The Day My Friends Went Insane
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They were my gentile friends, ones I could count on
They stood by me when times were tough
A pep talk here, a couch to sleep on there
They kept me from falling through cracks
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Categories:
radicals, crazy, friendship, horror, jewish,
Form: Couplet
Has-Beans
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One cup was enough
to curl his toes
as caffeine
the psychoactive chemical
allowed no doze
or more than a mug
no matter how roasted
the polyphenols
affected his free radicals
'til h...
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Categories:
radicals, drink, humorous, marriage, wife,
Form: Rhyme
P Q R S
...Paula persnickety poppycock provided proof
Questioning quarrelsome quick-witted quail
Responsible radicals reacted, reminding raised roof
Shopworn shortbread shakes shifty ships and shale...
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Categories:
radicals, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: ABC
Mahabodhi Temple Protest
...buddha the light of asia
the beacon of peace
revered around the world
confined by some radicals
in his own enlighten abode
shackled in superstitious principals
he broke away from
preaching aga...
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Categories:
radicals, emotions, forgiveness, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad
The Earth IS Alive
... THE EARTH IS ALIVE
Walking barefoot through the grass while clearing the mind, a connection occurs with electrical surges that tingle.
Connecting the soul to the earth is wise, rev...
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Categories:
radicals, analogy, appreciation, celebration, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
Basket of Deplorables
...If in the basket of deplorables must I be,
To quote a term most used by sweetest Hilary,
Then let me state this best I can,
I'm voting for our country, not the man.
A country where race and gen...
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Categories:
radicals, america, appreciation, celebrity, confidence,
Form: Quatrain
ARLINGTON WEEPS
...More than 300,000 spirits awakened, and rose up that day,
Above the pristine manicured and landscaped grounds.
They ascended high enough to overlook the shameful acts
Being perpetrated on the Capi...
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Categories:
radicals, patriotic, usa,
Form: Free verse
'Grammar Police' Strike Again
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In a most stunning reversal of form
The ‘grammar police’ took over a dorm
Kicked out all the radicals
Screamed, ‘You’re non-grammatical’
~ Set off an aca...
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Categories:
radicals, giggle, language, satire, storm,
Form: Limerick
Omnipresent lurch toward authoritarianism
...The views and opinions herewith extemporized to spur discourse with me, or to be mindful when exercising the right to vote in the country of your existence, which expressed intimation predicated upon...
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Categories:
radicals, abortion, abuse, america, anger,
Form: Free verse
the fable of Jesus
...The Fable of Jesus
Jesus was skeptical of his tribe, he didn't
whether he was a Semite, his father, the renowned
the wood craftsman had green eyes and knew
a few phrases of gallic monks had vi...
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Categories:
radicals, absence, blue, career,
Form: Blank verse
rainbow nation
...Rainbow nation
It rained and rained, fine rain but persistent
mountains dissolved, and rocks turned into sand
When the rain stopped, a smooth landscape
of peace and camel dung
Before the de...
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Categories:
radicals, america, anti bullying, arabic,
Form: Blank verse
spring springs
...Winter’s releasing us from its perpetually gray and gloomy grip.
Who can study in their room, on a beautiful spring afternoon?
Azaleas assail ya, with champagne petals of bubblegum fuchsias,
the...
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Categories:
radicals, appreciation, color, humor, life,
Form: Rhyme
Elegy to a promised land
...In the quiet twilight, we gather here today,
To honor my dad, remember him, and pray.
From the promised land, he flew with no regret,
To the fifties U.S., a different mindset.
In the old ...
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Categories:
radicals, america, culture, dad, father,
Form: Elegy
My missing piece
...Oh I’m looking for my missing piece
Hi-dee ho, here I go
It’s been two days since you left
It feels like I’ve been rolling for centuries
You’re the piece that is just right for me
Maybe you may...
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Categories:
radicals, bereavement, child, dad, growing
Form: Free verse
Is Anger Ever Good
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Is anger ever good
Putin’s anger
may yet destroy the world
Is anger ever kind
environmental radicals
have gone out of their minds
Is anger ever beneficial
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Categories:
radicals, anger, future, world,
Form: Rhyme
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