Long Ousts Poems
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Coups, Elections, and AfricaIn the heart of vibrant Africa, where democracy should reign,
Two shadows lurk, two specters haunt, two faces of the same pain.
One a soldier, gun in hand, the other clothed in suit,
Both rob the people of...
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Categories:
ousts, deep, extended metaphor, history, passion, patriotic,
Form:
Other
No Vanity Set For This Chap No WayNo Vanity Set For This Chap, No Way
(in praise of immortality)
Modesty an understatement,
when eyes chance
to look askew at looking glass,
mine reflection caught at a glance,
an old man's piercing dart
mirrors my blinkered acquaintance
faint recognition communicates
immediate...
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Categories:
ousts, age, analogy, change, father, fear, funeral, goodbye,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Heart Gentle Eye Mindful
Written: May 18, 2024, For Unseeking Seeker Contest
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Languid breath dwindles, scrounging panacea air
quiddity remorse core...
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Categories:
ousts, analogy, heart, mental health,
Form:
Rhyme
That DayThat day has arrived
The one I thought will never come
Oh! Not for him at list
For he’s the greater one of all,
Oh! The black dark cloud fell
I used to sit outside the...
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Categories:
ousts, blue, day, death, deep, growth, hero, loss,
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I do not know?
Miracle of LifeI'm drawing plans for a fictional realm,
Insightful brinks and a sacrifice-themed helm.
Smoothness clings to a grip, then rots away,
Her ruby eyes are shadowed by a torn sky.
Cold, harsh hands of time cement reality,
Consider a wild...
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Categories:
ousts, analogy, conflict, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Cold Is the NightCold is the night and dark and long
though with the gloom bleak humour comes
we'll make it through, our love is strong
North wind howls under midnight's gong
and buries all neath ice and snow
cold is the...
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Categories:
ousts, life, valentines day,
Form:
Villanelle
PerditionIn tears that feign to be a slave with deeds
That mourn my life and ousts the face of peace
These sad bells ring with cries for now I grieve
And bow my head because I cannot cease
I...
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Categories:
ousts, abuse, addiction,
Form:
Sonnet
DreadThe song that feigns to be a slave in deed
To mourn the life that ousts the face of peace
That sad bells peal with tears of those who grieve
And bow their heads to those who fear...
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Categories:
ousts, character, conflict, courage, fear, grave, meaningful,
Form:
Sonnet
A New BeginningReborn here now without baggage
No haunting beast or evil wraith
I come, sans illicit luggage
with a heightened belief in faith
I'll not give in to temptation
Reborn here now without baggage
I am worthy of salvation
Cleansed, in a new...
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Categories:
ousts, spiritual,
Form:
Quatern
Obey God's CommandJ-ust after the rain has gone,
E-vening shadows fade away;
S-un slowly starts rising,
T-hird month fifth day.
O-ne early morn has broken,
N-ew dawn ousts the twilight;
I-nclement weather drifts into the deep dark of...
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Categories:
ousts, birthday,
Form:
Acrostic
Rainy Days and MondaysLike a persistent pest
it is an uninvited guest
it ousts me from cozy nest
only to snap my sweet rest
My Monday morning alarm
takes a slap on him with no harm
the day stares at my tantrum
after the...
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Categories:
ousts, humorous, morning,
Form:
Rhyme