Our Cup is Overfull
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Our Cup is Overfull
“Our cup is overfull, I can`t bear it,”
Words that came out like a blast from the sky
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Categories:
rashness, divorce, inspirational, life, love,
Form: Narrative
bootlicking idolatry
...bootlicking idolatry
He’s a peculiar star
he comes from TV
ambition is his sphere
and his every line is a trick
all know him a notorious liar
whose business is schadenfreude
but man...
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Categories:
rashness, fate, future, grave, history,
Form: Free verse
Death of Morale
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True, I do practice the act of introversion quite a bit,
But why should I be blamed? To what am I to admit
When I am not the transgressor in question?
I am not typically one to act in aggressi...
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Categories:
rashness, anger, corruption, death, hate,
Form: Elegy
Dead End Street
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Written: November 08, 2023, For John Lawless Contest
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Quote by Zig Ziglar
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Categories:
rashness, analogy, angst, bereavement, dream,
Form: Free verse
Quagmire
...“An impulsive action done in haste and without forethought can cause trouble and there is no point in feeling repugnance” - By Poet
When did she have a quarrel with life,
That left...
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Categories:
rashness, angst, conflict, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Directions Just For Beer
...You, sure, can walk up to that car
In front of the house with a star
And, sure, can keep moving straight
You'll get to a proud sign post
On which is inscribed "West Coast":
I dare say Men of...
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Categories:
rashness, appreciation, career, celebrity, character,
Form: Rhyme
Journeys Suspend In Winter
...Please, your journeys suspend in winter
Death's Cold on The Body A Printer.
Correct! To Death speedily freeze,
Not salubrious Winter's chilly breeze.
This you tell Your Dearest Jacinta,
I co...
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Categories:
rashness, death, fear, health, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Refusing Diligence, To Do Even Basic Math
...Refusing Diligence, To Do Even Basic Math
Why do we too oft blindly walk a deep, darken path
Through the volleys of arrows shot by Fate's mighty wrath
When in this wicked world, we could accept ...
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Categories:
rashness, deep, growing up, humanity,
Form: Sonnet
Exceptional Times, Exceptional Measures
...Exceptional times require exceptional measures
In our everyday lives we experience this truth
Times of stress, or, in rare incidence for pleasures
A challenge from our peers sparking curiosity,...
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Categories:
rashness, growth, life, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Private Residence
...Private Residence
Sign at the gate – no solicitors –
Beyond the rosewood door sanctuary in seclusion
Untouched by hands racing round
A face framed by chimes and alarms –
Measures of mincing mi...
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Categories:
rashness, home, house, universe,
Form: Free verse
Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls
...Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls
I shall weave you, dear reader, words true and sincere
tho' will not be as great as those woven by poetic peers
It's truth from a life long-...
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Categories:
rashness, beauty, dedication, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
Say So
......speak sporadically in soft sassy syllables
...open opulent overtures to appease my err
...revoke risque rashness of the adulterer
...modulate too many manic memories.
savor satiable s...
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Categories:
rashness, conflict, endurance, journey, marriage,
Form: Alliteration
Divine Findings
...Come now and follow me into the depths of my sacrifice
What a lapse you have made to think I put My life before your life
How great is your strong arm and how far do you think that it reaches
Y...
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Categories:
rashness, christian, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Responding To Nothing and Everything
...Consider the definition others have of you
what’s the first thing that people would say?
is patience the first thing on their lips?
or is it rashness that describes your way?
Patience is hard t...
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Categories:
rashness, life, proposal, time,
Form: Rhyme
Divided Heart
...I don’t want to be the other half of
something someone lost a long time ago.
I’m not interested in being
the better part of valour.
Everybody learns the hard way,
one way or another. No...
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Categories:
rashness, heart, life, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
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