Long Lay waste to Poems
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Jeni and Her Army Trigger Warning AbuseThis is the story of Jeni Haynes, whose father inflicted horrific physical and sexual abuse on her from the age of four years old. As a result she created over 2000 alter egos to get...
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Categories:
lay waste to, abuse, mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
The Village On the Water ViBut we of the Three Tribes live undiscovered
In the reverberating stillness of the
Three Gorges...
And are therefore unknown to the warring mongol;
His impassioned lusts -- his...
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Categories:
lay waste to, celebration, community, environment,
Form:
Free verse
The Pirates Lament[Contains - for effect - deliberate miss-spelling
and bad grammar]
That old pirate cave was a tourist attraction
The guide was in period dress
In old pirate garb and a well practiced script
This tale he would tell to impress…
...
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Categories:
lay waste to, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Frame Thy Fearful SymmetryFeel the falling nightshade,
The decent of inferno's raid.
Coins in a dead mans eyes,
he needs to be paid...
Let lose the minions of Hel.
Locked in this deep dark well
Valhalla is in rage
Taste this malignant sage
In this twisted...
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Categories:
lay waste to, allegory, art, corruption, creation, dark, death, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Black CatsSee the black cat run, jump, slink away, a shadow within shadows and a life force of mystery. A predator in composite, a compact killer, a butcher for life, the apex of its design, all...
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Categories:
lay waste to, adventure, allegory, allusion, angel, animal, art, cat,
Form:
Free verse
VenerationYour throne awaits your ascension oh my Queen!
Aye, retreat to this immutable secretive place
rise, yes come forth from your lethal darkness
from shadows and bask in eternal rooted glory!
Ruler of my emotions I beseech you to...
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Categories:
lay waste to, myth,
Form:
Free verse
A Taxpayer SpeaksA TAXPAYER SPEAKS
Years ago when filing tax forms reared its proliferating death’s head
I cursed, perspired, and thought about moving to a foreign homestead
As a low-income taxpayer I felt too unimportant to hire an accountant
So I...
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Categories:
lay waste to, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Crimson and Cobaltstrobe into the secret night
the scene of our sacred crime
not just any old crime
I confess to you but
I cry most insidious in design
a crime worthy of the divine
what can such a crime...
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Categories:
lay waste to, adventure, allegory, allusion, analogy, anger, art, corruption,
Form:
Free verse
Battle RoyaleI play Call of Duty: Mobile. This poem is about my friends and
I playing Battle Royale.
UI: Welcome to Battle Royale!
The match is about to start!.....
...
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Categories:
lay waste to, fun, games, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Face Telegraphthis is where my tale wings away
past the clutches of the irascible Chadwick
up past the hinges and the curly cue
and its vocabulary roofing tiles
preparing to adapt once again
placing the bellows against the embers
possessed by a...
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Categories:
lay waste to, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Boommerbombillessentials14I came to say, I cannot stay, I know I must be going, in the royal unreal realm
of simple selfish self, shedding/shredding of the u/me/my shydom charade of people poor of word, thought, premise...
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Categories:
lay waste to, kids, husband, loneliness, lost love, marriage, wife,
Form:
Free verse
Broken CrownsThere she sits high on her throne
the most beautifil creature in the world
she's the queen and she damn well knows it
i used tyo be her king, but now i'm just the jester
I bowed down before...
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Categories:
lay waste to, angst, life, loss, lost love, love, sorry,
Form:
Free verse
Modern ConvenienceModern convenience
In nearly every room of our convenient lives we have vessels which facilitate our lack of permanence
Our trash cans make it easy to psychologically remove ourselves from that which we don't care for
To discard...
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Categories:
lay waste to, corruption, lonely, symbolism,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Parable of the TalentsA noble man, full of grace,
Left home to seek his kingdom.
Giving three servants treasure,
According to their wisdom.
On his return, two men ran,
Joy vivid on their faces.
Here’s double of what you gave,
Indeed, we’ve reaped your graces.
When...
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Categories:
lay waste to, bible, devotion, gospel, integrity,
Form:
Rhyme
LONELINESS, LONELY AND MUSICLONELINESS, LONELY AND MUSIC
The pianissimo makes the violins softly cry,
the cellos sympathize with the sadness of the theme Barber’s Platoon
the sublime adagio quells the overwhelmed heart
sending vibrations moaning through my body
I’ve...
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Categories:
lay waste to, age, growth, love,
Form:
Free verse
In My Pain I IsolateIn my pain I isolate
In my pain I isolate
Look down
Judge and feel bad
In my pain I go inside
Scream
As if
I am all alone
As if no one else
Gets this pain
In my pain
I punish
Eat
Act out
And...
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Categories:
lay waste to, addiction, depression, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
The War of OneIt waits.
Savoring the darkness
Around Itself from which
It came.
But that ordinary fabric of night
Cannot even begin to rival
The stuff from which this
Creature was made.
It does not belong here,
But oddly, does not seem out...
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Categories:
lay waste to, death, imagination, introspection,
Form:
Blank verse
Smith's and Alzheimer'sstanding at the end
of a real life
open-eyed nightmare
is a group of, broad-day, mind killers
how many of my kind have you time-warped
into sanity...
who gave you the wights
to strip away my...
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Categories:
lay waste to, death, fear, health, political, religion, slam, war,
Form:
I do not know?
Vindicate My SearchTo be clear;
Once you were not real;
But my God had you created from my illusion;
What I desired but never experienced,
My thoughts were for you
Whom I did not know; a ghost;
I knew what...
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Categories:
lay waste to, friendship, heart, heart, time,
Form:
Free verse
Greatest Story Ever ToldWho would lay claim to know,
The greatest story ever told,
Perhaps Homer Simpson Doh!
For none else is so bold.
It would take a mere simpleton,
With the mind of Crusty Clown,
Best he’d come up...
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Categories:
lay waste to, crazy, dark, fate, giggle, happy, parody, riddle,
Form:
Couplet
Spirit of IndependenceSecuring the welfare of humanity was the key.
Preparing for the worst, with the best yet to see,
Independence is worth anything, to be free.
Rich of blood, the first to know it was Royalty.
Intelligence was what drove...
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Categories:
lay waste to, hope, life, peace, time, visionary, freedom,
Form:
Acrostic
PathwaysSee the blue moon that shines so bright;
Apt midnight noon in luna light.
Yield heart and soul to feel magic;
Sense a pure whole in thoughts mystic.
Live your best wit with rhymes that tell;
Explore brief fit as...
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Categories:
lay waste to, blessing,
Form:
Couplet
Plutonium ThroatThe roaches keep launching attacks
then scurrying back into Satan's dirty crack
covering their backs with the children of Gaza.
Launch then hide- launch then hide
when they lose ground,
they call for a ceasefire.
Understand, there can never be...
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Categories:
lay waste to, heaven, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Fear - Threat of DoomI have conjured you into existence and now, you are a raging tempest in my mind’s eye. I shudder at the mere thought of you and your embrace... Will you lay waste to my whimsical...
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Categories:
lay waste to, angst, feelings, freedom, grave, heart, meaningful, pain,
Form:
Free verse
ReflectionConsider the thoughts that occupy your mind,
Give cause their meaning and ponder for a time.
Separate yourself from all empty darkness,
Where aggravation has labored long to yield unfruitfulness.
Sort through the chaos and let go of the...
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Categories:
lay waste to, life,
Form:
I do not know?