A mighty ship, Titanic
...They built a ship,
to sail the blue.
A sight of wonder,
a dream come true.
They thought they built,
a mighty view.
There is no sea,
it can’t sail through.
But they were wrong.
For what th...
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Categories:
majeure, death, farewell, fate, fear,
Form: Rhyme
kamikaze
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"kamikaze"
Isn’t it odd
how you always gravitate back to me,
I circle your mind like a helicopter
you watch me
like a moth
attracted to flames,
lit in succu...
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Categories:
majeure, romance,
Form: Free verse
The Let Down
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"The Let Down"
it’s never
what you think
it’s going to be like,
The Let Down.
rushes in
and hurts like hell.
after a while
the softness
in the heart
falls,...
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Categories:
majeure, love, muse, my child,
Form: Narrative
Force Majeure Denunciation
...We the People,
We were never consulted,
invited or agreed to the the 1999 constitution
never resolved to live together as drafted by the Military lies in the document,
Invisible, indisso...
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Categories:
majeure, absence, break up, change,
Form: Free verse
Vulcanus
...The spirit can never be suppressed
its silent essence roars
No government or despot’s reign
can change its ethos pure
Bottled up the pressure builds,
like Cuba underscored
The rhythm fain...
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Categories:
majeure, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Random-Free World
...The chaos of the Universe somehow includes
a random-free, secure, well-engineered world
with all its vital stuff: TV set, frozen foods,
a five-day working week. Ships sold for scrap, sails furled...
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Categories:
majeure, moon,
Form: Rhyme
War Mongers
...NO GLORY FOUND
No glory found and no guilt ever apportioned
For those guiding young men to wars uncautioned,
The chosen too often of colour, unlearned or piss poor.
But true heroes ...
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Categories:
majeure, abuse, betrayal, farewell, march,
Form: Free verse
Ennui Sets In
..."Ennui Sets In”
Whenever pen is placed
Between purloined phalanges,
When my mind unfolds and tears along the seams,
I know it’s time to move my thoughts,
Through the underground;
That dark cr...
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Categories:
majeure, city, life,
Form: Free verse
Wright's Tavern, Morning
...The British were coming.
As dawn's cold fingers
clawed the eastern sky,
men scurried to their stations,
all too aware of the rhythmic crump
of that ugly distant drumming.
The Threat was...
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Categories:
majeure, history,
Form: Free verse