The Owl
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above the mist of
kohl tombstones . . .
moon hides its face
Wind screams through the graveyard,
and leaves on the ground are scattered around old tombstones
where a modern Cherokee ma...
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Categories:
maliciousness, angst,
Form: Haibun
neither cleanliness nor godliness do I abide
...neither cleanliness nor godliness do I abide
rather yours truly doth thrive
on keeping the ethos, mythos,
and pathos of Pigpen alive
subjected to eternal
abomination, brutalization,
condemnatio...
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Categories:
maliciousness, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Contentment over despair
...They hide their maliciousness and evil intentions behind masks of righteousness and perfection.
The moment you feel you have an ally, it turns around and soon feels like the whole world is against y...
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Categories:
maliciousness, anger, betrayal, sad,
Form: Free verse
Drifting Sycophant
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THESE ARE OPEN(organic) VERSES using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols, the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' (intuitive cadence)& so inherently requires the 'reader' (rec...
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Categories:
maliciousness, analogy, bereavement, introspection,
Form: Verse
Dead End Street
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Written: November 08, 2023, For John Lawless Contest
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Quote by Zig Ziglar
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Categories:
maliciousness, analogy, angst, bereavement, dream,
Form: Free verse
No Anchor For Rancour
...No anchor for rancour would do us all good.
Malice and bitterness should have no place
in this world of ours. We need brotherhood -
with love and forgiveness – our saving grace.
Take your resen...
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Categories:
maliciousness, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
De Odium
...ON HATRED
Acrimony is like a malignant tumour
Alienation confronts disaffection
Alienation takes the hand ill humour
Acrimony leads to separation.
Disloyalty commands anxiety
Love and animo...
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Categories:
maliciousness, emotions, feelings,
Form: Quatrain
Writing Anxiety
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Where there once was heart and soul, now all had turned to brutal shadows of depravity – by poet
Where there once was joy
Now all had turned to pain
Where there once was suns...
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Categories:
maliciousness, anxiety, writing,
Form: Free verse
Beware Tomorrow
...Be not soft upon the morrow
For the maliciousness it contrives.
The future beckons unending sorrow
To gamely catch the vulture's eye.
'Tis the destiny of mice and men
To be laid waste by natur...
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Categories:
maliciousness, dark, humanity, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Twisted America
...You can twist the way a man sees the world.
Do you think that sounds ridiculous?
What if you did it over time with subtlety and diligence?
The audience is largely uneducated, so remind them of t...
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Categories:
maliciousness, 11th grade, anger, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Freedom's Mine
...my grey cell has no walls
two windows free my mind
eyes unlock prison doors
leaving me unconfined
steel beds on which I’ve laid
have carried me away
independence is solely mine
e...
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Categories:
maliciousness, freedom, prison,
Form: Rhyme
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the Mask of Evil
...Die Maske des Bösen (“The Mask of Evil”)
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
A Japanese woodcarving hangs on my wall—
the mask of an ancient demon, limned wit...
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Categories:
maliciousness, anger, evil, hate, holocaust,
Form: Free verse
Spooks Who Boo Spoke
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I’m the latest ghostly tale of a Dead Sea non-person
A son of a slave seed;
I Diaspora bled from wooden callousness,
inside a cadaver pale white whale —
born half-dead on arrival
Bo...
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Categories:
maliciousness, allegory, identity, truth, visionary,
Form: Narrative
Donald Trump Das Fuehrers Braggadocio
...Donald Trump Das Fuehrer's Braggadocio
Wrapped up in the Christmas holiday spirit,
I surmise doth allow
nationally collective obliviousness
to steer ship of state
(these United State...
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Categories:
maliciousness, discrimination, imagination, innocence, night,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Rapa Nui Warriors
...Rapa Nui Warriors stand bright and tall and stark
Monolithic dynasties enshrined in all our hearts
But what if I told you, til death doth do us part
Santa's elves could fill the shelves,
Yet you...
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Categories:
maliciousness, allusion, anxiety, political, power,
Form: Free verse
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