Long Propensity Poems
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Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and GaoledSelf destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive disorder
nearly left me starving to death.
Anorexia nervosa absent bulimia
nadir of onset
diagnoses...
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Categories:
propensity, 2nd grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Still wrestling with impasse to contentmentStill 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:
propensity, abuse, adventure, beauty, body, christmas, desire, father
Form:
Rhyme
Wrestling With Impasse To ContentmentWrestling 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:
propensity, abuse, adventure, age, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Rhyme
Au Revoir Oh Perilous FreedomAu revoir oh perilous freedom...
Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.
Ever since the notions
of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
coalesced within the mindscape
attributed to one
or more...
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Categories:
propensity, age, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
Mine psyche riddled with dybbukMine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences throughout vast
number of orbitz around sun never kickstarted,
nor linkedin with potential livingsocial folk,
thus...
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Categories:
propensity, abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety, boy, fate, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
Mine Psyche Riddled With DybbukMine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences throughout vast
number of orbitz around sun never kickstarted,
nor linkedin with potential livingsocial folk,
thus...
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Categories:
propensity, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Rhyme
Remorseless Sweaty PalmsRemorseless sweaty palms
despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.
Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and indecent wracking wrath of mental illness, that even as a middle...
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Categories:
propensity, 12th grade, anger, blue, care, crazy, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Absolute deafening silenceAbsolute deafening silence...
during and after a moderate snowfall
today January 19th, 2024,
within Southeastern Pennsylvania
and elsewhere across the Eastern Seaboard,
whereby blanket of whiteness
muffles sounds of civilization.
I hate a spoiler alert
regarding weather forecasters prediction,
especially when meteorologist
wannabe spouse doth...
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Categories:
propensity, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, humorous, snow,
Form:
Rhyme
Galley slave to obsessive compulsive disordered behavior announcesGalley slave to obsessive compulsive disordered behavior announces...
Fore score minus xv orbitz ago
from being centenarian
strong contractions forced me
to pass thru cervix,
buck naked bare lady,
I ranked as only grandson sharing
same surname as Aaron,
(mine paternal grandfather)
me the...
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Categories:
propensity, 6th grade, 7th grade, abuse, age, angst,
Form:
Rhyme
Existential Crisis Still Encompasses Mein Kampf Valentine's Day 2022Existential crisis still encompasses mein kampf Valentine's day 2022
The following lines written disjointed fashion
attempting to mimic strategically
moving pieces erratically on chessboard
ideally yielding ultimate resultant checkmate
opposing men captured for the queen to use.
Jurassic throwback terrible...
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Categories:
propensity, angst, endurance, february, how i feel, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Mine Psyche Riddled With Dybbuk Haint No JokeMine psyche riddled with dybbuk - haint no joke
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences throughout vast
number of orbitz around sun never kickstarted
nor linkedin...
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Categories:
propensity, abuse, body, dark, family, food, grave, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns
"The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns"
Reversing roll calls
the Anti-Hero
jumps through
burning hoops
instinctively
bathed in the magnum glow
designed to fire cartridges
with a kick like a field gun
a bloody victory
is eventually won
lacking conventionality
novel and picaresque
placing bad...
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Categories:
propensity, abuse, dark, girl, hero, muse, women,
Form:
Free verse
To Question ExistenceIsn't our quality of life greatly subject to how we view our world and what happens in it?
I heard someone say recently, (and I agree), that nature is one of the most beautiful things we...
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Categories:
propensity, appreciation, beauty, earth, humanity, nature, ocean, world,
Form:
Free verse
Today August 29th 2021 Sluggishness Dogs Yours TrulyToday August 29th, 2021 sluggishness dogs yours truly
Forecasting to thunderous applause
fast as greased lightning draws
upon futuristic atmospheric gewgaws
hot air emanates out these slackened jaws
spluttering courtesy indentured maws
armed with four footed tall paws
gesticulations resembling horizontal seesaws....
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Categories:
propensity, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Why I Never Wrote This PoemThis piece explains why I never managed to get this particular poem written -
On a cold December evening back in 1967, just before I went to bed, I heard
a scratching noise
Coming from our...
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Categories:
propensity, horror, humor, humorous,
Form:
Verse
Most Mind Boggling Mysterious MortalMost mind boggling mysterious mortal
Mystification prevails stupefying yours truly
befuddled, he blindly stumbles along rocky
pathway illusory impediments strewn helter
skelter intangible obstructions hinder access
psychological barricades effective impasse
detains, deters, detours manhood maturation
manumission manifestation materialization
linkedin, when permanent submission arises
beckoning...
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Categories:
propensity, absence, angel, angst, atheist, birth, courage, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Job Interview With an ExI'm scheduled to interview a few applicants for the job of master carpenter, and among them is the name of my ex. hmmm... I can't wait to see the look on his face when he...
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Categories:
propensity, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
How exciting; first appreciable healthy snowfall 2024How exciting; first appreciable (healthy) snowfall 2024...
within hinterlands of
Perkiomen Valley Pennsylvania
occurred January 6th promptly at noon.
Virgin whiteness blankets terrestrial realm
bajillion snowflakes tumble out of sky
atavistic fascination awakened
agog at ice crystals stinging each eye
while...
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Categories:
propensity, adventure, animal, appreciation, beautiful, environment, january, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Oh My Dog, Another Yesterday May 23rd 2020 Spent InsideOh my dog, another yesterday (May 23rd, 2020) spent inside
Anomalous earthling inhabited
mancave quarantined
cocooned gamesomely
knowingly protected travesty
impossible mission sidestepping,
thwarting, zapping
eventuality, inevitability,
opportunity utilitarian death
crowning glory fêted within
netherlands immortality
granted courtesy biological
proliferation offspring...
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Categories:
propensity, adventure, celebration, father daughter, forgiveness, i miss
Form:
Free verse
First Appreciable Healthy Snowfall 2022 Occurred January 28thFirst appreciable (healthy) snowfall 2022 occurred January 28th
Virgin whiteness blankets terrestrial realm
bajillion snowflakes tumble out of sky
atavistic fascination awakened
agog at ice crystals stinging each eye
while I strike open mouthed stance
relishing tasting frozen water molecules.
No matter...
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Categories:
propensity, adventure, environment, hair, husband, january, miracle, paradise,
Form:
Rhyme
Happy 68th Birthday Maryann Sage Revisited January 12th 2021Happy 68th birthday MaryAnn Sage - revisited January 12th, 2021
Wherever you might be holed up
within this whirled wide web wassup?
Mein kampf still equals board
hardscrabble existence deplored
analogous to Norwegian bachelor,
whose Lake Wobegon nestled within fjord
forcing me...
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Categories:
propensity, birthday, devotion, endurance, heartbroken, husband, january, lost
Form:
Rhyme
Wordsmith's VenerationWordsmith's Veneration...
Methinks, I post literary endeavors inxs
but tis with blood, sweat and tears
in case ye did not guess,
who struggles to craft reasonable rhyme
ideally read by a pleasing poetess.
Aye willy nilly understate (trying to)
tantalize, hypnotize, galvanize...
with...
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Categories:
propensity, 12th grade, america, books, family, flying, garden,
Form:
Free verse
If I Died Today March 2nd, 2020If I died today March 2nd, 2020...?
No matter unfulfilled dreams never came true,
nevertheless yours truly doth gladly bid adieu,
where repurposed afterlife (mine) atomic brew
reconfigured, reconstituted, and reconsolidated
out maws of madness, no matter any blues clue
(yea...
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Categories:
propensity, 10th grade, 12th grade, age, angel, bullying,
Form:
Epitaph
The Last LaughOne of Life’s indisputable facts:
Government reserves the right to tax;
And tho’ they waste far more than they should,
It’s supposedly done “for the common good.”
Economists use the word “propensity,”
Just a fancy word for “odds”, you see:
The...
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Categories:
propensity, abuse, addiction, angst, anti bullying, business, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
Wait Until You Meet Lucinda ShawWait until you meet Lucinda Shaw
Curious how many said this to me.
People reported her with a bit of awe,
Forecasting maybe I would fully see.
Depth of her soul which was unusually old.
I did too. She was...
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Categories:
propensity, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Chant Royal