Cafe Watch
...Café Watch
Sitting in a café, watching life pass by.
People rushing into shops; important stuff to buy.
Groups of foreign workers, stopping, shaking hands;
Local people...
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Categories:
pittances, life, people,
Form: Rhyme
Daddy's Christ's Mass
...Daddy’s Christ’s Mass
Come and celebrate with me!
I will tipple a drink in my kitchen with thee,
Where I have made egg nog for this annum,
Nutmeg and meringue floating in a sea-sized cut-glass ...
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Categories:
pittances, appreciation, christian, christmas,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Choreography's Turkish Delight
...Choreography’s Turkish Delight
On sediment at the bottom of the cup of societies
drags of dis-enfranchised masses are waiting for a
trickle from the leaks of luxury founded on coffee
pl...
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Categories:
pittances, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Abe Lincoln As a Democrat
...Abe Lincoln As A democrat
© Ben Burton 8-25-2014
The evil of men being sold
Long past, since Mr. Lincoln's fight
Still, dark suspicion blooms and grows
And loots the cause of civil rights
T...
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Categories:
pittances, black african american, political,
Form: I do not know?
The Voice of One
...During the worst of times, America still represents freedom. With war, earthquakes floods and famine, we always will shape the world with our unification leaving an indelible impression.
We as Amer...
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Categories:
pittances, hope, life, people, beauty,
Form: Free verse