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...
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Categories:
precursors, 10th grade, adventure, allah,
Form: Free verse
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 ...
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Categories:
precursors, bible, christian, faith, heaven,
Form: Didactic
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;
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Categories:
precursors, appreciation,
Form: Alliteration
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 ...
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Categories:
precursors, addiction, columbus day, drug,
Form: Limerick
Dog Day Heat
...hot
humid
summer days
annoying gulls
and crowded beaches
are precursors
to august's
dog day
heat...
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Categories:
precursors, angst, august, dog, how
Form: Ninette
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...
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Categories:
precursors, inspiration, muse,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
precursors, adventure, allegory, allusion, extended
Form: Haiku
Folly
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"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
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Categories:
precursors, humanity, i am,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
precursors, nature,
Form: Sonnet
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
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Categories:
precursors, animal, confusion, family, fear,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
precursors, allusion, anger, depression,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
precursors, happiness, heart, love,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
precursors, 9th grade, beauty,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
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 ...
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Categories:
precursors, death, heartbreak, holocaust, humanity,
Form: Free verse
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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Categories:
precursors, abuse, corruption, death, political,
Form: Free verse
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