Long Raspy Poems
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Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the month of June 1955,
not quite half...
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Categories:
raspy, america, anniversary, celebration, death, emotions, funeral, in
Form:
Rhyme
The-Hour-Glass
Please, save me!!
Solitude is speaking, oh so lonely...
We have plenty of gain
In our pockets, overflowing with light
You are like an airplane,
Landing safely from a fantastic flight
My beating heart can't take this anymore
The moment...
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Categories:
raspy, betrayal, deep, depression, desire, lost, passion, time,
Form:
Lyric
Escape of the Bluesman's Song
Within the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your old pair of getaway feet gives
a different walk of...
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Categories:
raspy, africa, america, grief, racism, slavery, song, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
Valentines Day Is Everyday
Her cognition is sporadic
Longing for her to relax
And display calm tactics
Lay on my chest like it’s a hammock
When she isn't calm
I can't stand it
Cause behaviors like these in women
Can easily become habits
It won't happen to...
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Categories:
raspy, beauty, blessing, crush, feelings, first love, girl,
Form:
Free verse
Sneezing fit tests nasal septum
Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum
The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the many German immigrants who moved there. Many Americans may not be...
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Categories:
raspy, 12th grade, body, endurance, health, humorous, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Recurrent Sneezing Fit Courtesy Freshly Mowed Grass
Recurrent sneezing fit courtesy freshly mowed grass
circa June 20th, 2022
prompted me to stutter
self addressed rapid fire gesundheit
nsync with, spluttering
“I don't have any allergies!”
An infinitesimal slight speck tickled
nostril follicle – activated via an itty...
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Categories:
raspy, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Death Comes
Death Comes
All arguments and denials were fruitless;
The deceased fell prey to the Master Thief.
The “One” whose icy-cold touch is . . .
Just Too Cold to Resist! . . . They Say!
No worries though . ....
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Categories:
raspy, change, dark, death, horror, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Lyric
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005
Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
untimely death sentence ordained
approximately six months prior
to mother dearest celebrating
her seventieth birthday,
though the last three years of her life
impacted courtesy hysterectomy
to remove...
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Categories:
raspy, absence, age, anniversary, birthday, death, family, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Golden Age of Music
Two decades of music were known as the golden age.
It was all the rage, the era from the 50s through the 70s
Motown, Rock and Roll, and Blues that touched my heart.
Listening to them always start...
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Categories:
raspy, music,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13th
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th,
1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday
of dear ole mom, who succumbed,
lost lease on life
nearly...
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Categories:
raspy, absence, age, america, anniversary, appreciation, bereavement, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
The Music Swells
Edna Morris lived in the town of Shadow Fells, in rich green, hilly country,
With doting parents and sister Violet, plucking fruit from their plum tree.
Pretty Edna was twelve years old, but she and Violet played...
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Categories:
raspy, children, christmas, dream, happiness, love, peace, snow,
Form:
Couplet
Ultimate Metaphysical Base
Written: November 04, 2023, For Jaymee Thomas Contest
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Reflecting on this rip-roaring round adventure,
Gazing into the depths of...
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Categories:
raspy, analogy, appreciation, creation, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Requiem For An Unknown Tigress Cub
still the climbing green lianoid lass
her tender tendrils torn
massive metal lying like a cutlass
in her lap forlorn
...
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Categories:
raspy, childhood, daughter, mother, war, green,
Form:
Free verse
Owlology 101
This is a poem I wrote last year for my grand children....one loves bird...future ornithologist, maybe?
Owls belong to one of two different families or classes,
Even though there are more than 216 types in their masses,
The...
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Categories:
raspy, bird, education, children, kids, nature, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
The Black Crow
Three wholesome troubling years before, a thousand cursed days back
I lay, most stiff within my bed, my house of death did reek
And all my nightmares, all my slumbers, they were deep...
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Categories:
raspy, horror,
Form:
Narrative
Mother Eartha's Choice
I have an inside Mother Eartha Voice
which She would prefer
to keep hidden
given any cooperatively healthy
democracy choice.
Mother Eartha
does not necessarily trust
the sexy grace
and beauty
of all Her StraightWhiteMale
potential Allies
College educated
but RightBrain contextually
environmentally
straight white privileged
tone deaf
Unaware of...
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Categories:
raspy, culture, earth, health, humor, mother, muse, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
My Annie Dedicated For the Belief of My Adoptive Mom and Dad
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Funny as I remember now -
I went out to the animal shelter to-rescue my little Annie one day-
some time not to long ago; and-from...
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Categories:
raspy, inspirationalme, me, thank you, , cute,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Haunted House
The Haunted House
So vacuous this winding road
A rainy eve for man, not fit
As shivers course my dampened skin
My vehicle, this place does quit
When through the pines these eyes do spy
A silhouette of monstrous...
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Categories:
raspy, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th 1935 May 4th 2005
Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
Test teasing prophylactics embarrassing
purchase never made at local drugstore
unsurprisingly, obviously, invariably...
birth control taboo subject, best to ignore
subsequently intercourse...
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Categories:
raspy, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Elegy
Calcivore, Part Iii
III.
Christine began crying, Zack vomited,
Klaus couldn’t move as he stared at the mess,
only stammering,“W-what could do this?”
Surely no beat to which they could attest.
Then came a rustling up above the falls,
and their horror transformed into...
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Categories:
raspy, adventure, animal, dark, death, horror, military, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Calcivore, Part Iv
IV.
Fronds whipped their faces, they dashed through the trees,
more shrill, raspy growls rose behind them,
creatures crashed through forest, giving them chase,
they weren’t that fast, but came relentlessly.
Like piranhas swarming, they just appeared,
in Zack’s peripheral vision...
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Categories:
raspy, adventure, animal, dark, death, horror, military, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Halloween Night
Oh dear, my heart was beating fast
It couldn't have been better
Halloween night was here
At last, the neighborhood would be so austere
I was dressed as a little princess
Always wanting to be the lovely lady
The one caring...
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Categories:
raspy, halloween,
Form:
Quatern
Existential Storytelling
“I heard a note once,.” Charles said with conviction and bass from his gut.
Every night with chuck we reached this point ,
Existential storytelling, usually after four drinks or eight drinks.
Talking about government and it’s...
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Categories:
raspy, philosophyme, beauty, beauty, drink, joy, me, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Yes, the Wicked Monster Was An Abusive Man: a Collaboration
She was lost and cried all night, heart broken and sad
Old wounds ached from countless jagged scars and flaws
It was an evil monster, abusive and powerfully bad
From its sadistic, tormenting ways, never did it pause
How...
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Categories:
raspy, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Perception Interruption Contest
I woke up one morning and to my surprise,
Another person’s reflection looked me straight in my eyes,
Screaming in sheer horror at what I clearly saw,
An image that was not my own made me drop to...
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Categories:
raspy, imagination, life, me, change, me, mirror,
Form:
Couplet