Nature of the Beast
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The beast bites the hand
taught to feed and stroke its mane
the wild creed and lash
can't be tamed chained nor retrained
hunger defeats any pause
each person harbors
a beast that they dare ...
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Categories:
prowls, angst, anxiety, self,
Form: Tanka
Salty Brine of Turning Tide
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torrents of tears flowed
when he saw a sea dragon
beached dehydrated
for he knows that it like him
could only shed tears on land
the tears were salty
welling from bag of sea brine
in the o...
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Categories:
prowls, angst, anxiety, courage, forgiveness,
Form: Tanka
Chants
...The bowel of the earth deepens with
Saturated blessings of the soil, and
Down, down, the forces burrow in its
Caverns —creviced
Between day and night, I cannot decipher,
Yet it is the mind of ...
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Categories:
prowls, africa, culture, music,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT TERRORS CONTINUE ALLAH WILL PROVIDE
...MY PTSD HAD BEGUN TO CAPTURE MY THOUGHTS MY DREAMS OF COMMITING SUICIDE QUIETING THE RUSSIAN VOICES IN MY HEAD THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SPECIAL AGENT LEROY HEIMBACH MY MIND WOULDN'T ALLOW ...
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Categories:
prowls, allah,
Form: Naat
Beyond the Paper Gate
...Now you stand at the threshold of shadowed trials—
a challenge cloaked in whispers of what may come.
Debts awaken, ancient scribes of your past,
etching secrets into the walls where you once stood...
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Categories:
prowls, courage, hope, judgement, social,
Form: Free verse
When Truth Turns to Shadows
...When truth is reversed into lies,
a silent cry takes its place.
And when this happens,
prayer becomes the only weapon
against the cruelty of the world.
A cry the world refuses to hear.
A pain...
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Categories:
prowls, sad, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Summer Perdition
...after 'Berck-Plage' by Sylvia Plath
(1)
A sheet of glass, this expanse of water.
How its tranquillity mocks my unrest.
Bloated beachballs and balloons
travel the park and...
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Categories:
prowls, abortion, loss, summer,
Form: Free verse
Only our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is well able and willing to deliver us
...O it's only my precious Lord and Savior, who is really able,
To freely and fully deliver yours very truly,
From all of my habitual sins and all too persistent,
Inequities. O how far have I fallen ...
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Categories:
prowls, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
What If I Have To Live Again
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What if I have to live again—
Reborn in the bone-thin hush of grief,
A jawbone grinding air,
My love trailing like a torn dress through corridors
Of someone else's dreams.
You cheated with a...
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Categories:
prowls, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
RESURRECTED DAWN
..."Resurrected Dawn"
In twilight's hush, where shadows dance,
The Dire Wolf's howl, a haunting trance,
Echoes through the ravaged land,
As humans tremble, at their own hand.
The scientists' hubr...
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Categories:
prowls, angel, anniversary, beauty, bible,
Form: Rhyme
April
...waking to rain
remnants of the storm
the cat prowls past my bed
memories of love stir
I’m alone
in the silent room
my heart beats
the sun bleeds through clouds
a poetic leap
trees sprout lea...
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Categories:
prowls, april, longing, miss you,
Form: Other
Kiss and Run
...Please kiss and run, my only son
Her body is on fire.
Water rises,
Whisky on the table,
A unique type of gold in a glass,
That type of woman isn’t in your social class
Moments like these are...
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Categories:
prowls, absence, addiction, allegory, allusion,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Mane Event - On The Catwalk
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The Mane Event - On The Catwalk
And now for something completely different! I invite you to experience this unique blend of music, where this dynamic video brings to life the essenc...
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Categories:
prowls, fantasy, imagination, parody,
Form: Lyric
Beast
...At the center of forgotten crossroads,
in the valley of Shadows of the Moon,
the beast within wakens from its abode,
gazing skyward, howls its sorrowful tune.
Silently, it prowls the cold, lone...
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Categories:
prowls, animal, lost love, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Some Funny Thought On The Way Out Nowhere
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Now again, someone upstairs,
and somewhere on a bus
headed somewhere in Louisiana
where it is one a.m.
eyes mind thy business
while pyramid in the sky
shows well it’s lessons and then
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Categories:
prowls, crazy, creation, drug, emotions,
Form: Free verse
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