Long Vertebrae Poems
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No God of Mine - 2021 Edit[This poem 'No God Of Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]
By...
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Categories:
vertebrae, evil, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
When I Consider Life Without YouWhen I Consider Life
As a baby, I was laying in my bassinet when a rifle bullet was shot through
our living room window and passed through right under my bassinet not hitting me.
...
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Categories:
vertebrae, blessing, dedication,
Form:
Narrative
When I Consider Life With YouWhen I Consider Life Without You
As a baby, I was laying in my bassinet when a rifle bullet was shot through our living room window and passed through right under my bassinet not hitting...
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Categories:
vertebrae, appreciation, blessing, devotion,
Form:
Narrative
No God of MineCement, sand and gravel, blood, body and soul
Eternity bred from hell's darkest hole
Combine gruesome aggregates, hydrate the mix
Mould them and dry them, then stack up the bricks.
Thought in advance and precision laboured
Set automatic, eternity savoured
No...
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Categories:
vertebrae, halloween, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Soul Stance River - 15We briefly meet the Mandan Chief Big White
in the village center where the animals are sacraficed,
couples wed, and disputes are dealt with,
he is a massive, and portly man
and is wearing a headdress that spreads to...
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Categories:
vertebrae, adventure,
Form:
Epic
Convalescence of Richard McGeehanConvalescence of Richard McGeehan
Spouse of my eldest sister
marital bond fixed in place
strong as mortise and tenon,
he hales of hearty Irish stock
genes of said septuagenarian
analogous to pith and marrow
wrought courtesy divine providence.
At present aforementioned brother in...
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Categories:
vertebrae, absence, america, appreciation, blessing, caregiving, health, journey,
Form:
Free verse
The Werewolf Banditos, Part IiiIII.
He wore a necklace made of dozens of vertebrae,
whether they were human or not, nobody could say.
Rick looked down at the dead man but still showed no fear,
said,”Tell me why we shouldn’t just kill you...
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Categories:
vertebrae, adventure, animal, conflict, dark, horror, mythology, scary,
Form:
Epic
Nightmare DisposalThere are skeletons in the wardrobe but they’re home and dry
Looked after properly moth balled and yet unkindly falling apart
Conscience is layered just as are subconscious wishes and fears
Sometimes I play with the bones and...
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Categories:
vertebrae, night,
Form:
Free verse
The Werewolf Banditos, Part IvIV.
As the werewolves all funneled to that narrow gorge,
the brush was pulled away, revealing a cannon’s bore,
the beasts were to furious to see they were caught,
Bob pulled back on the cord, fired silver grape-shot.
Small spheres...
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Categories:
vertebrae, adventure, animal, conflict, dark, horror, mythology, scary,
Form:
Epic
Political Freedom With Economic RestraintsUnfettered flying floats free of restraint,
free from radical or erratic containment
or even perceptual direction,
free of focus,
free to become most any conjecture of mind,
disembodied.
Yet also trapped in unboundaried integral potentialities
unwilling-unable to choose
to decay further into holistic-straining...
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Categories:
vertebrae, freedom, health, imagination, inspiration, muse,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Can'T Touch My ToesWoke up this morning
With news headlines spawning
I do not know if it's winter yet
Because of old age I often forget
Got to realise how weird it is
When I can brush my teeth
And scratch my nose
But try...
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Categories:
vertebrae, age, allusion, body, celebration, change,
Form:
Free verse
A Ghost's Testimony Co-Written With Jack Horne*NOTE: Jack and I wonder how many of you have heard of the Zona Shue case –
an American murder victim who had revenge in Virginia in the late 1800s.
Zona was killed by her...
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Categories:
vertebrae, mysterymother, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
Red Hot Chili Pepper Poker FaceRed hot chili pepper poker face...
Born that way angry antithetical
mailer daemon when...
all of Christendom bows their collective
talking heads in supplication,
a temporary truce and reprieve
against bigotry, deviltry, idolatry (nah),
et cetera across...
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Categories:
vertebrae, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Milo Gets a ChiropractorOne day, Myopic Milo; went slithering across the street; and met with some misfortune; as a car, he tried to greet.
It really sent him flying; that half-blind, water snake; so to a chiropractor; a visit...
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Categories:
vertebrae, animal, humor, humorous, imagination, nature,
Form:
Personification
Showcase of the Sentimentalist - Part OneLet us discuss the circus alive in the theater of your conflicts,
the Master of Ceremonies cremates caution
in the center of curiosity's conciet
where birds bleed songs of azure agony,
madness remembers the melody of a midnight march
to...
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Categories:
vertebrae, adventure,
Form:
Epic
Hazardous Hooves
Written: December 30, 2023
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Embrace the oxymoron, if you will.
Shall I fool you with monsoon wrath?
Despite tears of rain, life...
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Categories:
vertebrae, analogy, angst, bereavement, endurance, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
Don'T Tell Me I'M Beautiful - RecitedDon't tell me I'm beautiful when I've done something different with my make-up
Don't call me beautiful because I've bought a new bra and you can see it through my shirt
And never tell me I'm beautiful
Because...
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Categories:
vertebrae, abuse, beautiful, beauty, body, lust,
Form:
Free verse
Sunday MorningGazing across the Trailer Park morning dew glistens on overgrown lawns, as the sun rises, empties strewn randomly in the grass sparkle like jewels in this dawn of day. Saturday night has past, Hank Sr...
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Categories:
vertebrae, addiction, community, humanity, judgement, paradise, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Have You Ever Seen a Fat SnakeGet Your Dr. Seuss On! Contest
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FAT SNAKE???
Snakes are squirmy and sassy and naughty,
snakes are wormy and creepy and haughty.
They sleep and hiss and eat all day,
they creep and...
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Categories:
vertebrae, children, silly,
Form:
Couplet
The Discerning RiverThe discerning river moves
through the crowded valley woods
like an ancient crooked spine
beneath the vertebrae bridges of fallen trees
it's restless currents strum against strings
of rich green algae that cling
like eels onto polished stones
thrusting waves that curl...
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Categories:
vertebrae, imagery, nature,
Form:
Free verse
The ShotThere is no possible way to tell anyone who is reading this,
How much pain and suffering I have endured over the past three months with this.
Two or three days and you should be...
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Categories:
vertebrae, america, anger, body, death, pain, society, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Song of the Miscreants On Glory RoadStorm into that room so you will be seen, and
hold up high, sun salute
that body, that vessel you got!
Take every vertebrae, mmm pull it taught
Pull it.
Pull it as twine itself
wrapped around my words-
each bone
creaking...
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Categories:
vertebrae, adventure, blessing, desire, faith, philosophy, pride,
Form:
Prose
La Grande OdalisqueThe anatomist’s delight,
or his dilemma?
Yes, she is...
Odalisque...
how could she be less than perfect?
Surely Ingres didn’t get it wrong
when he painted her nude flesh
so voluptuous as to be tactile,
reclining oh...
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Categories:
vertebrae, art,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To Doctor David DamerOde to Dr. David Damer, the Healer True,
Whose hands extend compassion, skilled and kind,
A chiropractor, faithful, steadfast, and aligned,
With deep religious beliefs, guiding his way,
Bringing solace to those who kneel and pray.
In each adjustment, grace...
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Categories:
vertebrae, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Liminal Spaces Creep Me OutSomething about liminal spaces gives me the willies in a scary way.
They raise the tiny hairs on the back of my neck by my C2-Vertebrae
I feel like an ominous evil spirit is going to...
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Categories:
vertebrae, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Prose Poetry