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Some Pro's and Con's of Being Connected To Virtual Reality
Some pro's and con's of being connected to virtual reality

Dune not be bashful, grumpy, leery
or any other contemporary dwarf man
regarding countless less well known dwarves
(that never got a chance
to play a bit part) such as...

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Categories: twenty first century, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, adventure,
Form: Rhyme



Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine

     ("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered 
after assassinating Julius Caesar.

     Alternatively...

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Categories: twenty first century, 10th grade, adventure, allah, anger, appreciation, birth,
Form: Free verse
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal Moment
Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment

alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly 
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit; 
ofttimes imagined as time thief.

Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...

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Categories: twenty first century, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly, death, farewell, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Pied Piper From New York City - Part One
The Pied Piper from New York City – Part One

Dare his name be said?
I say, of course, Yes! 

The Pied Piper, himself, is the man, the myth, the legend.
And they, the so-called incurious lot of...

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Categories: twenty first century, allusion, america, betrayal, corruption, judgement, new york,
Form: Political Verse
I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather
I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather

I haint no spring chicken,
("Buk buk buk buk ba-gawk!")
but in Summer re: 
long in tooth sexagenarian 
nostalgic for the following imagery 
evoked yesterday with very little effort
(aside...

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Categories: twenty first century, age, allegory, appreciation, celebration, confusion, halloween, natural
Form: Free verse



Silence reigns supreme in my reich
Silence reigns supreme in my reich

No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm,
I annexed courtesy manifest destiny,
which peoples now inhabiting said jurisdiction
circumscribed by following coordinates -
Latitude: 40° 16' 22.20"...

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Categories: twenty first century, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, celebration, dark, hair,
Form: Free verse
How one twenty first century married mortal male me - Matthew Scott Harris
How one twenty first century married mortal male (me - Matthew Scott Harris)...
found himself bewitched about Circe,
particularly after reading book title by the same name.

An enchantress and a minor goddess
in ancient Greek mythology and religion
depicted...

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Categories: twenty first century, 12th grade, adventure, age, beautiful, literature, muse,
Form: Free verse
I a youthsome wholesome jokesome handsome
I (a youthsome, wholesome, jokesome, handsome,...
gamesome, chucklesome, bothersome,
and awesome modest fellow)...
does not deliberately court immortalization,
and wonders what criteria confer elevation,
exaltation, glorification, hero worship,
idolization, veneration, or worship.

I go about a daily humdrum routine
me, a twenty first...

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Categories: twenty first century, age, appreciation, birth, creation, desire, fishing, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Following Earth's Light
Borrowing from David Holmgren, Permaculture Principles and Pathways Beyond [Win-Elite v Lose-NonElite] Sustainability, 2002, p. 1

Health ethics are Beloved Community normative principles
used to guide action toward good and light and right outcomes
and away from degeneratively...

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Categories: twenty first century, creation, destiny, earth day, environment, health, humanity,
Form: Political Verse
Glory To Thermodynamics In General
Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a self sufficient domicile,
where thrum of the central heater...
automatically activated 
upon...

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Categories: twenty first century, adventure, appreciation, april, community, courage, desire, light,
Form: Rhyme
Come post presidential election 2024
Come post presidential election 2024... 

heil to the Wharton chief firebrand -
more worrisome than an ovarian cyst
every race, religion, nationality, 
gender, creed, et cetera with impunity dissed
brigand able, eager, ready and willing
to punch contenders throwing...

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Categories: twenty first century, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War

Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot.

President...

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Categories: twenty first century, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, age, america,
Form: Rhyme
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult
Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith doth behold
nostalgic memories regarding father
(Boyce Brandon Harris)
long ago lapsed decades

during...

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Categories: twenty first century, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form: Rhyme
Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences throughout vast
number of orbitz around sun never kickstarted,
nor linkedin with potential livingsocial folk,
thus...

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Categories: twenty first century, abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety, boy, fate, grave,
Form: Rhyme
Joseph Robinette Biden Junior
Joseph Robinette Biden Junior

The last prescient perspicacious politician, 
who presided at the White House
ran out of office despite victorious landslide win
most Democrats gave their signed, 
sealed, and delivered grudging approval, 
but could not stem the...

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Categories: twenty first century, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, conflict, crush, dark,
Form: Free verse
Mine Psyche Riddled With Dybbuk
Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk

Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences throughout vast
number of orbitz around sun never kickstarted,
nor linkedin with potential livingsocial folk,
thus...

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Categories: twenty first century, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - the Demons Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror -
The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror

This tale of “The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror”
lives on in the mountain village of Gpeth Tor in the outlying 
region of the “Dark Forbidden Forest”...

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Categories: twenty first century, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Demon's Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror
The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror

This tale of “The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror”
lives on in the mountain village of Gpeth Tor in the outlying 
region of the “Dark Forbidden Forest”...

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Categories: twenty first century, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Demon's Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror
This tale of “The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror”
lives on in the mountain village of Gpeth Tor in the outlying 
region of the “Dark Forbidden Forest” known for evil, death,
and lost souls. This...

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Categories: twenty first century, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865
Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865...
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.

I admit to own a passion
for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular
between a hard spot of whiskey
and draughts of arrack;
nonetheless...

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Categories: twenty first century, absence, age, america, anniversary, april, bereavement, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Though no political pundit, nevertheless
Though no political pundit, nevertheless...

I trumpet the withdrawal
of democratic contender from out the presidential race.

Breaking headline news story
courtesy rumor monger premieres
showcasing emphatic groundswell
against feeble minded incumbent.

Extraordinary turn of current events
immediately enlivens the United States populace
injecting...

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Categories: twenty first century, america, anxiety, blue, dark, fear, heartbroken, november,
Form: Free verse
Wretched emasculated celibate anchorite
Wretched emasculated celibate anchorite

(any relationship between the following poem and living persons -
namely the writer of these words ranks as purely coincidental and fictitious).

nevertheless he suffers existential blight
covered head to toe
in black and blue bruises
linkedin...

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Categories: twenty first century, adventure, allegory, animal, atheist, courage, fate, january,
Form: Free verse
June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago
June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox Court House,...

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Categories: twenty first century, america, anxiety, crush, evil, humanity, november, racism,
Form: Free verse
Glory To Thermodynamics
and spoils of Western Civilization.

Thrum of the central heater...
manually activated upon advent of twilight
(since yours truly not resident within "smart home"),
nevertheless warm cockles and muscles
appreciate basking, and luxuriating,
within climate controlled environment,
whether bone chilling deep freeze...

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Categories: twenty first century, adventure, earth, green, heaven, inspiration, journey, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lgbt Liberty Litany
Lord, please have mercy. Lord, please have mercy on us
Father Christ, please have mercy. Father Christ please have mercy on us
Lord, please have mercy. Lord, please have mercy on us
Father Christ, graciously hear us. Father...

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Categories: twenty first century, america, christian, god, jesus, men, spiritual, women,
Form: Narrative

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