Anomie
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Written: April 10, 2024 For Edward Ebeh Contest
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
— Rumi
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Categories:
planless, analogy, drug, identity,
Form: Rhyme
My Dream Vacation
...MY DREAM VACATION
Sharing juicy oranges on a dusty Spanish pavement
The cloudless sky offers no respite from the relentless sun
Free of time concerns, we cycle to our next ad-lib adventure
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Categories:
planless, best friend, vacation,
Form: Imagism
The Inquited Me
...Dear Lord, I am not of worth,
To be in your presence henceforth,
I have sinned and done wrong,
Indulged in peccadillo for so long,
Here I am on my bent knees,
Hear my cry, let my heart be at pea...
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Categories:
planless, prayer,
Form: Classicism
Broken Covenant
...I made a covenant with my eyes,
Never to look lustfully at the thighs,
Not to look suggestively at a lady,
Not to admire her pulchritudinous body,
What has happened now..,
I find myself sinning ...
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Categories:
planless, lust,
Form: ABC
Brexit Sonnet 45 - a Plan of A
...Brexit Sonnet No. 45
‘A Plan of A’
So trade has taken an unaccustomed twist,
A union of the many with the few.
A Plan of A our table now doth kiss,
Not penned by her of fancy leopard shoe.
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Categories:
planless, political,
Form: Sonnet