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Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 Hours
Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours

Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior 
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women, 
based upon a character 
in The Impertinent Curious Man, 
a story within a...

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Categories: occasions, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, black african american,
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: occasions, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form: Rhyme
Two Lovers V - Convenience Store
She looked at him concerned
"Oh my God, we forgot the buns!"
A barbeque happening
Guests arriving
Coals flaming
Food prepared
But nothing to put burgers on
For their housewarming

Hasty instructions and some cash
From his Lover and her roomies
Then he starts to...

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© Nad Simon  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: occasions, first love, happy, relationship, romance, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MOST REVEREND ARCH BISHOP CARDINAL JEROME LISTEKI
OTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR 
DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES 
AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER 
SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF 
MOUNT CARMEL...

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Categories: occasions, america, angel, miracle, seasons, teachers day, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thelma Lou - Both Audio and Text
The biggest funeral I've ever attended...


Thelma was a waitress at the diner on the corner of 4th and Oak, across from Ron’s DX, in Abilene.
They had an old brass register that rang when it was...

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Categories: occasions, heart, love, memory,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Bleeding Before Rome -2
Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees, 
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage, 
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...

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Categories: occasions, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form: Epic
Premium Member No Recanting
May we be 'so graced' as to relinquish any faith,                         ...

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Categories: occasions, christian, forgiveness, god, political, pride,
Form: Verse
Steven
He has the biggest heart.

He enjoys doing things for other people

Just because it’s the right thing to do, and

Knowing he made someone happy makes him happy too.

He’ll do whatever he can to satisfy

Everyone around him.

But...

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Categories: occasions, addiction, anxiety, drug,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Remember When
Remember when you were very young,                             ...

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Categories: occasions, fun, games, life, love, remember, today, youth,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Translation of Eric Mottram's 28th Legal: Letter Jan 2, 1966 By T Wignesan
Eric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)

January 2,...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: occasions, america, art, creation, culture, music, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Want a Doggy
Oh how I want a doggy, 
a bundle of love and fur.                       ...

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Categories: occasions, dog, friend, love,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Brace For Impact
We were off,                                ...

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Categories: occasions, car, kid, red, snow, vacation, weather, winter,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
A Gardening Expose
With these lines I’ll relate an intriguing tale of dubious accuracy
For I Hope to unveil sordid affairs of more than one conspiracy!
Be warned, that though you might be disturbed by the facts I relate?
They are...

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Categories: occasions, garden, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Precious Priceless Progeny
Precious priceless progeny 

     Hands down the most dramatic change ever needed to make the most profound impact awoke from helping beget the first offspring. An internal paradigm shift reshuffled priorities...

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Categories: occasions, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary, beautiful, celebration, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Prizes For Ultimate Sacrifices - Part One
Prizes for Ultimate Sacrifices


    prizes for the abstemious  for abstinence  chastity ?
                 the countless...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: occasions, howl, inspirational, metaphor, passion, satire, spoken word,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Dear Neighbors
Dear neighbors,

I realize we have not met,
other than the guy next door
but that doesn't really count
cause that was just to put up a fence between us,
and I have met Marvelously Mad Max,
behind me, on the...

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Categories: occasions, baptism, health, heart, humor, passion, religion, wisdom,
Form: Prose Poetry
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: occasions, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fairy
Come look come see,                               ...

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Categories: occasions, crazy, dream, humor, sister, tree,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 5
The appearance of his old friend brought new thoughts of his mother and, Nordgrend, the town in which  they spent the last few years.  Raðulfr, was a truly kind man and he was...

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Categories: occasions, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member What's Love Got To Do With It
I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                           ...

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Categories: occasions, child, cry, hurt, music, song, woman, world,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member A Party In the Snow
2020 has been a year of blue,                            ...

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Categories: occasions, blue, christmas, cry, fun, new years day,
Form: Rhyme
Shame and Guilt Sabotaged Mine Healthy Growth
Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth...

and let yours truly not forget emasculation
that prickly emotional immobilization
whereby these lovely bones 
subject courtesy senescence 
upon cremation reduced to obliteration.

Inching closer to mortality
linkedin with concomitant
subtle deterioration of body...

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Categories: occasions, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form: Free verse
Aspie
1—Milieu

Unique construction of body and mind
My niche in human pack not quickly found 
Raw young heart of a curious design
The empty mirrors for my soul abound

Subjectively a bit odd to myself
A jangled, disconnected kind of...

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Categories: occasions, emotions, growing up, introspection, people, senses, society,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member We Are Pure Light and Energy
the biggest obstacle you face today, is not what's outside your door, but what's inside your mind......can you challenge yourself to challenge yourself?  You've fought with life and everyone else all your life......this will...

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Categories: occasions, birth, graduate, humanity, love, science, strength, trust,
Form: Free verse
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult
Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith doth behold
nostalgic memories regarding father
(Boyce Brandon Harris)
long ago lapsed decades

during...

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Categories: occasions, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things