The Lady Vanishes - 2025
...The man I married always said he loved me for my mind
Pretty soon I met his friends and left my own behind
It wasn’t long before he said that ‘wife’ was short for ‘minion’
And then one day he rais...
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Categories:
preordained, abuse, judgement, song,
Form: Rhyme
The Pied Piperess
...Orchestrated they succumb onto her board scene ~ As success thrills the ordained Queen of mean—poet
Once upon a time, there was a Queen with a magic flute in her throat
Beknownst to all...
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Categories:
preordained, evil, parody,
Form: Prose
Purple - An Analogy for Deception
...the colour of the money stained my fingers
they’re no mere vignettes
but rather a cryptic cipher on a worn codex
the coin of acceptance amongst gilded sybarites
as the shades of the tenor of ...
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Categories:
preordained, analogy,
Form: Suzette Prime
le livre bleu
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“le livre bleu”
Terabytes.
lonely poets, writers,
musicians and artists play here,
they wear masks that cover
vermillion dripping smiles
over sharp little wolverine te...
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Categories:
preordained, muse,
Form: Free verse
Slow Bullet Karma
...Slow Bullet - Karma
Ever wondered why things come back,
Returning with such abject force
And strange yet ominous impact?
To gnaw and bite and even kill,
Our ill conceived deeds though do,...
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Categories:
preordained, god,
Form: Prose Poetry
Fractured Family
...Born of the same blood, yet worlds apart,
Lines drawn in whispers, etched in the heart.
Twin shadows dancing, a discordant rhyme,
Two brothers bound by duty, not love, not time.
Family, a fa...
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Categories:
preordained, brother,
Form: Rhyme
Playing Pinball
...Carpal tunnel twinges
punctuate a torpid afternoon,
as row on row we line the aisles
and stare at nothing
with the guarded anonymity
of urinating men.
My thumb is on the lever,
moving almost...
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Categories:
preordained, fun, sports,
Form: Blank verse
Born In The Moment
...Leaving tomorrow
starting again
Moments resplendent
free of the din
Touching a sunrise
kissing the rain
Hugging a moonbeam
— joy preordained
(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)
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Categories:
preordained, birth, joy, time,
Form: Rhyme
The Lady Vanishes
...The man I married always said he loved me for my mind
Pretty soon I met his friends and left my own behind
It wasn’t long before he said that ‘wife’ was short for ‘minion’
And then one day he rais...
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Categories:
preordained, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
The Road Ahead
...In the distance, I see a path untaken,
A road ahead, filled with dreams yet unshaken.
Beyond the horizon, where the sun does arise,
Lies a journey unknown, waiting for my guise.
The road ahead,...
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Categories:
preordained, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Classicism
Melancholic Bound
...Fragile fragments lachrymose, sanctified sapphire rivulets, lamentable malevolence of my fetters, is there a sanctuary from this tableau to which I am shackled as you cascade down the window pane?
E...
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Categories:
preordained, dark,
Form: Free verse
Offerings
...You offered me nothing new
You didn't have a trace of gold in your sandals
You merely came to my four walls
but we became confused
about the things we couldn't heal
Steve McQueen and Patricia Ne...
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Categories:
preordained, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
PERSONABLE REFERENCE-
...The tempest gathering hearts;
Souls imparting dire wisdom;
Holistic premonition preordained;
Nothing gathered souls prearranged;
Words of life speak forth life;
Shallow be the maker hear...
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Categories:
preordained, analogy, appreciation, birth, destiny,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Justice, Fairness and Responsibility
...Where blind indifference holds its sway,
And scales of justice hang unweighed,
Let justice rise, a burning brand,
To scorch the soil of a barren land.
Not with a tyrant's iron fist,
But with a...
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Categories:
preordained, perspective, power, prayer,
Form: Narrative
Unmasking the Script
...In borrowed plumes
a masquerade we stage.
Thoughts echo doctrines
passions are preordained.
From broken families
where fractured spirits weep
Mothers of soulful sorrow
With eyes tha...
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Categories:
preordained, journey, life, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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