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Limericks Vii - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, AbsurdLimericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:
There was a lewd whore from Nantucket
who intended to pee in a bucket;
but...
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Categories:
sentenced, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, sexy, smile,
Form:
Limerick
You Never ListenedYou Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
You were not watching,
though each night the stars
shone, brightening the tears
in her eyes palely fetching...
You...
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Categories:
sentenced, baby, birth, children, extended metaphor, feelings, soulmate,
Form:
Sonnet
DEADLY GAME OF MRSAHow the Nation of Islam saved my granddaughter
from Catrina Bell queen pin gang leader it was a warm
day i was suffering from traumatic brain injury raising
five children including my granddaughter only four...
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Categories:
sentenced, beautiful, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother, my child, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Randomlings 1-34Randomling 1: Matthew Macfadyen
I believe I'm in love with Matthew Macfadyen
He inspires in me a terribly bad yen
But as poetry goes
His name 'spires woes
Cause nothing rhymes with "Macfadyen”.
Randomling 2: Birthday Wishes
For my birthday,...
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Categories:
sentenced, cat, deep, depression, dog, emotions, funny, love,
Form:
Verse
The Escape"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
sentenced, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Today In Billy the Kid History - April 28, 1881"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
sentenced, history,
Form:
Rhyme
SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOISYOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBAND...
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Categories:
sentenced, chicago, city, i love you,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Billy the Kid's Great Escape*
Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away.
*
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
sentenced, history, horse, humorous, love, me, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Artificial Iris
"Artificial Iris"
Orwell was lurking in the background, somewhere;
the dream was eerily familiar,
the words and their meanings, read in Syntax,
once read between pages of hardcopy in school
were aptly ignored -
however,
our Overlords were...
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Categories:
sentenced, surreal,
Form:
Narrative
Marat and Charlotte 3Act 3. A dark, empty stage.
Marat
(standing up)
My eyes went blank. That's how it goes when
you have been doubly knocked flat on your back
in half an hour. He went, he went,
he went, he went, he went,...
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Categories:
sentenced, death, love,
Form:
Blank verse
Attitude with latitudeAttitude with latitude
originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic
Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested vainglorious woke
mine genuine apology,
viz sincerely yours truly
psyche asper paternal overture
toward aforementioned offspring
smitten with opprobrium
figuratively smacked upside...
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Categories:
sentenced, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal, family, father daughter,
Form:
Free verse
ChernobylChernobyl.
A nuclear disaster, in the Russian town Chernobyl,
An odor-less killer, the invisible force.
As the radiation escapes, from the crumbling reactor,
We must cool it down, before it blows.
Evacuate Pripyat, the employee’s town,
The town of 35000; first...
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Categories:
sentenced, cry, death, sun, world,
Form:
I do not know?
The Reading of Villon Poems At West Berlin's Free University During the 1957-58 Winter SemesterThe reading of Villon poems at West Berlin’s Free University, Winter Semester 1957-58
...
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Categories:
sentenced, inspirational, passion, poetry, poets, remembrance day, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
Recluse By Dint of CircumstanceRecluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
sentenced, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
Strange Justice DreamsIt is a strange dream
in which an animal rights advocate
is swamped with questions
from Chief Justice Roberts.
A vicious dog,
trained to attack humans
with politically incorrect audacity
to trespass against his white supremacist Master,
has been imprisoned
and sentenced to...
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Categories:
sentenced, caregiving, earth, health, humor, peace, mental health,
Form:
Political Verse
Room 251 13 th March 2024Senate legal and constitutinal affairs reference committie convened
March 2022 one Senator presiding and two witnessing'
The room echoes as the warriors enter.! Almost equivelent to
The booming endorsements of the preceeding years yet ghostly
Sounding echies now.....
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Categories:
sentenced, community, education, endurance,
Form:
Narrative
RevolutionREVOLUTION
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
A revolution is much deeper than what the eye can see
An opportunity to rid the land of despotism and tyranny
When any citizen can expose the enemies of the state
Present and judge valid...
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Categories:
sentenced, betrayal, corruption, evil, fear, irony, power, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
Small Mutinies
"Small Mutinies"
So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky
cashmere blankets
of insecure insincerity
simple scribbles
bleating from the
chirping crickets
and frog croaking
symphonies
muddying waters
cutting pristine lines...
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Categories:
sentenced, halloween, muse, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
A Letter From MeME dear FATHER you already know,
But you need to be briefed,
On a tragedy I believe you must not know.
There’s a deadly dance with violence killing teens in America’s Black Communities.
Use to be,
Good Christian mothers,...
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Categories:
sentenced, black african american, conflict, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Red TulipsUnder a tree of wet blossoms, shimmering to life in the sun, one honey bee is circling around two burly men, who wave it off, with childlike dramatics...arms flailing. One of them,...
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Categories:
sentenced, friendship, me, red, spring, tree,
Form:
Verse
Milton Creek, Another ChapterThe sun had just risen over town, it was a beautiful morning
And outside Baker's new Bakery, a long queue was forming
The aroma of fresh baking was lingering in the morning air
Words alone cannot describe it;...
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Categories:
sentenced, america, western,
Form:
Narrative
A Statue SpeaksA Statue Speaks
The morning takes it's first breath of daylight
Exhaling the sunrise that fills the sky with colored
brilliance. ...
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Categories:
sentenced, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
SocratesI am walking Athens with Socrates
And see the world through his eyes
Barefooted with white robe
Tied in a knot with linen rope
I follow him like a shadow
Starring at the faces of Athenians
Who lived ago a...
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Categories:
sentenced, allusion, cute, death, philosophy, truth, , western,
Form:
Bio
Michael CollinsIt has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron fist
Taking brutal action against those, who tried to resist.
On the...
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Categories:
sentenced, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 27Of Him and not me?
Muttered the dragon, full-formed, wretched,
Stench unfathomable, seething and snarling
His great lungs expanding and exhaling puffs of darkness
Slanted, shining, scorching eyes burning into my own
What light shines but His own?
Have...
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Categories:
sentenced, adventure, beautiful, bereavement, desire, evil, gothic, strength,
Form:
Epic