The Return
...The Return
The quietness spreads thickly,
the atmosphere even thicker.
Nature has lost its voice
as the house glowers down at him
caped in silent stillness;
a muscle waiting to twitch!
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Categories:
miscalculation, father son, fear, home,
Form: Free verse
adieu
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we …
sat here once …
so long ago it’s a dream -
a mirage of another life,
like a desert’s distant, fiery fog …
we were brine,
I, salt to your water -
churning surf that broke upon another -
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Categories:
miscalculation, analogy, friendship love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Only Human
...As it becomes dawn, the sun brings rays of gold,
We wander through moments, both timid and bold.
Mistakes, like leaves, fall softly from trees,
A whisper of lessons carried on the breeze.
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Categories:
miscalculation, deep, feelings, imagery, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Prolegomena Soliloquy - Pt 1
...Tell me, my friend,
does infinity not unsettle your reason,
or is it a comfort—to believe it meaningless?
Look beyond the rust of your disbelief—
this isn’t the frostbitten dogma you im...
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Categories:
miscalculation, beauty, christian, easter, faith,
Form: Lyric
a blooper a blunder a bungle a botch
...A blooper, a blunder, a bungle, a botch
A miscue, a misstep, misjudgment and more
A faux pas, a boo-boo, a bumble for sure
A miscalculation, a miscomputation, grade goes down a notch....
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Categories:
miscalculation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Wedding at Cana
...A wedding in Cana and Jesus was there.
A miscalculation, a bit of a scare.
They ran out of wine before it was through.
What were they to do? What were they to do?
“Do whatever He tells you.”
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Categories:
miscalculation, wedding,
Form: Rhyme
Robert Sherriff A Grave Warning to Humanity
...Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian
The End of Earth as We Know It
A Grave Warning to Humanity
The clock is ticking, and the end of Earth as we...
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Categories:
miscalculation, birth, creation, death, god,
Form: Elegy
The Battle of Britain II
...A pulsing motive met them in the sky
to paint his birds before they flew your way,
then talons reared, determined to deny
the devil’s flying wolves a win this day.
Your heaven’s filled relentless...
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Categories:
miscalculation, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Trick
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Dont brake the silence
dont say a word
my miscalculation was big
my mistake was bold
I cant see in your eyes
what I was looking for
familiarity played a type of trick
I had never seen before...
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Categories:
miscalculation, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Smoking Will Kill You
...SMOKING WILL KILL YOU
He said “Smoking will kill you!”
catching the faint smell, scanning
for ash trays as he entered her apartment,
ready to accept months of miscalculation
of red lips and ...
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Categories:
miscalculation, love, relationship, romance,
Form: Free verse
Adieu
...we …
sat here once …
so long ago it’s a dream -
a mirage of another life,
like a desert’s distant, fiery fog …
we were brine,
I, salt to your water -
churning surf that broke upon another -
t...
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Categories:
miscalculation, imagery, nostalgia, ocean,
Form: Free verse
How Is It So
...how is it we look into the future
using only what what bends our fingers
with all the assumptions that keep us
on the daily throttle but less than safe
hidden from each others' true gaze
by acts...
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Categories:
miscalculation, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Paying a High Price
...Russia's losses have been greater with their Ukrainian invasion
Compared to nine years in Afghanistan, another miscalculation
Many towns and cities in Ukraine are now being taken back
As Ukrai...
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Categories:
miscalculation, conflict, murder, prison, war,
Form: Rhyme
Dilemma
...Rampant reckless retrospect rushes
The present blurs in blues
The mistakes of the past make me miserable and low
And so, I give up and the feeling grows
And in wait for time to make things bett...
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Categories:
miscalculation, destiny, strength, symbolism,
Form: Sestina
Curse of Miscalculation Dk
...he was not dumb
but he struck his thumb
now he was dumb-struck
and screamed jolly good
his hand in plaster
and bad luck his master
he could not drive his truck
to bide his tim...
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Categories:
miscalculation, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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