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Red and Green Christians
Let's start with a fundamental flaw of fundamentalist Christianity,
a literary flaw within literal non-interpretation of historical creation
and sacred development.
This is true of radical jihadist Muslims as well,
although we both know you think you're more special...
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Categories:
well enough, addiction, bible, hate, health, love, peace, philosophy,
Form:
Political Verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's 28th Legal: Letter Jan 2, 1966 By T Wignesan
Eric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)
January 2,...
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Categories:
well enough, america, art, creation, culture, music, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Red and Blue Estrangered Families
Dear Siblings Three,
I was reading a story
in which some siblings became estranged
after their parents died,
while others moved toward greater solidarity.
This is a variation on a diaspora story.
But, here growing physical distance
is seen more as a...
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Categories:
well enough, earth, faith, family, health, integrity, religion, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 36
They were joined by Ceridfen, Lumi, Gwaldon and several others a bit later in
the day for a late mid-day meal. Seileach, the efficient elf that he was, had already forwarded a letter containing specific...
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Categories:
well enough, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Two Lovers Xi - Carefully Chosen Words
He is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again
"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no. Could you imagine?
I just think it's possible, you know?
I'm just...
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Categories:
well enough, discrimination, lost love, love, relationship, romance, romantic
Form:
Free verse
Hilda's Family Reunion
Paddy didn't want to go to his wife's family reunion. He told her that in the same nice way he had told her in years past so as to avoid other reunions over the many...
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Categories:
well enough, family, marriage,
Form:
Prose
Red and Trueblue Family--4
Dear Siblings Three,
At least three of us four
have survived this first round
of sharing our seeing Reds
and our feeling Blues.
At this point
I imagine our eldest sister
reading with interest,
and/or possibly contempt,
and holding all these things
in her...
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Categories:
well enough, christian, earth, faith, health, heaven, integrity, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 67
The half elf watched as Lumi spoke with Chroí; then, in the center of the circle the soil began to move and from it appeared the Garden Elf. He said nothing, he never spoke....
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Categories:
well enough, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
A Stranger In the Soup Kitchen Spills the Beans
I have a friend, old and retired, who keeps busy helping the poor. Let's call him Ted because he wants to remain anonymous. Some of his ideas, he says, wouldn’t make many of his neighbors...
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Categories:
well enough, poverty,
Form:
Prose
Inside Outdoor Voices
Just as honesty plants seeds of integrity
so too
vulnerability plants seeds of honesty.
My primary vocation
in this my gay grandfatherly retiring age
is to parent mindbody challenged adolescents
of diverse colors
as ecotherapeutically as possible
to optimize their and our wealth
of...
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Categories:
well enough, environment, family, health, love, mental illness, parents,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Matter of Personal Taste
I inherited a restaurant, from my parents who had retired.
It was a classy one, and only the best of staff were hired.
Overseeing its operation, was genuinely a labor of love,
As the noon warming sunshine, oversees...
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Categories:
well enough, fantasy, fate, food, humorous, imagery, people, work,
Form:
Couplet
For Old Star-Gazer Master Khayyam - a Name Like Shakespeare's For Some Other Giants - Part One
For old Star-Gazer Master Khayyam – a name like Shakespeare’s for « some » other giants - Part One
...
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Categories:
well enough, philosophy, tribute,
Form:
Quatrain
Chapter 19-- Dolly Damian and Molly: Cascades
Damian and Dolly met at the small Park
A mile away from her and Molly's apartment.
They were touching loving kissing and a bit of
Caressing. It was intoxicating. To much
For a Park bench. ...
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Categories:
well enough, destiny, devotion, future, home, hope, love, nature,
Form:
Alliteration
Fire Cypher 2 For My Haters
This is a lethal ink injection.
I know I’m blessed to have rejection
Haters in my life
only lead to introspection
Understand
I’m still the man
Who are you to question
I agree to disagree
With all your...
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Categories:
well enough, art, hip hop, rap,
Form:
Rhyme
Max the Wonder Dog
An Introduction to Max
Hi, I am a mastiff cross and my name is Max. To be precise it’s Magical Maxi the Wonder Dog but you can call me Max. That’s not to say I...
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Categories:
well enough, dog, friendship love, magic,
Form:
Prose
Mystery of the Poltergeist
Mystery Of The Poltergeist
It is said, “All things in balance”,
yin has it’s yang, plus has it’s minus,
all things in balance is natures way.
There is however another important factor in this design,
the mean, the balance point.
This...
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Categories:
well enough, death, introspection, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Three-Fifth Stooges Quartet
Moe
Larry
Curly
Shep
Joe
This Three-Fifth Stooges moron quartet
are brain-slow slugs you don’t wanna IQ know
Just sitting on a milk crate,
waiting outside of the MGM studio gate
Moe, Larry and Curly passed my way
They were yukking it up,
talking clown...
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Categories:
well enough, fun, humor, parody, political, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
Teaching An Old Dog
All I remember is going into the garage to get the snow shovel.
I am not even sure how much of the driveway I managed to shovel. Apparently, I was lying in the snow...
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Categories:
well enough, life, child, christmas, me, nice, people, home,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 80
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How simple are the circles in which life turns
How strange are its tangled fingers
Through intricate woven tapestry burns
The wonder that yet lingers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They made their way to the mercantile using the paths less traveled, Lumi hiding...
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Categories:
well enough, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Classified Ad a Satire
*** Classified Ad — “Position Wanted” ***
((The following is from ad details written on the ad draft form submitted by the ad’s purchaser, who, while here was briefly helped by clerk ES Slinger,...
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Categories:
well enough, fun, humor, imagery, joy, poetry, satire, work,
Form:
Narrative
You Were Feeling Like a Kid
You toss them to the ground, they don’t beckon or call,
They’re a pair of jeans, and to the ground they fall,
They stay as long as you threw them,
Yet they could stand tall,
When they’re on you...
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Categories:
well enough, beautiful, change, childhood, death of a friend,
Form:
Rhyme
Pregnant Nonparalysis
In feminist political analysis,
when not stuck
in all day systemic paralysis,
Every win/win
v win/lose
v lose/lose energetic trend,
synergetic person,
integral narrative,
Each interdependent development
and apartheid decay,
All seasonal health
and unreasonably greedy
fractured wealth,
Exhales multi-paradigmatic power
non-autocratic,
more neuro-sensory automatic,
and inhales enlightening Ways
for cooperative...
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Categories:
well enough, earth, health, meaningful, passion, political, power, woman,
Form:
Political Verse
Troy and Trinity
Learning disabled, hopelessly unemployed
Troy can't write the address for his next interview.
Warehouse stock, 331 Tiffany Street, in the Bronx.
His girlfriend, Trinity, also unemployed,
with one child by Troy. She's more resourceful
but doesn't realize it. For one...
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Categories:
well enough, angel, baby, city, education, family, society, work,
Form:
Free verse
Time Will Tell
TIME WILL TELL
A modest planet and quietly progressing
Troubling no other and fealty confessing
Surviving well enough and paying its dues;
Quiet corner of the galaxy. No foreseen surprise to bemuse
The ruling committee were in contented...
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Categories:
well enough, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
Zombie Shark
On 11-28-2015, Hurricane Ben, slammed off the shores of Sydney Australia,
Its tremendous waves beaching the second largest shark in the world today,
Colossus, killing him on impact, his remains were taken to the eco science
Lab, nearby...
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Categories:
well enough, adventure, fantasy, halloween, history, holiday, horror, imagery,
Form:
Free verse