Long Ill gotten Poems
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Scantily-Clad In the Garden of S W EdenSCANTILY-CLAD in the GARDEN of S W EDEN
Here I stand, all alone, scantily-clad in the garden of S W EDEN.
Wondering if the Original Garden still remains untilled and uneven.
Wondering how that Serpent knew of the...
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Categories:
ill gotten, adventure, beauty, betrayal, bible, nostalgia, symbolism, trust,
Form:
Verse
This Thought, This TimeTHIS THOUGHT THIS TIME
This is the time. To put forth in writing the words that plague my mind. An inevitable forthcoming of thoughts internally suppressed, I have thoughts that beg to be told from a...
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Categories:
ill gotten, deep, humanity, social, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Of Fate and the Choosing Between Scylla and CharybdisOf Fate And The Choosing Between Scylla and Charybdis
(From Continued Greek Heroes And Mythology Series)
Part Two....
referenced,
*Scylla and Charybdis, *Homer, *Iliad and The Odyssey, *Hades, *Heaven
Of Fate And The Choosing Between Scylla and Charybdis
(From Continued...
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Categories:
ill gotten, art, encouraging, fate, history, humanity, mythology, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
I Started a Joke - POTD
POTD 21 November 2017
So professional in his lies - So ruthless in his ambition
Feeding lies to the simple folk - convincing in his deception
Telling them they live on toxic farm land - succeeds in striking...
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Categories:
ill gotten, betrayal, corruption, grief, inspirational,
Form:
Verse
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots IvPied tidings of suburbian
Magpies,
Squawking and squabbling,
Quarreling ferociously among
Themselves -
Rush to steal
From off the beleaguered bird
tables,
To the annoyance of all concerned,
A much begrudged meal;
Before scurrying away into
Unfrequented woodlands,
Marooned like islands in...
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Categories:
ill gotten, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
My Stalker and Domestic AbuserIntimidation traumatized by fear my ex husband a copy cat arsonist
had begun a strange sorted affair I would say leading up to this very
dreary day two abusive husbands both working for the same...
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Categories:
ill gotten, america, fear, freedom, integrity, pain, peace, woman,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
An Early Morn Stroll Into Heavenly Sent BlissA New Light, Bright Rays That Are Sent To Heal
New light, brighter rays bequeathed to heal
those deep aching fears, terrors of the night,
those wicked world uses to sweet joy kill
in its evil nature uses to...
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Categories:
ill gotten, art, creation, deep, dream, love, romance, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxix - Bang Bang Who Shot Me Down Like An Un-Licensed DogIF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY: LXXIX - Bang! Bang! Who Shot Me Down like an Un-licensed Dog !
IF ever I had a country, a country certainly
not subject to the whistle of a...
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Categories:
ill gotten, america, fantasy, firework, humor, power, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Browned-CentsBROWNED-CENTS
One of the true ways
to remain in captivity is to keep silent to avoid your captor’s
hostility and confusion
A penny for my
thoughts has provided me with the ammunition
To fight for what I...
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Categories:
ill gotten, africa, black african american, community, confusion, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
Crawling Toward My GraveI'm barely crawling toward my grave
And lucky to have come this far!
A life lived mostly not a knave,
Or specimen in someone's jar.
It's not so easy to stay clear
Of folks who'd label us at...
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Categories:
ill gotten, anti bullying, humor, life, political,
Form:
Rhyme
If Ever I Had To Have a Country Victim of Pedophily Lxxxv-85If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily-LXXXV
(Note : Fresh disclosures from the Catholic Church on the subject
made public by protesting Mothers of infants victims of pedophily
at the hands of the Clergy...
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Categories:
ill gotten, anti bullying, bangla, betrayal, bible, bullying, child
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
What Price We Will Pay For Believing In a Politician?Every four years they come a courting us, wearing their fine woven suits with their Ivy
League education, some are even lawyers or so called successful business men…they claim
they have the answers to our...
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Categories:
ill gotten, politicalcar, car, perspective, drug,
Form:
Lay
Zoan To Memphis
Marvellous things did He in the sight
of their fathers, in the land of Egypt,
in the field of Zoan ...
How He had wrought His signs in
Egypt, and His wonders
in the field of Zoan ...
For, lo,...
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Categories:
ill gotten, bible, slavery, truth, visionary,
Form:
Narrative
Sea SongsHis heart is with the winds
that set his spirit free,
enduring breeze that sets the sails
and guides him out to sea.
Sea rover fair with eyes as blue
as ocean’s deepest depth,
he hails the morning mist
and keenly sets...
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Categories:
ill gotten, adventure, loss, sad, sea, heart, sea, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Why Does the Bds Equal Money For Iran Part TwoIn part one we addressed the facts that any amount of money raised by the BDS regardless of nation gets funneled into Iran. Portions of their ill gotten money ends up in the hands of...
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Categories:
ill gotten, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
When I Was YoungWhen I was young, I thought I knew so much about this and that, him and her, and they and them. I knew where I wanted to go, what I wanted, why I wanted it,...
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Categories:
ill gotten, adventure, age, christian, future, god, people, youth,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Know (Oppression)One thing that I know all about, without any doubt
The meaning of “Oppression of The Soul.”
...
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Categories:
ill gotten, introspection, life, recovery from...pain, song, dark, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Hands Caught In the TillHands Caught In The Till
The cash register, there is a pleasant little "TING !" as it slides open....
More often than not, it will reveal cash notes, neatly stashed and weighted down..
Various denominations of cash...
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Categories:
ill gotten, abuse, anxiety, betrayal, community, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Belief System 2"The streams are my veins."
Can you hear the drum beats of fear as do I?
Does the mere sound of these fears make you want to CRY?
You don't want to believe it, and hope it's...
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Categories:
ill gotten, change, christian, world,
Form:
Rhyme
War What Is It Good For"War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing." "There has never been a good war nor a bad peace." Quotations which held true for two separate generations. Nations declare war to increase...
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Categories:
ill gotten, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
An Ideal StateAn ideal state?
The brazen blare of trumpets sounds.
As we approach the temple grounds
the rattling kettle drums compete
with ominously marching feet.
The people gather here today
in the old time honoured way.
To hear our leaders...
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Categories:
ill gotten, angst, philosophy, political, world, people, men, people,
Form:
Narrative
Tale of The Night MarchersIt was a time of change for the islanders
a time of letting go
a time of ending things
a time of confusion
a time of saying no
a time when love died
It was a time of change for the...
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Categories:
ill gotten, abuse, allusion, america, analogy, death, religion, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Heybrother, Can U Spare a Brain CellIs there a memo motionless meaning that co considers
the let me know not the in between time of soul space that swells
spit in time and all things youless and common/uncommon in a new raw
omniplural potpourri...
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Categories:
ill gotten, analogy, angst, anxiety, culture, future, how i
Form:
Free verse
Our Destiny Is the Dirt
Everybody’s destiny is the dirt
Only question is:
Who’s gonna get buried first
Everybody’s last trip is into the earth
Only question is:
Who’s gonna leave away first
Each decision you make
carries a lot of weight
Some seem big, real important ......
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Categories:
ill gotten, death, destiny, perspective, truth,
Form:
Ode
Me and the DevilMy legs shake like leaves in the wind,
my cold lips are forever shut -
not a single word to utter.
who am I, a beast? not perhaps.
a god? no, for I feel too powerless
in the midst of...
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Categories:
ill gotten, imagination, introspection, social,
Form:
Verse