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Recidivist Poems - Poems about Recidivist

I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome

...I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...

Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough e...
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Categories: recidivist, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGreat Expectations

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great expectations
anticipated in the 
poetic heart 
Havisham delivered
all and more for love, 
a separate unseen thief, 
tore the others’ worlds apart

webs like ectoplasm
from underneath...
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Categories: recidivist, dark, muse, satire,
Form: Free verse



The Haunting

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"The Haunting"

What happened 
was a crime
in more ways 
than one

who can understand 
the mind of a recidivist
twisted, calculating
in this story, there is 
more tha...
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Categories: recidivist, dark, journey, light, strength,
Form: Narrative

Ronald Rump Reasonably Roasted

...Ronald Rump reasonably roasted 

Remarkable – recourse retaining rickety 
rambling reverence regarding “r.”

Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled - 
rickettsia re:itch ruler.

Rap...
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Categories: recidivist, 12th grade, america, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAlas I Knew Him Well

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He walked with a swagger,
was a delinquent lagger
       and recidivist wagger
all his schoolboy days.
  Joyridin on the Pare’ bus
he’d skylark and cuss
            just like one of us
a...
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Categories: recidivist, school,
Form: Rhyme



Before the Firing Squad

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“Before The Firing Squad”



the firing squad 
came dressed
in faux smiles

the intervention cake 
was spoon fed, like honey,
by mother superior

to the lesser bee,
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Categories: recidivist, muse, psychological, symbolism,
Form: Epic

Strange Ways, Here We Come

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“Strange Ways, Here We Come”




the devil’s advocate
came waltzing 
through my doors

“I had no choice”
the supercilious harbinger said,
“to intervene, to parlay awa...
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Categories: recidivist, dark, death, grief, psychological,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberRecidivist

...Released from prison.
Refused to follow
Rules explained to him;
Repeat offender
Robs convenience store.
Real smart, grasshopper!
Return...
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Categories: recidivist, poetry, write,
Form: Pleiades

Open Oceans

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"Open Oceans"



Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys

praying
preying

hungry hearts
count the days 

wasting away
in all that preying 

for...
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Categories: recidivist, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form: Epic

Opposites Extract

...The ethereal glow only dims to get brighter
The day only darkens to later get lighter
The burden only shrinks to increase my strength
Time only shortens to extend its length

Sometimes we must b...
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Categories: recidivist, imagery, imagination, poetry, simile,
Form: Rhyme

Would the Real Matthew Scott Harris Please Stand Up

...Would the real “Matthew Scott Harris” please stand up!

Yo...over here in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
all the other ones (that follow below)...
them guys imposters I write – every ƒµ©**** one.

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Categories: recidivist, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse

The Fallen

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“The Fallen”



Remote,
he sees himself 
in the reflection of cold close 
yet distant shop windows, 
his final journey along the 
Hard Time Roa...
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Categories: recidivist, family, freedom, friendship, god,
Form: Free verse

50 Words For Poe: Epoche

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50 Words for Poe: Epoché



A short stay in Hell is 
often part of the journey
required to reach Home

Sometimes one finds
oneself recidivist 
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Categories: recidivist, dark, freedom, journey, kiss,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe History of a Wasted Mind

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“The History of a Wasted Mind”

 

What goes through the mind of a recidivist
Fist full of hate and hurt marking time
Fist full of history, got down with the dirt
The History of a Was...
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Categories: recidivist, abuse, child abuse, war,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPlacebo - Part 2

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"Placebo - Part 2"



There’s little sins and HUGE SINS
Little mistakes, possibly forgiveable.
HUGE MISTAKES, HUGE SINS?
That’s a different kind of metronome
marking tim...
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Categories: recidivist, abuse, addiction, child abuse,
Form: Free verse

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