Long Wagered Poems
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Brains and Guts: The Write, Right, Rite of Revolution
Brains and guts orbit the soul—
that polar star searing in the marrow of being.
I was born somewhere between Einstein’s neurons
Ginsburg beat poetry, the birth of rock and roll, revolution marches,
and the calloused hands of a...
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Categories:
wagered, courage, destiny, history, imagery, metaphor, philosophy, social,
Form:
Spoken Word
Sin City-Las Vegas
On the streets of sin city, on the high roller's main drag,
Known as the Las Vegas Strip, a gentlemen phantom
Does stroll dressed in all black attire, striding forth with his golden Cain,
Flipping a silver chip...
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Categories:
wagered, adventure, america, evil, halloween, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Fires, Unfaithful
heaven ...
is my prison ...
that dreamy, white tangle of
percale where your
limbs and mine weave sweaty magic -
a moon-daubed canvas of
pyretic passion, public ...
no shut-door, drawn-curtain modesty to
confine or make sacred ...
the danger of chance discovery...
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Categories:
wagered, betrayal, lust, metaphor, passion, romantic, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Wayward Wanderer
Why does my soul not conform to the social standards that society and family set before me? As if I was written as a chapter of a different book and thrown amongst the scoffers. Or...
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Categories:
wagered, conflict, corruption, courage, culture, devotion, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Graveyard
Time's flowing tributary; the future changes the past.
Our burial cortege concludes its course at the graveyard.
Falling leaves collapse, crafting new fates; feel the...
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Categories:
wagered, allusion, anger, bereavement, death, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
Battle On
There are times I thought I’d have to say
That my life was all but slipping away
When my heart and mind was numb and dead
When through my ruptured heart my soul bled.
I craved and desired for...
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Categories:
wagered, inspirationallife, heart, lost, heart, life, lost,
Form:
Verse
Failing To Win
Memorable moments mystified by gilted pardons,
Iridescent solicitude.
Exclusiveness of me and you.
Purge uncertainties born historically of mislaid intent.
Time presently misspent.
Risked future wagered,
Unbelievable carelessness.
Could one ever surrender fate?
Retrospectively regretful.
Oblivious to your...
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Categories:
wagered, break up,
Form:
I do not know?
Milk and Bananas
" Milk & Bananas "
Hmmmmmmm~ Thought Tea ??
Does this blend require lemon a'plenty?
Or shall it find lime more then amenable?
Shall such cup as is drunk from thus be dainty?
Or should we drink from whichever we...
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Categories:
wagered, adventure, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Dark Visions
Some men screamed in shock,
Some men demurred fiercely,
Some wagered lots of bucks,
Some resented me dearly...
But dead I'd rather be
If the truth I cannot tell
I choose to face without trepidancy
These attacking crimson bells......
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Categories:
wagered, allegory, confidence, visionary,
Form:
Verse
She gambled
She gambled on you
She walked a bridge too far
You didn't feel it true
It was too high a bar
She could have tried talking
That way she would've known
Behind your infatuation
Real affection hadn't grown
She thought there...
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Categories:
wagered, analogy, break up, emotions, heartbreak, love,
Form:
Lyric
Wretched Deceit
come away, my sweet
I can wait no longer
your torn breast beckons in
torturous desire
I am what you created
in your quest for escape
you used me and begged
for obliteration as your chosen fate
I awake to your screeches
that justice...
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Categories:
wagered, angst, caregiving, daughter, life, love, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Dizzy, Dizzy
Many people have seen him
But no one knows his name
That easy-walking white haired man
Whose made his claim to fame
One day in a casino
He wagered up a bet
And put a...
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Categories:
wagered, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Thrice Denied
Searching through the forest,
chasing dreams your sleep abandoned
And losing yourself in the mindless
spatial distance
You play two handed poker
with the devil of the night
The Prince holding only one...
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Categories:
wagered, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Thrice Denied
Searching through the forest,
chasing dreams your sleep has wagered
And finding yourself in the mindless
spatial wasteland
You play two-handed poker
with the devil of your fright
The Prince holding just one card,
as you gamble it all…
Forever promising:
“This hand will...
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Categories:
wagered, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Migrate
One afternoon fatigued I fell asleep
and dreamed of wings,
since then i have been migrating.
In my gamble of life
I have wagered my happiness,
and lost my path.
As a bird bid farewell to the leaves,
falling to...
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Categories:
wagered, farewell, fate, fear, moving on,
Form:
Free verse
The Stakes
losing at some game
produces very little shame
no one else to blame
pride quite easy to reclaim
nothing ventured nothing gained
big or little stakes
wagers may keep minds awake
or make weak souls shake
don't bet what shouldn't be lost
keep in...
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Categories:
wagered, fate, loss, lost, perspective, war,
Form:
Tanka
Blowing In the Wind
An ancient wise man
Once wagered a bet,
That he could capture the wind,
In a butterfly net.
...
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Categories:
wagered, funny, nature, people, old, old,
Form:
I do not know?
A Farewell To Friendship
Poor Prince Hal, just wanted a pal, a friend
Someone to drink and laugh with til the end
Pawning all his hopes on white lies so far
Spending all his coins at Quickly's bar
Playing pranks on Falstaff to...
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Categories:
wagered, betrayal, friendship,
Form:
Couplet
Live like a Jackal, Die like a dog
Hear the flames crackle
Fall on your sword
Live like a Jackal
Die like a dog
The lion is weary
Hyenas dart and bite
Their laughing is eerie
He'll lose his last fight.
The vultures are circling
Eyes...
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Categories:
wagered, abuse, anger, betrayal, dog, evil, extended metaphor,
Form:
Lyric
Lonely Hearts
Lonely Hearts
By Lola
We wasted time
For days and days
We let it flow
We waste away
We’re broken toys
With plastic hearts
We search the space
A place to start
Frozen in time
Our hands are held
We’re despatate kids
Our kingdoms fell
To crumble down
She never...
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Categories:
wagered, absence, abuse, addiction, beauty, depression, friendship,
Form:
Lyric
One Read Rose
The roses were like black ice, dark as night.
They lived in a crystal vase were they
were fed their daily juice. My heart
shivered to see them, they were
toxic. Yet I noticed
there...
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Categories:
wagered, hope, rose,
Form:
Etheree