Long Sickened Poems
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Light On the Devil's Chord -Day 15
When 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:
sickened, adventure, conflict, freedom, identity, life, power, truth,
Form:
Epic
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween Gag
Chief garbage taster as fifth grade Halloween gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
interestingly enough landed me a grubhub grab bag.
I rooted thru poetry anthology of mine,
and came across an unpublished poem
by one obscure poet (me),...
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Categories:
sickened, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
Operating At a Loss
I
How long have I been doing this
Throwing my time & money
Into a hole
Filling up notebooks
Mining overheard conversation
For lines
Squeezing the sponge
Of my wine soaked
Mind
Into the bucket
Of poetry
And now here we are
Gulping down the
Lead tainted water
Like Romans
Romans
Forced...
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Categories:
sickened, anger, destiny, political,
Form:
Free verse
The Mask of Black Spinel
Frice the week along with night had fallen to sleepless slumber,
Trapped again 'tween times when thirds are three in number.
I sense a grimace gurgle in these halls of boned wall,
The aching whims and shaking limbs:...
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Categories:
sickened, angst, dream, evil, horror, imagination, mental health,
Form:
Couplet
Beads of Blood
In The Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus fell to His knees
As He cried to His Father, let this cup pass from me
His anguish and pain I could never imagine
Sweat turning to blood, as He begged for...
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Categories:
sickened, bible, christian, faith, gospel, grief, jesus, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween Gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
As a Halloween costume,
one year during early grade school,
my father got the brilliant idea
for his sole son to be dressed
with one of a kind getup.
Missus Shaner...
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Categories:
sickened, 5th grade, adventure, autumn, character, father son,
Form:
Free verse
Chief Egalitarian Garbage Taster Ie White Trash
Chief egalitarian garbage taster i.e. “white trash”
As Halloween costume,
one year during early grade school,
my father got brilliant idea
for sole son dressed
uniquely rubbish qua
putrid offal getup.
Missus Shaner (talon clawed,
shriveled relic...
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Categories:
sickened, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
The Day the World Fell Apart
It was unseasonably
warm for Winter
sun shone bright
cool breeze blowing
but not even cold
and I was
just walking
along, not knowing
the world, as we knew it
was about to come apart
Then that piercing scream
ripped through my heart
heart pounding and
pumping, feet
pounding,...
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Categories:
sickened, depression, grief, how i feel, moving on,
Form:
Free verse
Thieves In the Night
Our son CJ celebrated his 40th birthday,
Immediate family invited to Ramsgate
In Natal, to celebrate this day in a special way,
A guest house was rented by our son,
Which once again became our fate!
By the sea, what...
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Categories:
sickened, night,
Form:
Free verse
The Most Unlikely Couple
We were sitting in my car, companions to a lovely Hawaiian night where the moon shined bright, and the white caps glistened in the sea. Everything was in place. The white sand beaches and palm...
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Categories:
sickened, adventure, mystery, true love,
Form:
Narrative
Ken Thinks He's Crook
I got a phone call from a mate of mine I hadn't seen for years,
and I could tell by his quivered voice that he was close to tears
so I asked Ken what is wrong then...
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Categories:
sickened, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
I Opened Paris' Letter and Cry
I opened Paris' letter and cry
my heart dropped
my fingers trembled
I opened Paris' letter
mama it's been three days ...
then the dam burst,
not the happy kind
unregretfully
the kind that spells gloom
sobs of tears roll down my face
uncontrollably...
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Categories:
sickened, confusion, daughter, growing up, heartbreak,
Form:
Free verse
You, Dad
Your nothing, but a piece of !
Your nothing, but a waste of space!
Your nothing, but a filthy liar!
Your nothing, but a sack of crap!
You got no heart
Just a hollow shell of a human
You’re a robot...
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Categories:
sickened, abuse, anger, angst, family, father, hurt,
Form:
Free verse
Time of Death
Time is your only friend,
That stays with you from beginning to end.
An immortal guide for your immortal life,
On this very short little ride.
From the womb to the tomb,
Just a short put to doom.
Spanning the years,
Flames...
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Categories:
sickened, christian, death, fate, god, grave, jesus, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
The Raving
From 2010. Narrator is Robert Gibbs, snooty White House Press Secretary.
Lay, O Lord, a curse on press men, rude and churlish, sad, obsessed men
Who persist to query me on matters they know I must...
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Categories:
sickened, hip hop, parody, raven,
Form:
Narrative
Bloody Omaha
Midnight June the 5th 1944 me and my buddies departed Weymouth and put out to
sea
To smash through Hitlers eastern wall to liberate Europe and make her once again
free
We knew some,most of us wouldnt...
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Categories:
sickened, death, history, loss, places, warday, me, beach,
Form:
Rhyme
The Gardner
-The Tree of Life-
Featuring: Casarah Nance
~~I am beautiful on the inside you will see~~
~But really I am scarcely a tree in the woods.~
Beauty found a tree that sits...
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Categories:
sickened, anti bullying, beauty, crazy, daffodils, evil, flower,
Form:
Alliteration
Sisyphus’ Lament
Sisyphus’ Lament
I took each hard punch
And swallowed each raw pill.
But you said it wasn’t a fair fight
And I agree,
But you didn’t watch
My tears each night,
No, they weren’t
For you to...
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Categories:
sickened, abuse, analogy, anti bullying, anxiety, best friend,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mirror
Pitter, Patter, Ratter, Tat, Tatter, Rain falls softly on cracked window pains. The house darkness is solid, quiet as death, it covers all where it rests. BLACK! Among the silver silent willow trees. Above heaven's...
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Categories:
sickened, age, art, cancer, corruption, dark, death, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Sauna Or Getting Cooked
Sauna Or Getting Cooked
Going viral, a video clip of a hairy burly Caucasian man in a white towel...
Approaches a steamed up glass door of a presumably hot sauna cubicle....
Opened the door, stepped in and flicked...
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Categories:
sickened, birthday, community, confusion, culture, emotions, freedom, fun,
Form:
Free verse
Responsibilities of Citizenry
responsibilities of “citizenry”
blanket statements are always
made, be they flippant or
completely genuine & until the
AI”s get their bugs worked out
(upon a time far in the non-
nuclear-war future), no doubt
this error in us humans...
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Categories:
sickened, life, cancer,
Form:
Free verse
Wicked
These feelings I harbor so deep down in my heart and soul
The ones I've tried so hard to just ignore
My present and future time is not my own because my emotions have taken control
They've come...
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Categories:
sickened, angst, devotion, lost love, love, passionme, heart,
Form:
Romanticism
Sacrifice, freedom and justice
My mind has been spinning, since toxin contamination
I have been caught in a web of deception and corruption
Searching the landscape, for words to describe this nightmare
The toxins sickened my healthy dog and I like an...
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Categories:
sickened, america, angst, corruption, courage, love,
Form:
Free verse
Perfection -Part 4-
His voice soft and cracking,
Wanting desperately to start conversation. . .
Discomfort only letting out a few words from my trembling mouth. . .
The center of the audience,
Still alone in the embarrassment of my own silent,...
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Categories:
sickened, angst, confusion, day, depression, me,
Form:
Free verse
In the twilight of thought, where shadows of reason linger
In the twilight of thought, where shadows of reason linger,
I find myself floating in an ocean of consciousness,
A man, a whisper against the turbulent waves of culture,
Each wave a metaphor, each ripple a memory of...
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Categories:
sickened, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse