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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:
usurped, 10th grade, adventure, allah, anger, appreciation, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Positive Political Psychology
I question my own interplay of psychology and political science.
Does this too facilely root analogy within ecology of climate health v pathology?
Intersections of sociology and psychology are at least academically commonplace.
I have a friend with...
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Categories:
usurped, culture, health, political, psychological, religion, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part ii
Highlight of Goofus and Gallant
bred within the survival instinct
of hungry hordes of prey,
when Earth in the balance
against an uncomfortable truth
smug smurf like scavengers.
Punishment meted...
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Categories:
usurped, absence, adventure, africa, america, angel, anniversary, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
In America June 14th Equals Flag Day
In America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.
"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god...
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Categories:
usurped, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Rhyme
An Eternity I
Stood upright, between two roads,
On a thin metal rail,
A solitary, brown coloured bottle
Of beer, ...
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Categories:
usurped, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Omnipresent lurch toward authoritarianism
The views and opinions herewith extemporized to spur discourse with me, or to be mindful when exercising the right to vote in the country of your existence, which expressed intimation predicated upon read reliable publications...
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Categories:
usurped, abortion, abuse, america, anger, bereavement, emotions, history,
Form:
Free verse
The Ordinary Care of Providence
Madison's defense of the establishment clause to the Virginia legislature:
"Religion both existed and flourished, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them, and not only during the...
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Categories:
usurped, angel, body, light, miracle, religion, travel, violence,
Form:
Verse
The Moral Mortgage of Mice and Men
The moral mortgage of mice and men
Yours truly quite astute,
especially regarding cute
little field mice, also known
as meadow voles,
which imprecation one doth emote,
when aforementioned animal burrows inside
leaving pellet size poop in their wake
suddenly presenting...
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Categories:
usurped, adventure, animal, appreciation, august, bible, cat, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Booth Made Famous On April 15th Mdccclxv
Booth made famous on April 15th, MDCCCLXV...
Sic semper tyrannis ad mortem
("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").
Ever since early forerunners
of twenty first century
mankind (sprinted
across trackless expanse extant
upon planet Earth),
modern Homo Sapiens...
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Categories:
usurped, animal, confusion, family, fear, hate, history, men,
Form:
Free verse
Song From Beyond the Stars Part 2 Earthside Gathering
from the extremely large to the very small, rocks have been game changers
planet-sized melters, moon-makers
asteroids with cataclysmic impact, dinosaur terminators
again life's prospects pivoting
this time, on tiny stable...
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Categories:
usurped, adventure, destiny, humanity, science fiction,
Form:
Verse
Trifolium Pollinated Courtesy Bombus
Trifolium pollinated courtesy bombus
Before landscapers mow swaths
across undulating waves of clover
(the father/daughter team
usually cut grass every Tuesday)
bumblebees alight from one to another flower.
Meanwhile, I lie splayed
mid morning June 28th, 2022
with stomach upon natural carpeting
quietly basking...
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Categories:
usurped, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful, color, creation, flower,
Form:
Rhyme
Killing Cicada Killers
There are things in my life of which I'm not proud
But my letting friends down tops the list,
I guess I could let my mind walk in a cloud
But the friends that I've lost are...
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Categories:
usurped, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
I live in a world of brutal ice and cold
I live in a world of brutal ice and cold
Despite the temperature being five below...
these fingered handy limbs
awash with profuse sweat
dripping palms analogous
to a bloody busted gushing water main.
Mein kampf analogous
to a self made prisoner
who...
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Categories:
usurped, 7th grade, abuse, allegory, anger, anxiety, birth,
Form:
Free verse
July First 2023 Will Celebrate
July first 2023 will celebrate...
our sixth anniversary at Highland Manor Apartments
Subtitled: The perspective of one festive folky fellow
friendliness ofttimes prompts me
when crossing paths with another to say “hello,”
whose demeanor trends toward being mellow
courtesy about...
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Categories:
usurped, absence, abuse, america, anger, angst, animal, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Aftermath of War Onerous Task
Aftermath of war: onerous task...
to salvage flotsam and jetsam
of human wreckage
amidst a sea where triage
witnessed courtesy scattered corpses
populating the Gaza strip
more'n pound of cold flesh
forced sacrifice appeasing
vengeance usurped quarterage
tendered for countless generations
predominantly innocent victims
hostages held...
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Categories:
usurped, abuse, allah, angst, anxiety, bereavement, children, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
Ill Suited For Madcap Twenty First Century World
Ill suited for madcap twenty first century world
One garden variety generic male - the
very writer of these words feels akin
to an anachronism, whereby his being
alive at this juncture within the space/
time continuum (July 29th, 2022...
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Categories:
usurped, absence, adventure, america, analogy, angst, books, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Where the Peaceful Dream Unfurled
Was it just imagining
Which brought these eyes to see inside
Another world
We could have realised
A different story
For all our lives
Looking into this stolen world
Where the peaceful dream has unfurled
Its banner of love beneath the sun
A flag...
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Categories:
usurped, angst, family, hope, life, peopledream, birth, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Some 2025's additional personal updates part two Q and A
Q: Do some Biblical scholars also believe: World War 111 could begin in Israel
before or during the 2025's rapture of the church/bride of Christ?
A: Yes
Q: Do...
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Categories:
usurped, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Sword of Damocles
Grisly bared horror jawbones Kristallnacht
totalitarian brandishes, flaunts, launches
global threat half cocked.
Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times...
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Categories:
usurped, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, angst, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
The Winds of War Part Two
Russia wants NATO's assurance that they will move no further east without guaranteeing that they will no further west. Turkey is still a member of NATO? Recently they have shifted their allegiance away from NATO...
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Categories:
usurped, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
Good Ol' Triple-Six and the Eternal Drive-By - Part 2
- and, anyway, who breaks wind over double-M, a. k. a. Manson,
Marilyn?
I'll give a ride on my razor any day to
The-Second-Prime-of-Nine-to-the-Sixth,
who was around long before CD's, DVD's, MTV, and YOU / MYtube,
spitting out the healing...
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Categories:
usurped, hope, inspirational, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Ahmad Faraz translations 2
No Explanation! (I)
by Ahmad Faraz
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Please don't ask me how deeply it hurt!
Her sun shone so bright, even the shadows were burning!
No Explanation! (II)
by Ahmad Faraz
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Please...
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Categories:
usurped, angel, body, hurt, love, sad, sun, urdu,
Form:
Free verse
Vagabond
“Wandering through empty and crowded streets with no destination in sight and sleeping under the sky with the fire burning inside was my life, the life of a vagabond. Survival is a funny game and...
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Categories:
usurped, betrayal, dream, home, moving on,
Form:
Free verse
Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Grisly Horror Jawbones Kristallnacht
Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times the Bible
references Armageddon and doomsday
impossible mission to remain
cool, collected and calm.
Whether...
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Categories:
usurped, abuse, angst, bullying, environment, farewell, grief, heartbreak,
Form:
Rhyme
Scotus Ruling Overturned Roe Versus Wade
The regressive Supreme Court decision
hustled, proclaimed, and voiced
June 24th, 2022
immediately quashing pro choice option,
struck down constitutional right
(upheld for half a century -
formerly allowing, enabling and providing
the muliebrous population
access to secure and safe abortion)
and sent a...
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Categories:
usurped, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abortion,
Form:
Free verse