Precursors Poems

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i

...Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine

     ("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered 
after assassinating Julius Caesar.

     Alte...

God Walks Warmly Alongside Death

...Warmly describes a human emotion,
understandably applied for humans to
pleasure, as it's biblically written
where the prophets of old and new
entertained the clueless population
yet ...

How to Peach a Troll

...Languishing in liminal limbo
Feathers fray before striking harmony 

Tidal waves in my brain have ebbed and 
Flowed, expanded and contracted guiding 
Wings of my astral soul across desolation;
...

side effects

...With Biden and Xi hand in hand
Fentanyl precursors are banned
What’s the surprise
As costs of a high rise?
The incentive for crime will expand!

Author’s note: I expect many more of us will be ...

Dog Day Heat

...hot
humid
summer days
annoying gulls
and crowded beaches
are precursors
to august's
dog day
heat...

Freedom Pub

...*Image of Freedom Pub

Freedom Pub

Marred fictions of emus, ostriches
dip their heads neath, were hailed
by Ancient Rome's false divination,
of individuals, whose conquest of
ens...

Life

...Our flowering lives
    donation of precursors
      immortal offer...

Folly

...
"Folly" 

chasing tales
swallowing 
precursors

wings oscillating 
slow nectar taken in 
honey thick

all the stories
bird feed
fed in silence

the body of worth
...

Hazels In Winter

...HAZELS in WINTER

While Winter yet prevails scarce changing state
With sun a slanted elevation gleam
Across the land the trees in patience wait
Their preparation moves in ways unseen

Yet Haze...

Booth Made Famous On April 15th Mdccclxv

...Booth made famous on April 15th, MDCCCLXV... 
Sic semper tyrannis ad mortem
("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").

Ever since early forerunners 
of twenty first century
mankind (sprinted 
...

Residents of a Fevered Brain

...Residents of a Fevered Mind
By Sy Roth

I took the road more traveled--my mistake
Thought I could hide among the masses
Fully expecting that someone might pluck me out, 
And I would endure in t...

Festive News

...Oh, heralds of euphoria, 
Your anxious trumpets do not keep
Silent anymore
Let them sound with all their force
The long-awaited melody of love
For
The gates of her heart, she finally, has 
Ope...

Sonnet 1

...The heart seeks that which it cannot have;
For that of perfect beauty.
The corruption of life they desperately shave,
Yet fail to see the grace in duty.
Duty, such as the autumn tree,
Seen as pr...

Miklos Radnoti Translation of the Holocaust Poem Letter To My Wife

...Letter to My Wife
by Miklos Radnoti
translated by Michael R. Burch

A poem written during the Holocaust in Lager Heidenau, in the mountains above Zagubica, August-September, 1944

Deep down in ...

Mr Eartle Must Die On Time

...As expected, Mr. Eartle will die on time or sooner
We understand India has over 1.3 billion people
None of them are followers of Eartle or his turtle wax
But unlike the soon to be deceased man fro...

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