Long Expiation Poems

Becoming, a translation from Rabindranath Tagore,
Still, halfhearted I see, for a blossoming may
I am an audacity, yet underneath in serenity, oddity
I shall be someday, grandiose, someone
I shall be, some day, like my father
My sibling, if...

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You are..

The first hour of morning delight
A lonesome afterglow of twilight
A fatigued afternoon, slowly passing for only an hour.
You are..
All day round a maple leaf, a fallen Aesop, elsewhere  
You are..
Folding daylong a solid...

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~The Greatest Show from Hell~


A circus quietly drifted through our town,

causing everyone here to curse the ground–

where they toiled to set~up their ghastly show.

They passed the town, demonic eyes aglow—

 

~*~

†

 

No jugglers, tight ropes...

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If I, ever again, caress my nostalgia to those dense greeneries, to those forests , out there
Breathe air through my lungs, fresh air 
Touch every single tree, the spiral plants, a trivial beauty, unnoticed, unknown
I...

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It could simply be a midnight musing,  
where these ears are not! 
A life floating in NAY-Nay sound  
is also a simpering one, throughout! 
I call it: Just a “mood swing”,  
and...

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I feel myself going rigid
You don't need to tell me, darling
It's my body after all 
I feel myself going quiet
Like I've never known what is was to speak in flowers even though that's not true
I...

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  In the shade and slip of paternal seas,
a daughter dwells, known to all,
consumed in thought by maternal deceits.
  Angel's flared bells blow a squall,
in protest of her love for only me.

 ...

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Hell

       sinners are destined
         for inferno domain or hell,
            ...

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Synthetic satisfaction derived in the shade
On the edge of the page that defies the sage stage
Where wear and tear declare war to degrade the head
That buttresses my resistance and persistence to engage   ...

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Visions Beyond the Horizon

The doctor incised the umbilical cord, the nurse held him by heel,
They waited; the baby cried not; the nurse nudged and he giggled;
The baby giggled again; new mom laughed; doctors just haggled;
The...

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Scintillating muse providing inspiration
Jettisoning convention for innovation
Scuttling old patterns without expiation
Countermanding discourse with new creation

Alternating rhythms for lofty oration
Imbuing myths with crafty animation
Ennobling verse with majestic simulation
Abridging meter with stimulating catechization

Utilizing parody to intensify gratification
Brandishing...

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No God for Expiation
By Sy Roth

Held in ungodly thrall
Their bodies wracked blasphmely dry
Loosley held together by the striped cloth.

Typhus-infested, David-starred beasts
Caricatures of humanity
Carved into beasts of burden

Only worthy of torture, or
Zyklon deaths---
Their punishment for existence

Work,...

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The Holy Temple came into play in a very big way
  When Rosh Hashana fell on the Sabbath Day
Nowhere else were permitted shofar blasts
  An historic glimpse into Israel's past

The issue, not the...

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Chill winds surge atop placid lake
Reflections of rapture shattered 
My hope of redemption laying in shards
Tears flow, dreams end in desolation

A tempest beats against the keep
The palisade of my heart overwhelmed
My hope of atonement laying...

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One day's magic


One day's time and a magic wand,
Determined I am to take a firm stand,

An end to abhorrence and indignation,
All will take up self abnegation,

An expiation for the sins of the world,
Sacrifices, shine will...

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