Long Deterrence Poems

We came not for conquest,
but for containment—
though conquest is what happens
when containment itches beneath the skin
like sulfur spores in a sealed lung.

They had the secret.
Not gold, not weapons, not prophecy—
but language that healed.
Real language—
not poetry,...

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IT, Revisited
BEHOLD, this perilous journey, tis a whimsical tale of woe, that is delightfully bespoken, for welcomed ears to bestow, as a clown be found awakening, his oversized feet abound, his frizzy hair stabbed outwardly,...

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Enveloped in the essence of twilight's hue,
Where dreams collide and realities seem askew.
Let me take you on a flight,
where words dance and emotions ignite.
In the machinations of current climate, 
of decency in sunset's deplete.
Scoffers of...

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May 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Esther 1-4

Key Verse – Esther 4:14  For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the...

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The death penalty, a practice rooted in antiquity, continues to evoke controversy and ethical dilemmas in modern society. Despite its purported role in deterring crime and administering justice, the death penalty stands on shaky moral...

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Freedom's Tapestry 
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings...

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Diplomacy can be a fig leaf for surrender
A wolf agrees to postpone the dismember
If you want peace, prepare for war
Peacetime is what aggressors use it for.

Countries have interests, leaders have ambitions
For some expansion is a...

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If it were to be foe, I could bear it; He was my friend;
Why should he betray me? In public that too; at the end;
I kept him aside like a bone separated from meat,
Avoided the...

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A Tribal  Tricolour President 

Welcome Lady President of hills 
Unknown to world; till other day
Miracles happen in a flash 
Just as Draupadi in Mahabharat

Madam Draupadi enters Raisina hills 
Leaving tribal land to adorn a...

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Lying to myself, 
I am determined and strong. 
I’ve got to think clearly,
But I know I was wrong. 
When the pain subsides,
It comes back in force. 
I’ve got to see the future,
Let fate take its...

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Terror
When I thought of the terror
Once I sat engaged and freighting
Much I marveled the splendid scare
Deep into that darkness fearing
On that day my soul grew lonely
Once upon a midnight silent
I awoke and flung the deterrence

Sore...

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I aspire for a flight of magnificence 
though the words at times reek of innocence.
Yet striving to create a renaissance 
in form which will not require penitence.
I boast of overcoming pestilence
in manipulating verbal reticence
to overcome...

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Dun days? Clouds above in greys?
Sapphire? Purple haze?
Deterrence, dessicate, cays.
Buildings on the raze.

World around in twilight.
Months ahead a-grim.
Heart within me, burn with fight!
Crater, have thy rim...

Ocean, boil. Intestines, roil.
Ignite, O my soil.
Lightning, fry. My music,...

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With tendencies towards modes abhorrent, I operate
    Hone deterrence to deserved carnal pleasure consolidate
    Intentional extension of potential paths provoke
    Libidinous grasping of bliss platter's swift...

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Tread not on me, brother!
To live is to expand.
Deterrence! Slay the Other!
Cold core countermand!

Boots a-click-clack, cobblestone.
Midnight raid and how!
Help the boy to hold his own!
Sacred, O my cow!

Written in the ancient s blood?
Time to cause...

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Soon everything we know will rapidly be changed
Into an unfamiliar landscape and a worldwide shooting range
Guns pointing in every direction and at every town
No inspections will be allowed and best not show a frown
Orwellian decrees...

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I am nothing and I am common
Does doing something new means a difference?
Becoming well known and uncommon
Perhaps an only lifetime were meant for deterrence

If we climb we will fall
No going about any other way
Why do...

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Spirits of the woodland deep.
Gather, please, at gate.
Shadow, dark fire, through me seep!
Hummingbirds can hate!

Where the prickly pear was grown?
Deep beneath a lake.
Where the angry god was thrown?
Someone made mistake...

There to build, O pyramid!
Tumble down...

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I was born from silence
Beset compliance
I grew from violence
A whispered defiance

No more betrayal
No more assumption
Our fear has failed
But in destruction

Take a look at what you must become
The search for satisfaction is also loading the gun
Another...

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A sadness appears
on the face of a nation
as tears fall like rivers a’flow
Midst rubble and death
with dreams slowly shattered,
where blood coats the fields draped in snow

So gallant they stand
to the war machine charging,
a serpent of...

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Written By:  D. Collins 3/21/25



The essence of poetry is expressing one's mind.
Able to freeze what's happening at that given time.
Everything seen and heard in the course of a day.
Should be scrolled on paper or...

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Between each heart beat
Lies a reason
For any man
To commit to treason..
Any random thought
Without deterrence
Is a scandal brought
On by its occurrence
A fatal flaw
Born of consequences
With such a draw
That it numbs the senses
Momentary gain
Without direction
Will just end...

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