Every man made thing is 'made in China'
...Everything I buy to touch or taste
is made in China, made in China
leave alone my china set, even my toothpaste
is made in China, made in China.
From my pencils to my stencils
to the golden lo...
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Categories:
prodigality, business, world, world war
Form: Rhyme
It Started with a Blank Canvas
...I picked up some words,
From an over heaped pile,
Words which impressed me most.
Put them carefully onto a blank paper,
Like a practiced player placing,
Rooks and pawns on a chequered grid.
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Categories:
prodigality, art, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An Event
...The Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An Event
The Picture of Dorian Gray, a decent fanciful novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in 1890. The novel, the on...
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Categories:
prodigality, angst, character, muse,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Waste In Haste
...My soul weeps and my heart bleeds,
We seem to have lost our core creeds.
Youngsters are now in a very hot haste,
not to wield wealth, but to wine and waste...
Character has been cocooned in a c...
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Categories:
prodigality, africa, character, confusion, grief,
Form: Couplet
Prodigal Poets
..."And when he came to himself"
Luke 15:17
In another millennial time and Chinese/Russian place,
Taoism began as aphorisms and poetry
about political philosophy,
articulating a bicameral tension...
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Categories:
prodigality, health, history, humanity, humor,
Form: Political Verse
J E P D
...is Elohim a democracy
of Father Son and Holy Spirit
or Yehweh God and law
the kingdom over those who fear it
to each his own was given a thread
to sew a book with seeds
to each his own gi...
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Categories:
prodigality, faith, god, god,
Form: I do not know?
Lofty Afterlife
...Lo! Death resides atop that lofty hill
Expanse of Donn, the ruling god of death.
With eponymic marble monoliths-
Desideratum prodigality.
Profligacy! A lifeless lavishness
Which doesn’t make a...
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Categories:
prodigality, death
Form: Prose Poetry
Seesaw
...His seesaw
Unjust
Asymmetrical
Rocky terrain
Never level
Inequitable
Divergent existence
In his kingdom
He holds all
The power
Reigning over her
Exerting his
Diabolical supremacy
To tigh...
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Categories:
prodigality, girlfriend-boyfriend, husband, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse