Long Relegated Poems
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Solo PerformanceIt had been a hellish week.
On Monday
my lonely and tired AfricanAmerican husband
told me, as gently as possible,
that what I had hoped was a temporary separation
is to be extended into perpetuity.
This separation had been scheduled to...
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Categories:
relegated, age, earth, family, health, integrity, nature, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the GhostHarriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...
~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
about youngest sister and her family,
unlike me – severely...
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Categories:
relegated, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share
how one and only...
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Categories:
relegated, absence, anger, atheist, courage, death, fate, may,
Form:
Free verse
The Bug's TaleA bug upon a green leaf sat
Cautiously eyeing up a cat
Who, unaware of the bug's intentions
Continued with its cruel conventions:
Of catching a mouse then setting it free
Then leaping up it once more with glee
Until the...
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Categories:
relegated, humorous,
Form:
Epic
The Moral Mortgage of Mice and MenThe moral mortgage of mice and men
Yours truly quite astute,
especially regarding cute
little field mice, also known
as meadow voles,
which imprecation one doth emote,
when aforementioned animal burrows inside
leaving pellet size poop in their wake
suddenly presenting...
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Categories:
relegated, adventure, animal, appreciation, august, bible, cat, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Norwegian Bachelor Farmer Days I Never LivedNorwegian bachelor farmer days I never lived
Woebegone and egg foo young on you
meaning me of course
sidestepping a crucial positive
electric kool aid battery acid test
prior to pledging troth,
and tying Gordian knot
to strangulation point,
never fending for myself,
nor...
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Categories:
relegated, adventure, america, appreciation, atheist, blessing, courage, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
This Day Is Bright Thoughts Take FlightThis day is Bright !
Thoughts take Flight .
Music – the companion of my soul !
Books – the confidants to my mind !
Daughters – the reasons for life to know
more than experience has allowed me...
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Categories:
relegated, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
Small Addictions
“Small Addictions”
bit by bit
the hunger begins,
the time when everyone,
it would seem, is giving in
to those small addictions
inevitably they become
your sole purpose for living,
your entire self turned inside out,
those small addictions
inevitably grow
they...
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Categories:
relegated, love, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Mother Dearest Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th 2004Mother dearest Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(early May 2021)
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share one son,
cuz seventeen years after mother succumbed
courtesy of terminal...
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Categories:
relegated, absence, anniversary, bereavement, cancer, death, eulogy, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Adieu Dental Floss and Toothbrush(21st century pearly white prosthetics,
restored jaw bar wah key)
Aye noel hunger bristle,
and when false teeth soak at night
in tandem with stubby facial gristle
har reckon noah kisses
...
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Categories:
relegated, 11th grade, 12th grade, farewell, grief, hyperbole,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th 2004Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share one son,
cuz fifteen years after mother succumbed
courtesy of terminal illness
I still reckon how...
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Categories:
relegated, 12th grade, absence, loss, may, mother, son,
Form:
Elegy
All EarsIt's not enough to hear.
Most of us are blessed with
our God-given sense of hearing.
All of our senses are gifts, which means
that we did not earn, learn, or win them.
There are some things we are...
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Categories:
relegated, silence, social,
Form:
Free verse
July First 2023 Will CelebrateJuly first 2023 will celebrate...
our sixth anniversary at Highland Manor Apartments
Subtitled: The perspective of one festive folky fellow
friendliness ofttimes prompts me
when crossing paths with another to say “hello,”
whose demeanor trends toward being mellow
courtesy about...
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Categories:
relegated, absence, abuse, america, anger, angst, animal, anxiety,
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:
relegated, 12th grade, america, books, family, flying, garden,
Form:
Free verse
Being GrandpaBeing a Grandpa,
It amazes me a little bit how common being a grandparent is and how easy it is to become one. You have children, they have children and there you are...
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Categories:
relegated, age, appreciation, cute love, family, feelings, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Last LambasteTim’s resolution surpassed all shadows cast upon him
they had grown longer over time and hell had frozen
Rain had relegated him to a trough of his own making
He sat in a muddy pit once ice thawed...
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Categories:
relegated, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
ConfusedA
Alas! I`m in a
confused state,
As I wonder in
perpetual
restlessness
B
Bind by different
thoughts that are
not mine,
I keep remembering
the good old days
C
Caught in the middle
of fights that I
don`t know of;
I mellow down to
understand this
misery
D
Desperately looking
for answers...
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Categories:
relegated, corruption, emotions, life,
Form:
Abecedarian
Experiencing Emerging Adulthood Stage While Inching Toward Being An Old GeezerMe, an aging baby boomer
long haired pencil necked geek
burning, depleting, using... fossil fuels,
thus a global nonrenewable resource(s)
repentant consumer
admitting heavily trod carbon footprint
additionally deeply enmired
within very late adolescence,
hence I shriek
with utter dismay
starkly aware personal hygiene
suffers direct...
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Categories:
relegated, anger, childhood, confusion, father daughter, health, mom,
Form:
Free verse
Upmteenth Re Inspection RevisitedUpmteenth (re:) inspection revisited...
I experience dread-nought
until April 19th, 2022 becomes yesterday
when troubles with management
here at Highland Manor
hoop fully temporarily alleviated.
Yours truly and the missus
personal living space
otherwise known as Unit B44
encroached, obtruded, and violated
predicated upon fruit...
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Categories:
relegated, 12th grade, adventure, angst, anniversary, anxiety, april,
Form:
Free verse
Cerebral Intelligence Empowered WithCerebral Intelligence Empowered With...
Google Embedded Microchip™¡åßç
Nowadays...ah so passe routine top notch roboticized
brain surgery ushers, inoculates, begets... promising
immunity against pesky flagging and/or absent minded
precursor to dementia praecox, alzheimer's regarding
partial/total recall asper memory, said loss linkedin with
age...
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Categories:
relegated, dream, fantasy, loss, mystery, people, spiritual, words,
Form:
Free verse
Asi Watch the Blood Rush Up the Syringes's NeckI WILL HAVE THE FILET OF HUMAN SOUL BUT DON’T USE ANY ...
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Categories:
relegated, angst, caregiving, me, me,
Form:
Monorhyme
What Is the PictureWhat is the Picture ???,
the tapestry that man has weaved,
before and throughout recorded history.
Of what ?, have we been lead to believe ?
For me, it is, it has been an insane mystery !!!,
as rivers of...
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Categories:
relegated, nature, planet,
Form:
Rhyme
The Heart of the Matter Doesn'T MatterI WILL HAVE THE FILET OF HUMAN SOUL BUT DON’T USE
ANY ...
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Categories:
relegated, angstme, me,
Form:
Quintain (English)
I Will Have the Filet of HumanI WILL HAVE THE FILET OF HUMAN SOUL BUT DON’T USE ANY ...
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Categories:
relegated, angst, me, me,
Form:
Monorhyme
Mine Mean Mien Hence Deserved Cross To BareMine Mean Mien, Hence Deserved Cross To Bare
Upon reflection of fatherhood,
onset of hands-on schooling
fraught with narcissism
a role I lept in unaware
with slim success
unknowingly portending how fatuous
frolics spelled ultimate doom
with theoretical strings attached,
when snagged,...
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Categories:
relegated, addiction, age, appreciation, betrayal, celebration, daughter, family,
Form:
Free verse