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Obsession...inspired by 'Portrait Of A Lady' by T.S. Eliot
On winter days the view outside is nebulous at best,
within, the furniture is as it always was, and I am waiting,
waiting for a glimpse of you to...
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Categories:
tried and true, angst, devotion, universe,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Onerous Task Confronted Teachers and ParentsOnerous task confronted teachers and parents
As prospective students
ably ready themselves to matriculate
and/or first set little feet
inside halls of learning,
I rebroadcast a poem crafted
at the height of Covid-19.
A couple years gone back educators
adaptation regarding coronavirus...
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Categories:
tried and true, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
Balls To the Wallspend your day expressed by grace ordered from a Payton place
cheer each moment from the edge of the setting sun a very well done
climb each pillar of thought and deed to reach forth every bit...
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Categories:
tried and true, art, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
Transcending Boundaries To TrashTranscending boundaries to trash
transacts through vulnerabilities to crash
into compost cash.
I see and feel strange conjoining
curious listening to speak with old as young.
We carry less allegiance to romance of patriotic memory
than reciprocity through mutual matriotic mercies
we...
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Categories:
tried and true, age, gender, health, humanity, love, psychological, race,
Form:
Political Verse
The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns
"The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns"
Reversing roll calls
the Anti-Hero
jumps through
burning hoops
instinctively
bathed in the magnum glow
designed to fire cartridges
with a kick like a field gun
a bloody victory
is eventually won
lacking conventionality
novel and picaresque
placing bad...
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Categories:
tried and true, abuse, dark, girl, hero, muse, women,
Form:
Free verse
An anticlimactic sexual eventAn anticlimactic sexual event...
with Barb Black née Beebee
to help set the ghost
of little Willy Brandt free
(a non German, but germane fellow
courtesy Craigslist classified
personals of mine invitee
she replied, I took liberty
to Google her first...
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Categories:
tried and true, 12th grade, adventure, betrayal, december, desire, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The Mastersh when i was truth i fell
drew boy i grew up
still def still be a cre4ators tool
wipers for the pain tears drop
fear not, fret no baby worrys from the devil. whispers on my ear xrtays...
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tried and true, christian, courage, dad, dark, dedication, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
Mother BlueThere are homely tricks my mother would do,
One peculiar think after another she could brew,
Just give her a dozen eggs to break through,
And watch her turn them into running shampoo.
One peculiar thing after another...
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Categories:
tried and true, celebration, dedication, mother,
Form:
Monorhyme
The Emperor's New Clothes
"The Emperor’s New Clothes"
We write about beliefs
our prayer flags flying
like chrysallis books on a branch
of those higher deities we trust,
submerged, we are always listening
in our quiet hours of sleep
mostly when 3.33...
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Categories:
tried and true, muse,
Form:
Narrative
The Poor Mans ChildUSA Fourteen percent of the population
create thirty nine percent of the crime
Fifty seven percent of USA male prisoners
come from live's of poverty
Seventy two percent of USA female prisoners
come from lives of poverty
The...
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Categories:
tried and true, inspiration, international,
Form:
Narrative
Wake Me Up InsideUnconscious but not at rest
The heartbeat slowing in my chest
Caught inside this living dream
Unable to wake, unable to scream
Every day I wander this maze
My thoughts shrouded in smoky haze
When will I no longer see your...
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Categories:
tried and true, anger, break up, confusion, girlfriend, goodbye,
Form:
Rhyme
Starry Eyed Cloud of Surreal AngelsUtmost nadir of despair found
this atheist craning his neck skyward
hearing resplendent August orchestra
today June 10th, 2022
choral symphony may sound absurd,
but...mine supreme auditory sense
(compensated with poor vision,
i.e. extreme myopia) impossible mission
driving after dark
genetically injured
acute undoubted gifted...
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Categories:
tried and true, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
sword and stone -I've made myself a phantom, keeping critical things from you,
(and perhaps, in truth, more), for the sake of others ... others who
...
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Categories:
tried and true, child, children, daughter, family, love, parents, son,
Form:
Free verse
Starry Eyed Cloud of Surreal Angelsstarry eyed cloud of surreal angels
utmost nadir of despair found
this atheist craning his neck skyward
hearing resplendent August
choral symphony may sound absurd,
but...mine supreme auditory sense
(compensated with poor vision,
i.e. extreme myopia) genetically injured
acute undoubted gifted courtesy,
viz cochlear...
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Categories:
tried and true, appreciation, april, crazy, joy, muse, sky, surreal,
Form:
Elegy
Obsession Pt 1...inspired by 'Portrait Of A Lady' by T.S. Eliot
On winter days the view outside is nebulous at best,
within, the furniture is as it always was, and I am waiting,
waiting for a glimpse of you to...
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Categories:
tried and true, tribute, writing,
Form:
Verse
Takers of the Lost Arc, Part Ii...Then working with the government,
who always liked more western cash,
they set up an agreement that
they hoped could contain this backlash.
Two scientists could see the arc,
and work to verify its age,
one from Harvard, and one Cambridge,
and...
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Categories:
tried and true, adventure, christian, conflict, god, history, religion, satire,
Form:
Epic
A Salmon's TaleTwo brothers salmon in the deep blue sea
Got the urge one day to seek some revelry.
So off they both went into the early dawn
With naught on their minds but to swim and spawn.
Up the big...
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Categories:
tried and true, endurance, , cute,
Form:
Couplet
Obsession Part 1...inspired by 'Portrait Of A Lady' by T.S. Eliot
On winter days the view outside is nebulous at best,
within, the furniture is as it always was, and I am waiting,
waiting for a glimpse of you to...
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Categories:
tried and true, lost love,
Form:
Verse
Obsession Part 1...inspired by 'Portrait of a Lady' by T.S. Eliot
On winter days the view outside is nebulous at best,
within, the furniture is as it alway was, and I am waiting,
waiting for a glimpse of you to...
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Categories:
tried and true, hope
Form:
Verse
Love's Duet
Love's Duet
by Rick Rucker
Does your heart, to you, sound like a spinet?
Ever louder, by the minute?
My diagnosis, sad to say,
Someone has stolen your heart away!
What's that you say,
Inside your chest it still does stay?
How can...
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Categories:
tried and true, love, romance, heart, heart,
Form:
Couplet
LockdownWe can’t go out so what to do?
How do we spend our time?
Imagination, racing thoughts
My brain on overtime.
There’s gardening, painting, DIY
Non urgent jobs to do,
They’re boring and predictable,
I need stimulus, tried and true.
That lazy dog...
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Categories:
tried and true, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Santa's TakeWhat a special time of year....
I,Santa and my minion of elves
making a gazillion toys for all
the giddy girls and boys.
Just what are some of the things they
will find under the tree? Let's see !!
Colorful...
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Categories:
tried and true, hope, inspirational, love, sad, seasons, uplifting, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
Woodstock Fifty Years Ago August 15 19, 2019WoodStock - Fifty Years Ago August 15-19, 2019
I knew nary a whit about
rock n roll history
soon to unfold August fifteen –
eighteen ninety sixty nine
mollycoddled, nestled,
obliviously preoccupied
bajillion miles away
attending Baker Park Day Camp
within Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
innocently naive...
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Categories:
tried and true, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, friendship love, love, tribute,
Form:
Epic
Onerous Task Confronts Teachers and Parents Part OneThe following reasonable obsolete rhyme
verst heard in my faux class (sic) lilting brogue
courtesy coronavirus (COVID-19) rogue
wrought approximate sixth month academic hiatus
nevertheless September 1st, 2020
signals resumption of school year back in vogue.
Challenges abound as millions of...
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Categories:
tried and true, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Rhyme
You Have To Be a Dog LoverThe Heinz dog and the Silky and that Precious Papillion,
A Terrier and Chihauhau-are a few that I have known.
Not all at once, of course, but a few throughout the years,
They delegate their tails to tell-and...
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Categories:
tried and true, dog, love, people,
Form:
Rhyme