Objections
...The real purpose of the visa tourism
Is the humiliation of the guests
Its “us and them” post tribal atavism
The applicants are treated like suspects
The so called survey list interrogates
Som...
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Categories:
rationalized, prejudice, travel, world,
Form: Rhyme
FLY HIGH!
...‘tis not this scape judgy?
‘lo, prey on the defenseless
short of a chirp, quite rationalized
facets of your twisted facade
the soul degrading you?
despises, despises theeself
thy insecurities s...
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Categories:
rationalized, abuse, angst, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
How We Are Meant To Learn From Each Other
...Our memories will be the roots
In our strong yet delicate foundation.
Our talks will be our parachutes
As we slowly fall into infatuation.
Our fall outs will be rationalized away
As we become ...
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Categories:
rationalized, boyfriend, love,
Form: Quatrain
The Wind Rose
...
If remembering is hopeless, then it’s time to resign
But its easy to say, than to perform rightly
Time shifts down slowly, crosses the final line
And red turns to brown, showing its time to fl...
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Categories:
rationalized, destiny, family, longing, love,
Form: Rhyme
Worth More Than My Weight In Gold
...Worth More Than My Weight In Gold
Wondering around this space in time looking for that someone special just to call mine. Opening up my heart at every turn, giving freely instead of allowing the op...
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Categories:
rationalized, art,
Form: Free verse
A Matter Of Faith
...
When I was a child, I wondered
Was deep sleep, death?
Was every morning a new life, a new incarnation?
Waking up, I found the people around me were the same
I was the same too, not...
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Categories:
rationalized, allusion, creation, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
When Deniers Stoke the Fires
...When we start off
one rarely realizes
all the true scientific
downstream consequences
of our original acts
When we hear the key
click in the car's ignition
we know it revs up
the entirety o...
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Categories:
rationalized, change, environment, fear, god,
Form: Free verse
The Watchers
...They stay in the background
stating a useless union still self-centered
powerless, ill-prepared, inept entity of promises,
the verbiage of false hopes with all the dos and donts,
watching, w...
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Categories:
rationalized, absence, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Blank verse
Artistry
...You have redefined my sexuality
I could never fathom
This is now my reality
The stroke of your hand
Let’s me know you are the only man
Who can fulfill very desire
And ignite this ever sea...
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Categories:
rationalized, fantasy, lust,
Form: Free verse
Un-Holy War
...It’s called “Holy War”, “Jihad”,
Murder in the name of God.
Don’t you think that’s odd?
But what is a “Holy War”?
But a contradiction in terms for sure.
Since Caine killed Able,
The cards on ...
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Categories:
rationalized, allah, allusion, analogy, god,
Form: Rhyme
Deep Listening Communions
..."The deepening perception
of the body's illusory nature
is one of the most profound
and inspiring realizations
we can have
to help us let go [of dying bodies and minds].
Deep listening
of ou...
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Categories:
rationalized, culture, earth, environment, god,
Form: Political Verse
Neglecting Democratic Health
...I'm feeling some civil
democratic health
neglect
To re-member
monocultural anthropocentrism
is a mental health crisis
In our U.S. Win/Lose normative
miseducational systems,
In our anti-...
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Categories:
rationalized, caregiving, community, education, health,
Form: Political Verse
By Moon's Light
...rains clear
the moon shines bright
facing west
thoughts take flight
with a crumpled pack of cigarettes
judgments muse minor regrets
torrential showers dry my eyes
me and myself judge a sh...
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Categories:
rationalized, imagination, inspiration, introspection, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Conflicting Commitments
...Where and when I find a commitment
to capitalism
to buying and selling Earth
to patriarchalism
to racism
to Western SWM LeftHemisphere cultural dominance
to win/lose global economic politics,
...
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Categories:
rationalized, health, love, military, political,
Form: Political Verse
Crossroads
...His two years old son
Needed treatment for stomach pain
But he had no money
His wife needed to pursue
Her BA course
He couldn't afford to
I can't help he would say
I must be happy with what I ...
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Categories:
rationalized, life,
Form: Free verse
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