Long Muzzling Poems

The Republican congressmen,
and I do mean white privileged straight men,
came to their Democratic opposition
concerned about how depressing
December can be,
and all of winter,
come to think and feel
of dark discerning Advent,

So maybe we could stage
a comedic debate
about...

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Sounding like the goosebump tickles,
on the edges of naked breath,
awaiting the solace of prickly feelings
hesitant as the gossamer gentling
each hue of delicate blossoms and blooms,
each bud caressed by the night’s quiet dew…

Glistening like the star...

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Like Fall…

the lingering of laughter in the air,
like a silent prayer,
painting the moments, so rare
with joy and hope to share,
stirring love, thus – beware…

graceful as the ghost of a sunrise,
on dawn, with clear, blue skies,
there...

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In the blushing sunrise,
Rose gold and luscious lavender,
Promising that daybreak…
Stirs souls to hear God’s laughter,
Sings of all the pleasures…
Revealed when light erases the dark,
Leaving the night without the teasing
Stars, the quiet moon or the roaring
Winds,...

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Embracing Poetry

Freedom on the lam where the poet sings
To hearts imprisoned against their will;
Inspires the bereaved mind to spring to life
And uplift hearts bloom burst liberated
When pain of incarceration ceases.
‘Gloria excelsis deo’ in the world.

Frolic...

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Without the families, the balloons, 
the printed animal T-shirts
the walkways grow pensive and narrow 
into unknown places.
Occasional security lights create 
small pools of certainty.
The darkness in-between the glow
balloons and smothers,
wipes away the memory of laughter...

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My poor vocabulary babies 
are gon missing
Tell me kind sir, have you seen them?

Us etymological mothers to
lingual children of lost former meaning,
we are milk carton crying

Many hotline tips 
that the academia search party
have been receiving,
unfortunately,...

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They've tossed their souls away
again
harlots for a vote
they've fingered the race card
the rapist card
the Russian card
the Ukraine card
now they're playing mahjong 
with a virus.
Muzzling our freedoms and rights
placing plastic tiles in our minds
when this latest...

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Who plays 
the world's guitar
turning hearts
against life?
US wants money
Russia land
mindless of tears
and blood shed
China's sneezed
covid spread
muzzling mouths
silencing sounds 
dulling senses 
to blood pain
horror
weakening bodies
enraging minds
tilting world's 
economic power 
laying wood 
to be ignited 
by spark
of...

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Snow, silent and breathless,
Trembles on the shadows,
Across the peaks, on mountains
Where still, calm frost weeps.

Snow, hushed as the rumors,
Rustling in the quiet rays,
Embracing the morning, gentling
Swaying, dancing in reflections.

Snow, muzzling the wings,
Wrens and robins, wild...

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I have spent,
              a lifetime,
                 ...

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Ahoy! Lips muzzling down the drain
Minds trying to digest
The four stomachs try to churn the chime
As everything fills up
Filled with the scent of your lies

I vow to you and you alone
That I will give my...

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Ennui conspires insipid moods
infringing human awareness,
ruled by a lunatic vision,
not controlled by insight and lucidity;
and a desire for a Dolce Vita
mollifies a false illusion
to appear on an intaglio, to gradually
become a shining insignia.


To steer a...

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Ennui conspires insipid moods
infringing human awareness,
ruled by a lunatic vision,
not controlled by insight and lucidity;
and desires of a Dolce Vita
mollify a false illusion
to appear on an intaglio, to gradually
become a shining insignia.


To steer a ship,...

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Without the families, the balloons, 
the printed animal T-shirts
the walkways grow pensive and narrow 
into unknown places.
Occasional security lights create 
small pools of certainty.
The darkness in-between the glow
balloons and smothers,
wipes away the memory of laughter...

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 5

Kings Prophets alike the Democratic State
Do/can/may use force on people they enslave
And individual rights incriminate

Oppressed peoples’ rights remain inanimate
Until some Garibaldi wields the glaive
Kings Prophets alike the Democratic...

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Wait until there are no voices,
everyone’s tongue has been cut out;
Arguments can be constructive,
really there’s nothing left to say;
Eliminating dialog we forget how
muscles need a bit of exercise;
Understand this and ignore 
zillions of false narratives;
Zoom...

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