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IncarnateBoyhood days of bees, butterflies and songs,
The protective range of my mother’s voice,
A sweet, happy place where a boy belongs.
A conch shell, a snow-white beach, and a choice.
“Leave it”, she said, “this seashell’s...
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Categories:
drug, mother, murder, sea,
Form: Sonnet
America's Decency's GoneWhere has America’s decency gone
Long time passing
All the folks who support Hamas
would thrill to Auschwitz’ gassings
Hamas rapes, burns and slaughters Jews
...
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Categories:
america, memory, motivation, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Trick Up Her SleeveWritten by Gail DeBole
on April 24, 2024
He ransacked the dumpster near the vacant campground
Looking for small trinkets like a well-trained bloodhound.
You know the story. His wife had to go.
After her death, his assets would grow.
He...
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Categories:
betrayal, death, murder,
Form: Couplet
Prior to the AfterlifeThe ceiling sparkled;
I saw the big dipper, then the little one.
The painters needed a bigger tip for their creative execution.
Without a warning to prepare, a requiem played.
The symphony corned all aspects of a...
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Categories:
anger, farewell, murder, pain,
Form: Free verse
Mutual Suicide
Israel says Hamas-Gaza commits genocide
murdering innocents while they paraglide
Meanwhile Gazans weep and cry
for thousands of innocents they claim died
I know a Chicagoan who really...
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Categories:
cry, death, murder, suicide,
Form: Monorhyme
Manipulative MonstersBelieve it or not, their ubiquitous webs
Are everywhere; they are the dictators
Who kidnap, maim, torture and kill teachers,
Poets, ordinary folks and babies in their cribs.
They rob and ransack innocent citizens,
Steal elections and after a lifetime...
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Categories:
murder, animal, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Another Work Day(This is something different. Playing around and having some creative fun. One word per line, three lines per stanza. What do you think? Tear it apart and share your thoughts, opinions and criticisms. Thanks)
Another
Work
Day
Alarm
Shower
Coffee
Husband
Wife
Goodbye...
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Categories:
murder, dark, death, heartbreak, husband,
Form: Free verse
maybe they are all madmurder happened back in 1892, so it's not like relatives are still mad, right?
But maybe they are all mad in Falls River, Massachusetts
Maybe they were always mad
Maybe Lizzie Borden was not even the culprit
All we...
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Categories:
murder, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Poisoned Arrow
A tongue deformed’s a poisoned arrow ~
that murders indiscriminately, like Pharaoh
...
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Categories:
murder, simile,
Form: Couplet
I Saw God, But Now WhatI saw God yesterday.
It was a sunny day where I play.
Suddenly, I saw a calm, serene face.
He told me not to go near the swing place.
I looked over to see why,
And saw a tall,...
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Categories:
murder, christian, death, jesus, love,
Form: Rhyme
Urban Legend
*Murder most foul. Rod Serling, Stephen King or Ellery Queen?
Picturesque place on the edge of nowhere, small town American life.
Suddenly subject to media glare, reports of the mayor's missing wife!
Search parties, rescuers, all on...
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Categories:
murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Shattered DesiresThere was this guy, see,
a high-flyer type,
made a bit of a name for himself.
He moved in like a year before, you know, started off slow.
He ended up going crazy for the...
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Categories:
murder, dark, evil, horror, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Missives From a Massacre 1It's time
To bring back
The days
Weeks
Months
We spent locked in combat
It's time
To wade through
The bones
Lungs
Hearts
That still yearn for you
...
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Categories:
murder, abuse, analogy, break up,
Form: Free verse
Veiled"Lizzie Borden took an axe,
gave her mother forty whacks,
when she saw what she had done,
gave her father forty-one,
she washed herself from a watered pail,
she claimed their lies and vicious tales,
she pled not guilty and moaned...
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Categories:
murder, allusion, analogy, evil, father
Form: Narrative
I Demand Justice For Ryan Gainer DeathI demand Justice,
For the world's hatred, a blight,
Justice for the innocent's tragic plight,
Where evil prospers in the night,
Like shadows dark, obscuring light.
I demand Justice,
For black lives' suffering, deep and stark,...
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Categories:
murder, 11th grade, dedication, kid,
Form: Elegy
Specific Types of Murder Poems
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