Long Deterrent Poems
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The Inner Chamber
THE INNER CHAMBER
Please. Stop holding back on me.
Like a child standing at the neighborhood ice cream truck, arm outstretched, eyes huge, mouth watering.
I stand here longing to slip underneath your decades of cold-rolled steel...
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Categories:
deterrent, betrayal, courage, devotion, love, love hurts, relationship,
Form:
Prose
Irrational Numbers, With Lyrics
The number of folks sitting
on the back porch
waiting
for peace to strike,
like waiting for my garden to grow
without yet having planted it.
The number of people
noticing that chronic victims
suffer from critical victimization events,
minus the number who also...
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Categories:
deterrent, earth, education, humor, love, math, peace, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Snow
The very fact of being alive, often causes one to seek adventure;
And sometimes it is no deterrent, when it carries traces of danger.
I was not a seasoned survivalist, but very much loved the outdoors,
Like varicolored...
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Categories:
deterrent, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, magic, mountains, snow,
Form:
Couplet
Days That Drag On and On
Days like these...the days that drag on and on
If only it was quiet everywhere
if only it were quiet inside my head
Too bad, so sad
this carefully orchestrated area of noise
is just part of the elements that...
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Categories:
deterrent, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Venerated Paternal Puissant Prophet
Venerated paternal puissant prophet...
His buzzfeeding spirit jump started
and kindled eternally his uplifting karma,
thus I present genuine psalm
remembrance of things past hallelujah!
Lemme automatically shift figurative gears
and apprise thee dear reader,
when a series of irreversible unfortunate events
accelerated...
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Categories:
deterrent, adventure, atheist, car, celebration, dad, death, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Pearls Beneath the Harbor
Our bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward to finding love on a romantic tropical island. Maybe someone...
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Categories:
deterrent, people, places, world war ii,
Form:
Haibun
My Confined Mind
Untamed self control my own worst enemy I can be
I can not be the poison and the remedy
The voices I hear are not in my head
I hear the words as if they’ve been said.
Horrific thoughts...
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Categories:
deterrent, character, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
One Way Ticket To Midnight, Lyrics
Ah — ahh — aaah — aaahh...
Ah — ahh... ah — ahhh...
Aaah — aaah — ahh — ahhh...
Ahhh — ahhh — ahhh — ahhh...
Let the final countdown begin
Proxy war in Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia vs. Iran
India...
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Categories:
deterrent, betrayal, conflict, dark, death, good night, mythology,
Form:
Lyric
What Is Peace
The front door closed behind me.
Along the city's mourning streets,
eyes glanced up,
and quickly looked away.
'Ought implies can'.
In the Ethics seminar,
I could not help feeling like a fly on the wall.
Words drowned in heavy water,
the...
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Categories:
deterrent, humanity, love, peace, society,
Form:
Free verse
Immune system boosted, and bolstered
Immune system boosted, and bolstered...
to build better back me
analogous to hatches being
battened down
courtesy COVID-19 12+
(Pfizer only) and Flu Vaccine (65+)
October 31, 2024,
which found me convalescing
one day later with minor aches and pains
remedied with acetaminophen.
More...
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Categories:
deterrent, age, america, appreciation, autumn, blessing, caregiving, health,
Form:
Free verse
Anti Establishmentarian Hashtags Himself As Antithetical
Anti Establishmentarian - hashtags himself as antithetical
The following poem crafted
not quite thirty months ago,
when severe bad hair day
found yours truly self sequestered
toying with notion
to coif, primp, and tease, his limp locks,
(whose hirsute trademark...
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Categories:
deterrent, absence, allusion, anger, betrayal, fate, feelings, hair,
Form:
Rhyme
Government Largesse Courtesy Uncle Sam
(Tidbit of trivia: associated with
businessman from Troy, New York,
Samuel Wilson, known affectionately
as “Uncle Sam” Wilson. The barrels
of beef that he supplied the army
during War of 1812 were stamped
“U.S.”...
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Categories:
deterrent, 12th grade, absence, angel, blessing, celebration, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Evil Were the Flying Angels
Tears would well her eyes, if there were any left.
Pray there’s none as one drop would flood the world.
One, two, three, four and many more, she lost them all.
There remained is her loin no...
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Categories:
deterrent, abuse, angst, bereavement, conflict, confusion, death, depression,
Form:
Narrative
In 2022 and 2024 Vote Responsibly and Act Accordingly
It is important to elect officials both 2022 and 2024 in America, that are Christ fearing and Godly men and women to public office. Hence you should vote for pro life candidates as opposed...
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Categories:
deterrent, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Narrative
Just Another Day In My Man Cave
I always arise
at break of dawn,
when curtained solar
radiance openly drawn
upon a vast
wasteland, though thankfully
most (boot...
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Categories:
deterrent, 5th grade, age, art, culture, home, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord
A statement I'm sure we've all heard at one time
Also a very tough one to deal with
Vengeance is not ours according to the Bible
It's left to...
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Categories:
deterrent, death, faith, hope, life, philosophy, sadtime, evil,
Form:
Free verse
The Importance Of Retaining Experienced Public Defender's
Experienced public defenders are indispensable guardians of justice within the legal system, crucial in maintaining the delicate balance between the state's prosecutorial power and safeguarding the rights of the accused. Their role extends far beyond...
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Categories:
deterrent, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Vape Smoking Anyone
Here in this fledging nation of 28 million, Bolehland is really something...
For everything is possible and by the Addidas punchline, Impossible is Nothing..
Today there is an interesting bit of news concerning the local health ministry...
It...
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Categories:
deterrent, appreciation, blessing, education, health, horror, judgement, relationship,
Form:
Light Verse
Venerated Puissant Prophet Kindled Karma Hallelujah
Venerated puissant prophet kindled karma - hallelujah!
Higher power our prayer for vehicle addressed
courtesy deliverance kindred lady luck,
we (the missus and me) blessed,
whereby each our expanded bosom
nearly burst forth
(think analogous stuffed to hilt treasure chest)
managing...
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Categories:
deterrent, adventure, appreciation, car, father son, giving, happy,
Form:
Rhyme
40th Marathon For 70 Year Old
40th Marathon For 70 Year Old
Almost in disbelief, I reread the headline of this one particular online piece of news….
A 72-year-old Retiree Just Ran His 40th New York Marathon, screams the title of this news…
Reading...
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Categories:
deterrent, appreciation, character, inspirational, new york, retirement, sports,
Form:
Light Verse
Cold
I search for words
To describe this feeling...
After you told me
You hate me...
I remember when
I went swimming in the ocean
One day in January...
Ice was curled in elaborate design
Of wind-blown swirls on the sand...
Snowflakes mixed with...
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Categories:
deterrent, analogy, betrayal, hate, love, ocean, pain, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Humanity 'O Humanity- What's Wrong With You What's Wrong With Me-
Humanity, humanity;
Why? You suffer from lack of apathy;
It’s an increasing deterrent;
Can’t you see, can’t you see;
Humanity, O’ humanity;
You hate me, I hate you;
What do you think God want us to do;
To do
Wooh oh, Humanity, 'O...
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Categories:
deterrent, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, conflict, grief, humanity, trust,
Form:
Lyric
Amid the Amazing Myriad Spring Flowers
Amaryllis splendid beauty, Christmas bells of pride thrill us
Birds of Paradise in flight making its opera debut in its crane plumage crown
Calla Lilly’s endless white elegance bouquet, a peek-a-boo lavender funnel play
Daffodils, shoo-in...
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Categories:
deterrent, flower, spring,
Form:
Abecedarian
Paternal Grandmothers Headstone Beth David Elmont Long Island
Paternal grandmother's headstone - Beth David, Elmont, Long Island
Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris
died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled
alphanumeric characters legibly engraved
sepulchral casket entombing lovely bones
deoxyribonucleic acid repurposed into me
Matthew Scott Harris patronymic protector,
when I...
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Categories:
deterrent, absence, america, death, fate, grandmother, heaven, jewish,
Form:
Free verse
Oh, Kashmir
Oh' Kashmir
Oh' J & Kashmir
My heart is aching,
And tears coming out from my eyes,
And from the eyes,
Of millions of your other countrymen,
From Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari,
Because you are in terrible pains...
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Categories:
deterrent, allegory,
Form:
Free verse