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Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine

     ("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered 
after assassinating Julius Caesar.

     Alternatively...

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Categories: figurative, 10th grade, adventure, allah, anger, appreciation, birth,
Form: Free verse



Gluttonous Connoisseur of Ethnic Culinary Cuisines
Yours truly would never be confused for a gourmand, nevertheless I could enjoy experiencing taste testing select food samples if offered an opportunity of attending a fancy feast viz smörgåsbord, whereby oral indulgence would arouse,...

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Categories: figurative, addiction, appreciation, birthday, blessing, chicago, dream, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa
“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”

Spurred by mother dearest 
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.

Back in the day 
quaint...

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Categories: figurative, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form: Rhyme
Food glorious food
Food glorious food

Asia generic guy gastronomy (and how gourmet foods eat destructively clearly beyond any) excess enthusiasm, the necessity to feed and clothe this lean mean exercising machine gunning corporeal essence christened Matthew Scott Harris...

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Categories: figurative, 12th grade, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Where Art Thou Anonymous Benefactor To Offer Me Succor
Where art thou anonymous benefactor...to offer me succor?

Ah... methinks legal tender 
could be a boon to help me bolster 
mein kampf with necessary material equipage,
which prospect to acquire essential 
commodities sabotaged 
at the altar of...

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Categories: figurative, 8th grade, absence, anger, angst, boy, confusion,
Form: Free verse



Fate decreed sexting or texting while married abominable
Fate decreed sexting/texting while married abominable

Therefore karma caught up to me big time
and delivered yours truly sent to purgatory
(figurative speaking) by casting a spell,
whereby the government issued Safelink
Tracfone got permanently disabled
and all the data
(including contact...

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Categories: figurative, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part ii
Highlight of Goofus and Gallant 
bred within the survival instinct 
of hungry hordes of prey, 
when Earth in the balance 
against an uncomfortable truth 
smug smurf like scavengers. 

     Punishment meted...

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Categories: figurative, absence, adventure, africa, america, angel, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Daily Star Thursday issue
The Daily Star Thursday issue...

announces Summer Solstice 2024
regarding purr ray zing planetary earthlings
paying obeisance to god/goddess of the sun 
Thursday, June twentieth
at 4:51 Post Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. 

This...

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Categories: figurative, anniversary, beauty, celebration, june, star, summer,
Form: Free verse
Silence reigns supreme in my reich
Silence reigns supreme in my reich

No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm,
I annexed courtesy manifest destiny,
which peoples now inhabiting said jurisdiction
circumscribed by following coordinates -
Latitude: 40° 16' 22.20"...

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Categories: figurative, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, celebration, dark, hair,
Form: Free verse
The Daily Star Tuesday Issue
The daily star Tuesday issue...

announces Summer Solstice 2023
regarding ray zing planetary earthlings

Wednesday, June twenty first
at 10:57 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates

most daylight hours of the year for
people...

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Categories: figurative, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form: Free verse
Attempts At Lifelong Friendships and Holy Matrimony
Introduction: once again I incorporate 
my trademark penchant 
to fabricate fictitiously
portions of the following poetic endeavor
can you care to 
discern fact from fiction?

Attempts at lifelong friendships and holy matrimony...

Shot thru with figuratively cankerous nub,
cuz yours...

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Categories: figurative, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, age, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed
Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed

Pardon my hyperbole if in fact such embellishment can be sifted out amidst the pretentious poetry and/or prose NOT aired to appear superior, but more so as passion for...

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Categories: figurative, anniversary, appreciation, birth, birthday, endurance, fear, wife,
Form: Free verse
Increase In Head Size
Increase In Head Size

impossible mission to encapsulate notion 
flitting hither and yon, to and fro
within cranium attached to mine body,
whereby irrefutable proof prevails
predicated when yours truly
scrutinizes other people visibly aware,
I a modest married male 
blessed,...

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Categories: figurative, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form: Free verse
I a youthsome wholesome jokesome handsome
I (a youthsome, wholesome, jokesome, handsome,...
gamesome, chucklesome, bothersome,
and awesome modest fellow)...
does not deliberately court immortalization,
and wonders what criteria confer elevation,
exaltation, glorification, hero worship,
idolization, veneration, or worship.

I go about a daily humdrum routine
me, a twenty first...

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Categories: figurative, age, appreciation, birth, creation, desire, fishing, longing,
Form: Free verse
June 12th 2017 Transition Revisited and Revised Today 4 2 2021
June 12th 2017 TRANSITION revisited and revised today 4/2/2021

While scrolling over outdated docs
(i.e. namely OpenOffice documents)
derrière seated upon hard backed chair,
yours truly came upon following poem
to share with anonymous readers,
whereby slight modifications 
got made to...

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Categories: figurative, adventure, angel, anxiety, blessing, conflict, husband, july,
Form: Rhyme
Au Revoir Oh Perilous Freedom
Au revoir oh perilous freedom...

Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.

Ever since the notions
of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
coalesced within the mindscape
attributed to one
or more...

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Categories: figurative, age, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Doing absolute zero endeavors
Doing absolute zero endeavors

Earlier today March 28th, 2025
(thee hour now fifteen minutes
after eight o'clock at night, cuz
yours truly & wife paced back
and forth from one room to the
other wearing out rugged groovy
Tuesday (three day) experienced...

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Categories: figurative, absence, adventure, angel, angst, humorous, joy, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Gloriously luxuriating in eternal sleep
Gloriously luxuriating in eternal sleep...

versus being alive 
predicated victory videre licet lunatic
if Trump trumped Kamala Harris
and stole 2024 presidential election,  
(whereat Musk bribed 
significant number of voters
handing out wads of cash)
courtesy underhanded modus operandi
and...

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Categories: figurative, absence, america, angst, beautiful, courage, death, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
In America June 14th Equals Flag Day
In America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.

"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god...

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Categories: figurative, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form: Rhyme
Bank rolled by billionaires
Bank rolled by billionaires

No matter Tuesday, November 5, 2024
still one hundred and eight days away,
(thank you Julian Date Calendar -
FOR LEAP YEARS ONLY),
I believe a foregone conclusion
that Donald Trump will win
based on the pathetic debate...

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Categories: figurative, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th grade, 8th
Form: Free verse
I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T Clarence
I wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence

The following crafted 
approximately midway 
into the administration 
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping finds
him squarely poised to
nab the nomination as
Republican front runner
come the...

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Categories: figurative, america, anxiety, appreciation, character, confidence, fate, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Neigh say being corralled and cult shod
Neigh say being  corralled & cult shod 

"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I 
bring death to tyrants.”

Above the fray of twittering, 
squabbling, and madding crowds,
an arrogantly belligerent creature deified, 
yet vilified...

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Categories: figurative, 12th grade, age, allusion, america, fate, history,
Form: Free verse
Move on over ole Joe
Move on over ole Joe...

and let the youngbloods take the reins
infusing our promised land with hope.

You done good for America,
serving as laudatory President
from 2020 to the present
Vice President from 2009 to 2017,
and in the United...

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Categories: figurative, america, anger, anxiety, care, faith, grave, political,
Form: Free verse
Friday May 13th 2022
Friday May 13th, 2022

An excerpt taken from a lengthy tome,
written courtesy a favorite poet of mine.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia  struck within a blink,
I swear yours truly never took a drink,
nevertheless he witnessed
and falsely accused of being a...

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Categories: figurative, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form: Free verse
Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism
Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism

Psyche wracked with agony
impossible mission to extricate lovely bones
they wanna remain permanently abed.

I chiefly function to amass knowledge
courtesy assiduously, habitually,
and judiciously reading
an eclectic assortment of written material.

Yours truly woke
with ambition, disposition,
inclination,...

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Categories: figurative, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence, age, angst,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things