An unexceptional turning point in our marriage
...An unexceptional turning point in our marriage...
unexpectedly came about,
when possible prospect
of the wife going
to Puerto Rico by herself
(for a fêted celebration
of our eldest daughter
...
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Categories:
misdeed, absence, abuse, adventure, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Sphere
...Closed in the jar of fantacy, Of my own utopian sphere, Where, In the hands of divinity all the complexions lie. The moral world with no misdeed. Here, domains don't get old, No fret and wonder what ...
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Categories:
misdeed, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Naupaka
...A flower in Hawaii
blooms in halves -
half on the mounts
half on the shores.
Naupaka is its celebrated name -
we hear there was a princess of the same name
long long ago
and she fell head o...
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Categories:
misdeed, flower, heartbreak, love, song,
Form: Free verse
Trust Issues
...The endless possibilities/
Of trust issues begin with only/
One trust to be broken or betrayed/
Promises made, confessions of love/
Relationships gone wrong/
One seed of deceit/
Grows into a tr...
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Categories:
misdeed, betrayal, break up, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Rangitoto School Daze
...
In my youth's frolic at King Lear and Pi
all my daze was a Shakespearean tale.
Not algebra, not prose did edify
yet test and limits we pass lest we fail.
To learn and open closed minds ...
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Categories:
misdeed, school, youth,
Form: Sonnet
Every Line A Sentence
...The afternoon's a fire, but my head still frozen to the pillow.
The fan blows soft and I lay softer.
Without a signifier I'll get up for the 4th hour in a row,
I'll stay ignorant to all the day ca...
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Categories:
misdeed, abortion, addiction, august, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
In the shadow of time, my descendants
...In the shadow of time, my descendants,
Both the known and those hidden in the corridors of ages,
From the first generation to those yet to come,
Please listen to this epic,
From one who was and w...
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Categories:
misdeed, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Attitude with latitude
...Attitude with latitude
originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic
Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested...
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Categories:
misdeed, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
A Christmas Unlike Any Before
...In a land where snow should fall,
On a Christmas day, unusual,
A tale unfolds, both strange and bright,
Under sunny skies, a curious light.
A beautiful day, like any other,
Yet, sunshine felt ...
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Categories:
misdeed, 11th grade, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Lyric
A healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylum
...A healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylum
I hate to be curt,
but welcome to the monkey house
at 2 highland manor drive,
where all manner of imbeciles go berserk.
I and ...
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Categories:
misdeed, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Ungerminated Seed
...for thy misdeed
I bleed,
in the fertile clay
Like ungerminated seed....
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Categories:
misdeed, abuse, adventure, allusion, america,
Form: Quatrain
Tunde Canada
...The story of his pomposity
The gaiety of a been-to
Embroidered in revenge.
Tunde Canada!
Timid and denied by folks and friends
In his prime when the springboard, the hemisphere
At the time ...
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Categories:
misdeed, discrimination, metaphor, pride, rude,
Form: Free verse
Her
...Digging deep into my mind
Past the guilt and invisible binds
A soul is stirring so impatiently.
Who is that other person I might find?
I know she’s in there somewhere.
Standing tall and strong...
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Categories:
misdeed, conflict, fate, today, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Thought of the Day
...Knowing not who we are, how to proceed ~
Soul's weary from misdeed after misdeed
30-October-2022...
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Categories:
misdeed, introspection, sin,
Form: Couplet
Sweeps Her Broom
...Weaving the literary loom
Words marry, blends warp and weft;
Fell in love a splendid groom
Soon his death leaves her bereft,
In haste writes of worldly broom.
She wrote of flame on chilly nigh...
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Categories:
misdeed, care,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
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