Processed Poems

Premium MemberDread is Dead

...Says he dreads his demonic disease,

But he spreads it like cheap processed cheese.

Don't think you can blame ME!

You'll never inflame ME!

What???....Mister Mephistopheles...PLEASE!!!...
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Categories: processed, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Born Between Coordinates

...I was born in the pause between two coordinates
drawn by cartographers with sterilized hands.
My soul was indexed in miles and postal codes
Filed under miscellaneous anomaly at checkpoints.

I c...
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Categories: processed, conflict,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberKilling fields of the west'

...First to go down..Hope and joy..Then seperate
Man and women..Boy oh boy.' Bring in euthanasia..As a real good thing.' Get some
Soap box series, to play it through scene by scene.' The termination o...
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Categories: processed, abortion, abuse, addiction, allegory,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTiming The Market

...At the supermarket, squeeze this,
sniff that.  Of course, color is the
first attraction: Fruit should not
be green -- vegetables must be!
So, green is not always best.
Children, take note! (Her ...
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Categories: processed, childhood, education, family, growing
Form: Free verse

Good health is expensive

...In the market of choices, we're faced with a test,
Between health and affordability, which one to invest?
Fresh fruits and greens, a pricey delight,
While processed snacks and sweets, shine with c...
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Categories: processed, health,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberAs I Look Down - 2025

...As I look down and see the ground, on which my feet don’t stand
The light I see is all around, things haven’t gone as planned
It’s really kweer, I’m standing here, and somehow, you are not
You did...
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Categories: processed, betrayal, suicide,
Form: Lyric

GAS STATION LIGHTS II

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a lone ancient dark night
Your engine stumbles
rumbles, coughs to a stop
so close to E
The gas pump, blocky, digital
smells of gasoline
like a primordial dance 
an intercourse of machines
r...
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Categories: processed, analogy, art, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRhythm of a River

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river,

flow by my feet~

as waters of my mind 

do overtake and wet the page 

and droplets step-dance to create, backstage.

for manufactured, processed verse

could never...
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Categories: processed, inspiration, life, nature, poetry,
Form: Rictameter

Stockholm Shame

...Science
has brought
us closer 
to the edge of our oblivion
Nuclear fission
angel dust
processed foods
and smog
Two steps forward
ten steps back
ennobling every dirty fact
as children choke...
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Categories: processed, science,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberStacking odds in your favour

...
being easygoing has its advantages
but a framing of how life is processed
helps establish rules of conduct
when relationships are in the making

clarify expectations
say what you mean 
and m...
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Categories: processed, confidence, feelings, relationship, words,
Form: Free verse

USPS

...USPS

A stamp, bought and paid for, is like a receipt
And if stuck on an envelope makes it complete
To start its journey, with the recipient to meet
But never quite a passport, if sent internati...
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Categories: processed, simple,
Form: Ekphrasis

An Ancient RuIn

...The guide with his cheesy hat, and colorful umbrella
encourages us to: gather 'round.

His anecdotal spiel is by rote. His shtick is fact-slim
and slick, but it’s also my current gestalt as I am ...
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Categories: processed, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Again

...It comes in waves
Before you know it
Was it always there
 It comes in waves
You didn’t think about it today
Did I make it up
Is pain a feeling I’ve ever known
 It comes in waves
This time was...
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Categories: processed, abuse, dark, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIn every event'

...In this write my spirit stands.' To curse satans war on all
Humans.' For the move in taking babes from mothers breasts.' To g m crops and toxic weed killrs all drawn from
A loathsome war chest.' Us...
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Categories: processed, addiction, betrayal, celebrity, community,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInclement

...Inclement

Of course, skies are not always clear
our Inclement Mother – we give a pass
for the flowers and crops seem to outweigh
the floods and drownings – besides, we choose
where we reside a...
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Categories: processed, character, christian, faith, heart,
Form: Prose Poetry

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