CATHARSIS
...I emerge from echoes, from a dungeon so deep,
To erase the ink of inner turmoil you keep.
Thy mollycoddled soul, relegated to bits,
Here's tulsi for the bruises where life's pain sits.
I'm th...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Every January first of the new year
...Every January first of the new year...
finds me (a doggone muttering *****sapien)
to give pause for reminiscences
and to take stock (sh lock and barrel)
about mein kampf in general
and previou...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, adventure, age, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
Happiness is a new wireless mouse
...Happiness is a new wireless mouse
I bought from Staples earlier today
November 18th, 2024
cuz the the older one malfunctioned.
Said older generation mouse sported
a rather extensive "mouse c...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, 1st grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Birthing a Sonnet
...Writing my first Sonnet was like a pregnancy.
I knew I wanted to give birth to one
and took on the parental responsibility
knowing it wouldn't... or shouldn't take nine months.
There'd been no m...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, birth, humorous, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Precious Priceless Progeny
...Precious priceless progeny
Hands down the most dramatic change ever needed to make the most profound impact awoke from helping beget the first offspring. An internal paradigm shift reshuffle...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Stricken With Anguished Nausea
...Stricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courte...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, abuse, age, analogy, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Telling White Lies
...Telling "White Lies"
My mother got born November
thirteenth, nineteen hundred thirty five
within poverty stricken household
of Canarsie, Brooklyn, the youngest
(most mollycoddled) of four sibl...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, abuse, age, america, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self Loathing
...Personal vicissitudes pronounced irrepressible self loathing
Ever since mine late boyhood
when unstoppable coded
cellular processes did segue
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an ...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, 12th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Puppet Associates
...Hope was Burrow's substance, where he poured his time,
Pedalling steadily.
Intended path made smooth for those in legacy line.
Sliced through wiry roots,
Watchguard Wombat dug safety spaces.
...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, analogy, animal, bird, caregiving,
Form: Narrative
Penny Rich
...Birth, with stars in her eyes, exploding with mirth.
Mollycoddled, swaddled, passed off by nurses.
Aperture opens, closes - checking out earth.
The peacock calligrapher inks fair verse...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, birth, humor, money,
Form: Ottava rima
A Trite Nihilistic Occasion
...A Trite Nihilistic Occasion
This doodling Yankee
(boot noah dandy)
doth newt lack chutzpah,
tries to finagle Fitbit
fitting figurative footwear,
that ideally Fitzhugh
like custom ma...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Matts Moody Mother Mollycoddled Him
...Matt’s moody mother mollycoddled him.
His toenails had a daily trim.
He sneaked out to date.
His girlfriend was great.
They fell in love which made mommy grim.
Matt pleaded with her to change ...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Limerick
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self Loathing Part I
...Ever since mine boyhood
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an extremely introverted kid,
whose parents nor siblings
(one younger and older sister) could
not arouse him out of his emot...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, 2nd grade, abuse, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Lonely Kate
...Her parents mollycoddled Kate in every kind of way.
Her life was so good at home, she decided to stay.
She kept their rules and cleaned their amazing house.
Her days were spent playing with a frie...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, age,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Missus Brings Me High Test Coffee
...The missus brings me high test coffee...
A cold wintry January 53rd, 2021
at Highland Manor apartments
picturesque snow covered landscape
safely ensconced within Unit B44,
we (yours truly and ...
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Categories:
mollycoddled, 12th grade, adventure, dance,
Form: Free verse
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