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Cymbric Vale

I believed that I was rural … that I lived in country style,
where the city was close handy … that big distance was a mile.
Trains and buses ferried daily; a freeway ran close by …
comforts...

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Categories: selection, holiday,
Form: Rhyme

Gluttonous Connoisseur of Ethnic Culinary Cuisines

Yours truly would never be confused for a gourmand, nevertheless I could enjoy experiencing taste testing select food samples if offered an opportunity of attending a fancy feast viz smörgåsbord, whereby oral indulgence would arouse,...

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Categories: selection, addiction, appreciation, birthday, blessing, chicago, dream, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Food glorious food

Food glorious food

Asia generic guy gastronomy (and how gourmet foods eat destructively clearly beyond any) excess enthusiasm, the necessity to feed and clothe this lean mean exercising machine gunning corporeal essence christened Matthew Scott Harris...

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Categories: selection, 12th grade, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form: Rhyme

Our Earthcafe Coop

In one sense,
the Cafe CoOp
started as my therapeutic retirement dream.

But,
in quite another
the CoOp goes back to when I was eight,
and I thought,
assumed really,
everyone indulged in Thought Experiments
about what would my optimal Eden Paradise.
restoring peace and...

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Categories: selection, business, education, games, health, humor, integrity, retirement,
Form: Political Verse

The Old Bear

The Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
    as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a mere passing thing
    and must choose another...

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Categories: selection, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

God's Return Ticket

God's Return Ticket

Did you ever wonder about the Almighty’s criteria or selection process for reincarnation of souls back on Earth? Just think some famous politician, movie star, sports figure,criminal, dictator, and so on could use...

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Categories: selection, beauty, creation, earth, emotions, god, heaven, judgement,
Form: Narrative

Red and Blue Estrangered Families

Dear Siblings Three,

I was reading a story
in which some siblings became estranged
after their parents died,
while others moved toward greater solidarity.

This is a variation on a diaspora story.
But, here growing physical distance
is seen more as a...

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Categories: selection, earth, faith, family, health, integrity, religion, usa,
Form: Political Verse

A Parallel Earth

It was the weekend, and I was sleeping late that day,
Alone with the morning, while savoring marvels of May.

As I drowsed luxuriantly, at the outskirts of dreams,
I heard a strange sound, while soaking in gay...

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Categories: selection, adventure, earth, fantasy, love, nature, peace, world,
Form: Couplet

Moderna Commedia, Second Canto, Part 2

Quelle vicende vissi fino in fondo.
Quando mi riappropriai della mia vita
Se questo è un uomo chiesi a tutto il mondo.”
Those events I lived through and through.
When I again impropriated of my life
If this is a...

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Categories: selection, dream,
Form: Terza Rima

Evolution

Evolution Not God

It is the case that there is no God,
He does not exist, he is not the one,
He is not there, he’s not everyone’s invisible puppet,
It is not personal, he is not the Son.

Evolution...

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Categories: selection, animal, beautiful, change, cool, destiny, nature, universe,
Form: Rhyme

Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 81

“I do not know if he still lives in that cave or if he is even alive, but I can tell you where it is.  I have never shared this with anyone but Jessica,...

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Categories: selection, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic

Conceits

"Conceits"



Such conceits
as veils between 
our windowed worlds 
torn torrential incomplete

mayst thou watch and learn 
the one I spawned, 
strength beats weakness
carried soft and harsh

one direction or the other
strength and weakness
both carried soft and harsh
ego and...

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Categories: selection, love, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse

Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice

Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice

Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted   
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous groundhog
gets his (most often male)
foretelling...

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Categories: selection, adventure, america, animal, celebration, confidence, february, spring,
Form: Rhyme

The Lost Grinch Carols - Christmas Parody

This selection of Christmas carols, in themselves, has little value as songs or poems.  Their importance lies chiefly as a historical footnote, as some scholars believe they may have been works written by history’s...

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Categories: selection, christmas, silly,
Form: Rhyme

A Tale of Dark Angels


                           Expectations high did not pan out  ...

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Categories: selection, angel, anger, angst, character, god,
Form: Metrical Tale

Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day

Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day

Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shadow of a doubt. Aforementioned site chosen for...

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Categories: selection, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth, february, immigration, places,
Form: Rhyme

Spouse Cannot Forget Mine Suppressed Flatulence Upon Our First Date

Spouse cannot forget mine suppressed flatulence upon our first date

While yours truly sat here 
at the desk housing MacBook Pro,
pondering his next idée fixe apropos
for gamut of anonymous readers,
he unexpectedly, noisily and effectually
exploded out rear...

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Categories: selection, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form: Rhyme

Lost In Havasu - a Song Dedicated To Shawn Mendes

I can’t take anymore of this…
I wish you had mercifulness…
Tension slits me like a knife…
All my life...all my life...all my life...

Don’t let go and stay close to me (I’m wanting you oh so badly)
I know...

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Categories: selection, deep, fear, hope, lost, lost love, passion,
Form: Lyric

For Onion Pt 1

Since you wanna play riddles and poetry puzzles with me
Before we go any further - allow me to bring you up to speed
I just got cheated on - not even a month fresh
After a terrifying,...

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Categories: selection, friendship, i love you, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Biography Mark Hurlin Shelton

Mark Hurlin Shelton is a Poet from Cape Town South Africa, born in October 1967. He was raised by his grandparents in Three Anchor Bay, near Sea Point, where he attended his first schools: Ellerton...

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Categories: selection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Everyone's Life

Everyone’s life’s really tragic it seems,
There’s just not time friend to live all our dreams.
While you may try to keep stiff upper lip,
Gravity’s plotting to just sink your ship!

Wonder why some people’s face sports a...

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Categories: selection, life,
Form: Rhyme

God's Zen Voice

Once upon this time
I was listening to the Christian Fathers
retell traditional stories
of God's election and predestination.

Predestination
is like being born into royalty,
power,
privileges of humane Earth's regenerative grace.

Election is more democratic.
Selection based on God's vote for mercy,
apparently,
because...

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Categories: selection, blessing, culture, gender, god, health, strength,
Form: Political Verse

Rhymes For Shared Times

RHYMES FOR SHARED TIMES

Maintain shared possessions - clean, tidy and in working CONDITION
Share responsibilities, or allocate them in a fair and balanced PARTITION

Keep your promises and earn TRUST
Be as truthful as possible and do not...

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