Released from prison.
Refused to follow
Rules explained to him;
Repeat offender
Robs convenience store.
Real smart, grasshopper!
Returned to prison.
Submitted for...
Pleiades R Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Kim Merryman
Date written: 04/14/2021
Categories:
recidivist, poetry, write,
Form: Pleiades
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
re-haunting the lava pit
It’s the forward and return
stay in Purgatory
that’s the real Trip
Terror Fell
(Room 10, Asylum)
He handed back the key
She closed the panel
Her Epoché
remained in his hands
although, of this he was keenly aware, she was sorely amiss
he could still taste the Rosemary over Thistle in her kiss
Of course,
She had Room 9 to attend to...
(LadyLabyrinth/2019)
https://youtu.be/ob0CILJ93bA
Low/Poor Sucker
“It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering”. John G. Bennett
https://youtu.be/hzFsDQeTUT4
Fripp/Exposure
1. Epoché
2. Suspended Judgement
3. Suspended Disbelief
4. Asylum
Lyrics/Low, Poor Sucker
https://genius.com/Low-poor-sucker-lyrics
Categories:
recidivist, dark, freedom, journey, kiss,
Form: Free verse
The lapse takes place in moonlight,
Curtained behind the rain,
Where the raucous chimes of midnight
Mock with their cracked-ice refrain;
The gut-churning whiskey of sorrow
Swills on the palate of fear,
And the cigarette breath of tomorrow
Spills through memorial beer.
Resurrecting the buried and burning
Raised from the shallowest grave,
She never was one much for turning,
No mercy to strain or to save;
Unto the breach, once more to divine,
If the end calls a curse on the fates,
The recidivist heart in a step-like decline
Fibrillates as it anticipates.
Categories:
recidivist, life, lost love
Form: Verse
As a dumb dog
Returning t his vomit
Again I swallow
Once more I wallow
Like a sow
That was washed
Returning to her mire
O wretched man that I am!
Struggling to understand
Why I do what I allow not
For the good that I would
I do not do
And that which I do
I don't want to
As a fallen leaf
At the will of strong winds
I have no addictions
The habits have me
In chains that command me
I consent them good
Scripture Compilation
Proverbs 26:11
Romans 7:14-243
II Peter 2:22
Categories:
recidivist, faith, imagination, introspection, passion,
Form: Free verse