tight as a mouthful
the smithy was empty
and the tree near it had fallen
and no one had expected it
the sunken sun had made a stand
with desperate gaiety
swept through sleep
to break the night
The Autumn children
like caged birds
counted the crocus stalks
and for footfalls of a misbegotten
soothsayer
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Categories:
mouthful, absence,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
mouthful, beautiful, simile,
Form: Carpe Diem
A Mouthful of Daggers
Razor sharp tongues unleashed
Lashing out viciously to openly
legitimise bigotry
then suddenly taking offense
when queried
releasing long concealed weapons
the deep desire to "remodel Africans"
No intentions of acceptance in sight
Spitting out venom faster than a viper
To further the colonisation agenda
A mouthful of daggers rained down
hard on your bare black back
Words
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Categories:
mouthful, black love, color, community,
Form: I do not know?
Categories:
mouthful, anti bullying,
Form: Senryu
The Mouthful Morning
I whisper with a force
Like a door ajar --
I got as far from you --Silence,
The Stone Watching --
And there is no mercy for my tears!
How can I have you
With the stem -- with force
Under the Steal's volcano, in lava --
Emily, in the Fall.
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Categories:
mouthful, fantasy, loss,
Form: Ballade
Mouthful
Genius quotations uttered from sleep deprived lips
are often lost ‘lest an inspired being types them
down into a list of unusual thoughts and perceptions.
Unique and individual ideas and ideals dribble
out of the mouth numbed from far too much vinegar
on the chips from the convenience store down the road.
Laughter echoes off the walls as the sober person
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Categories:
mouthful, friendship, on writing and
Form: Free verse
Mouthful of You
2-Pac kissed me tonight,
just before I swallowed my thoughts,
I think he could taste them,
bits of anger and self pity,
sharp and unforgiving,
my saliva, his blood,
with an emotion too strong,
from my dripping red lips,
to a once warm puddle,
I doubt I'll see him again.
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Categories:
mouthful, confusion, death, love,
Form: Free verse