The Neutral Man
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Perhaps, I wish not to be so
important? -- to go unbeknownst...by both
God and the devil – to fall between the
cracks, of their seemingly endless, bitter war:
Of The Glorious Garden, and~...
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Categories:
perpetuation, corruption, creation, inspirational, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Addiction Sense
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Addiction is not merely the repetition of pleasure, but a drug's capacity to co-opt the body’s systems — much like a virus — for its own symbiotic, self-perpetuation.
When we conflate ...
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Categories:
perpetuation, addiction, drug,
Form: Didactic
In the labyrinth of time, where shadows dance on walls of mist
...In the labyrinth of time, where shadows dance on walls of mist,
An invisible web is woven, finer than the silk thread of destiny,
And Russia, a slumbering bear in the taiga of unspoken dreams, beco...
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Categories:
perpetuation, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Your Incarnation
...A stirring storm of lightning like lava caused commotion.
Among seraphims and cherubims… clouded confusion.
The father asked, when all prophets failed, 'who, now, would I send?'
Celestials, like ...
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Categories:
perpetuation, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
In the Belly of the Whale
...darkness, like Jonah
held in the belly of the whale,
the end of a world;
closed-in time in dark spaces -
gives one, a hell of a time to think
in the belly of the whale
grew a whole world, ...
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Categories:
perpetuation, birth, child, dark, light,
Form: Free verse
Knock, Knock
...Have you been disrespected?
Do you feel inhumanely rejected?
Is disappointment reflected?
Is it time to pay them back
For their unprovoked attack
Since it is forgiveness
That you lack
Do y...
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Categories:
perpetuation, anger, anxiety, conflict, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
The Trauma Prevention Department
...Don't want to be stuck
in the Trauma Prevention Department.
Don't want to work that hard
on dogmatic compartments
for politically correct CAPITAL INVESTMENT
governments
over-investing in caut...
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Categories:
perpetuation, culture, health, humor, integrity,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Spoke To a Cloud
...Spoke to a cloud today –
the usual conversation
about shape and size,
lows and highs...whether
my need to tote a handy, spring
loaded umbrella...or a better chance
to go without pants, danc...
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Categories:
perpetuation, humanity, people, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Holy Ornaments
...destined sacredness in the red of the blood,
intertwined shoots from the wisdom of redemption:
- Woman,
no one has ever trusted us more than the good God,
he entrusted us with all his love, wit...
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Categories:
perpetuation, africa, allah, allusion, america,
Form: Free verse
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 2
...“Physics asserts that there are four fundamental forces: electro-magnetism, gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. These gentlemen have made a compelling argument for the existence of a fif...
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Categories:
perpetuation, mythology,
Form: Prose
Nikita Something
...This is what the spirits tell me about you: I see you have traveled far in search of answers to your many questions. You should take satisfaction in having attained an advanced state of enlightenment...
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Categories:
perpetuation, extended metaphor,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Come On, America
...Soft and sweet
pour on the summer heat, the lies on repeat
America is in the oncoming storm,
truth and lie, the angst within
you know who really did the election win.
Surely not the voice o...
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Categories:
perpetuation, america, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Time
...Time
Time’s steady stoic countenance
Takes predetermined steps in ordered measures
Leaving no footprint hint of its presence
In the ceaseless rhythmic perpetuation,
Drumbeats of clicking perpe...
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Categories:
perpetuation, time,
Form: Free verse
Unwinding
...Foolishly I acted in her presence
After she left me ,realised her essence
an inextricable thread got removed, now my world looks palid
She embellished my life, like veggies to a salad
Fo...
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Categories:
perpetuation, allegory, arabic, art, beach,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond the Black Fence
...Beyond the Black Fence
By Sy Roth
The land lay fallow
Beyond the black fence.
Growth once dressed in a white blanket of hoar in winter landscapes
Lush in summer months
Deer speckled backdro...
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Categories:
perpetuation, angst,
Form: Free verse
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