo Man Living At 2 Highland Manor Drive
Fringe benefits (a plug) for perks (yo man) living at 2 highland manor drive

Expanse of green acres draped
like a petticoat when ye arrive
birds of a feather flock together
and bees gather collect nectar,
pollen, and water to...

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Categories: dead man, adventure, age, america, animal, anniversary, appreciation, august,
Form: Rhyme
The World of Fraud
Stolen golden treasure chest
Dead man lying on his chest
Discarded like garbage
Because we act like we all savage
Eaten by vultures
As greed transcends cultures
Lying gypsies 
False omens like eclipses
Fake prophecies
They packed their bags for those ill fated...

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Categories: dead man, political, satire,
Form: Lyric
Raw
I ripped the curtain from the window to have a good view of what was transpiring outside, someone must have fallen from the roof top and lay dead on the road side, a little crowd...

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Categories: dead man, adventure, appreciation, best friend, break up, confidence,
Form: Narrative
Marat and Charlotte 4
Act 4.

Marat

Where do these tears come from? My makeup
is melting in the spotlight. She has gone.
Oh, how I wished to tell her… I did not.
I wished to tell but I forgot the words
to say according...

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Categories: dead man, death, love,
Form: Blank verse
Caged Passion
I watched the shadows move and the curtain rise, and the moon suddenly appear from underneath the star lit skies, the clouds drift slowly and fade in the dark, and a bright light suddenly appeared...

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Categories: dead man, business, change, cinderella, community, desire, romantic love,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs