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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: misfortune, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form: Rhyme



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: misfortune, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Pied Piper From New York City - Part One
The Pied Piper from New York City – Part One

Dare his name be said?
I say, of course, Yes! 

The Pied Piper, himself, is the man, the myth, the legend.
And they, the so-called incurious lot of...

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Categories: misfortune, allusion, america, betrayal, corruption, judgement, new york,
Form: Political Verse
Still wrestling with impasse to contentment
Still wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along outer limits of 
the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path 
of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking...

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Categories: misfortune, abuse, adventure, beauty, body, christmas, desire, father
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cocoon

"Cocoon"

They say...
a New World 
traces over the old,
leaving the unaware,
erased, far behind 

the old unaware, 
left far behind,
crawls the walls
in its web of lies
spinning suspect 
strings of silk 
in the air

glistening diamond nets
slick and sticky...

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Categories: misfortune, muse,
Form: Narrative



Your Sanity
Stuck in place…
Free in space…
you’re insane 
I’m as sweet as sugar cane…
Whatever happened to your unique personality?
Whatever happened to your sanity? 
Has it transformed to insanity?
I like the way you make me feel
Oh, you don’t...

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Categories: misfortune, anger, angst, appreciation, beauty, change, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Around 4 Am - Lived Life As a Loser Snoozer
I have a lot to write and say, buddy, so hear me out some more
Don’t make me feel lower than I have ever felt before…
Listen, understand and stay quiet until I say no more…sorry if...

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Categories: misfortune, addiction, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, confusion, desire, emotions,
Form: I do not know?
The Frog Prince - Part 1
A funny frog called Mr Snog,
once lived beside a slimy bog,
he was a most peculiar fellow,
his hat was red, his boots were yellow,
his waistcoat was an olive green,
the strangest sight you’ve ever seen,
no matter where...

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Categories: misfortune, allegory, fairy, humorous, metaphor,
Form: Light Verse
Retribution
In sandy Egypt lived three men
In ancient days when pharaohs reigned
The kingdom of the pyramids,
Osiris and that Isis’ den,
Whom everyone worships and heeds,
Or at least doing so they feigned,
And those gods too blessed them and...

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Categories: misfortune, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Wrestling With Impasse To Contentment
Wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking voltage surges an emphatic...

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Categories: misfortune, abuse, adventure, age, anger, betrayal, black african
Form: Rhyme
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect Reimagine
Long in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021 

No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days, 
when oral blight smote 
left...

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Categories: misfortune, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form: Rhyme
I Promise
I promise…I promise I won’t desert you
This hardship you’re facing at the moment is temporary
Tonight…tonight, I will show you love so true
By wiping your tears of sorrow and showing you tomorrow happily

I wake up to...

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Categories: misfortune, deep, depression, desire, emotions, encouraging, hope, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rufus and Bill
Now the sun and the sand were treacherously hot
    and not a place for Man or a Beast.
As you must be audaciously quick to find a good spot
    or...

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Categories: misfortune, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Place Not Meant To Be: Part I
A Place Not Meant To Be
           
PART: I            (810 of 1487 words)

#1: A Day...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: misfortune, analogy,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
A King Lamenting
A king entered in a robe,
Clothed in a raiment of
Multitudous colors:
Vast and enormous is he,
Occupying matters of matters,
Spaces of Spaces.
His presence accomodates no vacuum.
Before him was raident throne,
Swathed in light and graced
With fire of sulphur...

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Categories: misfortune, spiritual,
Form: Epic
Premium Member How Resilience Are You
The question is; What does Resilience Means?
It is having the capacity to recover Quickly from difficult circumstances and situations. You are able to spring back into shape, not allowing misfortune and challenging conditions stop you.
In...

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Categories: misfortune, appreciation, black african american, destiny, future, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Present and Future Madame President
On a magnificent morning, in the fragrant month of July,
I was heading to a new job, amidst the golden butterflies.

For I had been hired by Nasa's, Langley Research Center,
To work on new projects, and to...

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Categories: misfortune, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, imagery, political, time,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Fantastic Flemmings
As I look back upon a terrific, exciting, and storied career,
I revisit the trove of golden memories, which I hold so dear.

Although some were bad, they have been predominantly sweet;
But the most striking one, still...

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Categories: misfortune, adventure, career, family, fantasy, friendship love, imagery,
Form: Couplet
A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city Philadelphia
to Schwenksville on May 19th, 2024.

Yours truly (a doodling Yankee), and the missus
went to town, NOT...

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Categories: misfortune, adventure, america, angel, anger, anxiety, atheist, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
(alternately titled  GENESIS RESPLENDENT)

No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed...

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Categories: misfortune, 12th grade, animal, appreciation, beauty, daffodils, earth,
Form: Rhyme
The a To Z of Girls I'Ve Met Ii
I had gotten to that stage,
Where true love was but a mirage.
When one is hurt too many times
By these daughters of Eve,
The heart must surely cease to give
Until such a time as right
To smile again...

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Categories: misfortune, fun, funny, girl,
Form: ABC
Premium Member The Apocrypha of Familiars
“The Apocrypha of Familiars” 

Wings hover 
light luminescent
revelling sprites dark pearls
Corvidae shades
of a family 

highly functioning
dysfunctional plural
morphing unobserved
perceived non-unique 
spiralling into shape

more black and grey
than white spills 
from their eyes
light from their shining 
hidden away

intelligence...

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Categories: misfortune, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
PainKillers and Immunity
{"Corrupted abandonment issues
 swathe me as a probable hazard, and I remain far from sane, I coat over my sentiments and violate the evidence so nonentity would find the remnants of my body, 
I am...

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Categories: misfortune, absence, anger, betrayal, dark, death, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
A Statue Speaks
A Statue Speaks

The morning takes it's first breath of daylight
Exhaling the sunrise that fills the sky with colored 
brilliance.                ...

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Categories: misfortune, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Lay of the Best Man - Part 1
The Lay of The Best Man - Part One

I’ve seen men ‘good’, and surely, I’ve seen men ‘bad’
So jealous and so envious, I’ve seen men ….sad
Twisted, fuming with anger, and consumed with rage
Callous and cruel...

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Categories: misfortune, humanity, men,
Form: Lay

Book: Reflection on the Important Things