Long Shaky Poems
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Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 HoursPoem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours
Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women,
based upon a character
in The Impertinent Curious Man,
a story within a...
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Categories:
shaky, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
MEMORY THERAPY-You Have Entered the Twilight Zone Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nick Tipton lived a quiet life,
west Kentucky, in rolling hills;
been farming there for ten years,
all according to his own will.
This simple life would’ve have kept on,
‘til one night, age thirty-three,
a nightmare burst into his mind,
so...
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Categories:
shaky, memory, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
...
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Categories:
shaky, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
But Just Where Is God(Musings of a poet with huge doubts and a fragile faith)
Introduction: Is God A Joke Or Human Vanity?
When close friends die and other’s thoughts are suicidal,
When mankind’s soup du jour is loneliness with anguish
When mental...
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Categories:
shaky, god, mental illness, perspective, , atheist,
Form:
Blank verse
Know ThyselfKnow Thyself
(one of the two Delphic commands of Apollo)
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
shaky, god, me, world, voice, creation, fear, me,
Form:
Elegy
Know YourselfFor years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
shaky, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Session 2: Tech Support Notes From the Server Backup and Dead Chicken CaseThe Almost Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent Tech God Oisin
Session 2: Tech support notes from the server backup and dead chicken case
“Hello this is Oisin. How may I help you this morning?” Oisin says in his polite...
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Categories:
shaky, humor, satire, technology,
Form:
Prose
Sun ThiefOnce upon a time, there lived a boy called Simon.
He was an ordinary boy who did what ordinary nine year old
boys do: collecting bugs and putting them in jars,
speaking to imaginary friends, riding a bike...
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Categories:
shaky, conflict, fantasy, imagery, mystery, myth, power,
Form:
Narrative
She Doesnt Think Someone Loves HerBecause people have made her promises in the past and they’ve broken them. Because no matter how hard she works or how good of a person she is, she doesn’t believe she is worthy of...
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Categories:
shaky, deep, fear, hurt, love, love hurts,
Form:
I do not know?
Light On the Devil's Chord -Day 15When I woke the next day,
He was lying beside me, breathing steadily
I was no longer on the hard, monstrous back of the leviathan
My hands were burned from its horns,
I was laid upon his wings,
Burdened by...
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Categories:
shaky, adventure, conflict, freedom, identity, life, power, truth,
Form:
Epic
The Whiskey Bottle WishThe Whiskey Bottle Wish
One late summer night outside a saloon in the mid-west, an intoxicated Dusty Rogers, stumbles out of the Bar nearly taking one of the revolving doors with him. As he flutters...
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Categories:
shaky, bible, drink, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
Oh, MamaI saw you last on your birthday.
When I proceeded to your room
to kiss you and give you my gift,
you were surrounded by all
of my siblings, except one,
who was in church services.
I do love you...
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Categories:
shaky, mother,
Form:
Free verse
Inevitable Death Defines LifeInevitable death defines afterlife
I mull mortality
thru lens crafted occipital orbs
regarding a better future
experience sing a space oddity –
whar incessant yaks
exuding a big hurt
emanate as cosmic atomic
bipedal hominids replete roof lee wax
during a...
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Categories:
shaky, absence, allah, angel, anxiety, atheist, bereavement, death,
Form:
Rhyme
the grand masked ballWe’re in Paris, staying with my Grandmère (Grandmother) for a few days around Mother’s day.
Peter (my bf) is getting to know my Grandmère. They’ve started to relax and enjoy each other. This time, when they...
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Categories:
shaky, boyfriend, fun, grandmother, mothers day, paris, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
BelovedMy name, David, means beloved in Hebrew - the daytime is shining amongst my windowpane as I write this poem, not in vain, but with pain that soon goes down the drain...my mind is on...
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Categories:
shaky, angst, dedication, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Groundhog Day - Thursday, February 2nd 2023The date of the celebration
(the second day of February) coincides
with medieval feast of Candlemas,
and its pre-Christian predecessor,
Imbolc, a day also rich in folklore.
An old Scottish prophecy foretells
sunny weather on Candlemas
means a long winter.
The tradition is...
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Categories:
shaky, 12th grade, 4th grade, 8th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
StagnatedS T A G N A T E D
"I'm pregnant."
A snake chill suddenly crawl in his spine when he heard her words. Icy sweats ran to his brows. He was astound! Tongue-tied. How else could...
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Categories:
shaky, character, growing up, relationship, sad, strength,
Form:
Narrative
Travel PlansA nice cruise from New York, I thought
From down by Pier two-one
I thought I'd head to England
For a good old spot of fun
An Ocean trip, some nice fresh air
Eleven days at sea
I thought this would...
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Categories:
shaky, 7th grade, surreal, travel,
Form:
Light Verse
The Ballad of YolotliYolotli, the beauty of Tenochitlan,
She was a tender, loving woman.
Every day she was catered to.
That is, until she was stolen.
Men, Warriors big and strong came from an opposing tribe.
They saw her glamour even from a...
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Categories:
shaky, culture,
Form:
Ballad
GrandpaAllen “Gene” Claibourn
08.12.1932-08.05.2013
Grandpa showed me the way to
get things done and how to do
them right, he showed me how
to make a knot but i could
never get it quite as...
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Categories:
shaky, grandfather
Form:
ABC
In the Upper Floor of the Scottish Rite Cathedral - Part 1The name of my sidekick was Benjamin, a fellow church member
An ornery, brown haired boy who had nothing in common with me
Save for his sudden sense of adventure and exploration
He asked me, “Laura? Have you...
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Categories:
shaky, adventure, courage, growth,
Form:
Narrative
Skin of TerrorSkin of Terror
- Daniel Henry Rodgers
(Lights slowly rise on a lone figure, MICHAEL, hunched over a steering wheel. His knuckles are white against the worn leather. Pre-recorded sounds of a desolate highway hum faintly in...
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Categories:
shaky, horror, mental health, mental illness, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Loving My Refurbished Fifteen Inch Mid 2015 Macbook ProLoving my refurbished fifteen inch mid 2015 Macbook Pro
A lightning fast machine
purchased three days ago
now comfortably nestling with
said technological wonder,
where outside a cold wind howls
measuring windchill factor of five below
allowing, enabling and providing me
an opportunity...
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Categories:
shaky, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation: Ech Day Me Cometh Tydinges ThreEch day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...
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Categories:
shaky, angst, anxiety, death, depression, england, fear, sorrow,
Form:
Couplet
A Field Day Shoe Fit For Mother GooseA field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher at yours truly
(an aspiring wordsmith) vamoose!
Hey diddle diddle the...
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Categories:
shaky, 12th grade, adventure, age, animal, bird, color,
Form:
Rhyme