CRUCIFIXION OF AFRICA
...Africa, the land of first breath,
Where the sun kissed the soil and diamonds wept from the womb of the earth.
A continent dressed in gold and green,
Where rivers write scriptures and mountains sin...
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Categories:
pillaged, abuse, africa, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Smoke And Mirrors - Channelling in the Spirit of Edgar Allan Poe - A Musical Video- POTD
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POTD June 15 2025
Smoke And Mirrors – Channelling in the Spirit of Edgar Allan Poe
When regulation picks at pillaged dreams
The searchlight shines its ...
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Categories:
pillaged, anxiety, emotions, identity, inspiration,
Form: Ballad
Adoritrix
...Serried spirits walk on the wind
Paratrooper raindrops collecting courage before descent
Drunk off your paints, tasting life in your landscape
Heart ablaze, my fantasies have been conquered...
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Categories:
pillaged, allusion, black love, for
Form: Free verse
As an underdog given a short leash on life
...As an underdog given a short leash on life
alternately titled give one targeted scapegoat a break,
an unquenchable thirst for moolah before I wake
from nightmare of computer hackers.
I tread...
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Categories:
pillaged, adventure, age, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Pillaged Poet
...I heard echoes of scurrilous snarls,
from my conscience as it spoke
contemptible remarks aimed at me.
What shame those words delivered.
"Fatuous one, why does your hand quiver,
mimicking the ...
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Categories:
pillaged, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Castles in the Sky
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When life’s been pillaged of calm
I yearn for welcome release
Somewhere far beyond life’s qualms
To know solace and deep peace
I build castles in the sky
Where I retreat now and then
I buil...
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Categories:
pillaged, encouraging, inspiration, introspection, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Come Visit Me
...You read out of obligation,
a tit for tat consolation...
a "thank you for your visit" affirmation
it's cool, this unspoken rule
I do it too, so what’s new?
It's only being civil
community cod...
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Categories:
pillaged, appreciation, community, poetry, poets,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Sixty Fangs: Part Two
...I remember now!
His name was the Crenshaw Cowboy!
He was the one who told me I descended from kings!
This is why I jump over the fence
Why I kick the fence
We pillaged and burned
Doing only w...
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Categories:
pillaged, animal, fate,
Form: Free verse
Avoidant love
...At this my next to the last
Enlightenment
The curtain positioned to fall
I got nothin I am so sorry
Layed back to share with you all
I am decimated kids
done in by my very own hand
Rap...
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Categories:
pillaged, august, surreal, write,
Form: Rhyme
Mountain Speaks
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A Matt Calliri Contest: Are You A Mouse or A Mountain
18 June 24
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Comes the morning fog
sprawling on my territory where northern glens dry from rotten stubble and mess of debris... ...
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Categories:
pillaged, feelings, mountains,
Form: Narrative
Personal
...The silver spoon that poisoned me
Secrets that pillaged an open heart
took my healthy blood and turned it rotten
Caused me remorse beyond repent
Lead me to another lifetime
Of correction
Surely...
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Categories:
pillaged, abuse, angst,
Form: Other
Rumination
...People with heavy minds
They are of all kinds
Yet all are entrapped with the same binds
They think and think more, Than they blink
in few clinks, Of those binds.
How heavy of chains they bear...
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Categories:
pillaged, conflict, depression, feelings, mental
Form: Free verse
The Minstrel of Moscow
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"I follow the Moskva
and down to Gorky Park-
listening to the winds of change" - Scorpions
All the heads of state and their spouses (or significant others) have arrived and been seated for thi...
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Categories:
pillaged, judgement,
Form: Haibun
In The Year 2424 Science Fiction
...The air is foetid and breathing is so difficult.
The open window allows floating debris,
To spread its pungent staleness over all.
It’s a difficult struggle for sunlight to shine
Through the clo...
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Categories:
pillaged, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Poland II
...A blitzkrieg wipes your innocence away
and only heaven’s hand can help you now.
Your counterparts lie trepid to the fray,
for they can sense the wolfen on the prowl.
Oh dear Poland, there’ll be n...
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Categories:
pillaged, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
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