Oath Breaker
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With one hand laid upon the Holy book
The new Judge raises her other hand high.
She swears an oath that millions before her promised:
Faithful service, unbiased justice, no compromise.
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Categories:
regrettable, judgement, political, prison,
Form: Rhyme
9 IN MY FORTIES
...so now I've reached my forties, I think I'm finally getting old
the pace of life has slowed now, my exploits not so bold
but little did I realise, I'd feel my life had just begun
we bought ourselv...
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Categories:
regrettable, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Jolted by Twilight
...Like dreams ~ as conscience echoes through the dark,
and life's mirage laps upon my shores
where dunes of sand are blown like drifts of snow.
I'm lost ~ alone ~ not knowing where to go,
except be...
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Categories:
regrettable, love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Season of the Heart
...Struggling to make sense out of the bible,
Think it a lot of babble,
Or just another fable.
Before you bin your bible,
Which would be regrettable,
Take a look at the other book I have on my ta...
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Categories:
regrettable, addiction, age, appreciation, baptism,
Form: Carpe Diem
Cave canem
...the steady light of a white votive candle
reflected and amplified in highly polished brass
symbolises devotion
talents never to be hidden under a bushel
but the secular world isn’t privy to ...
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Categories:
regrettable, fear,
Form: Suzette Prime
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:
regrettable, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse
It Is Grace
...Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”
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It’s grace…
that leaves footprints in the skies,
more...
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Categories:
regrettable, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
In the obsidian abyss, I melt, feeling the warmth that embraces me
...In the obsidian abyss, I melt, feeling the warmth that embraces me,
Awaiting the flight deep within me, a dream without any hope to measure.
Beside my own self, inseparable in this boundless world,...
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Categories:
regrettable, bird,
Form: Free verse
To you
...I have made myriads of blunders but yours makes my heart ache
That I didn't tell you, makes it the most regrettable mistake.
But,like the moon I will love you silently from afar
Knowing well tha...
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Categories:
regrettable, anger, april, crush, feelings,
Form: Limerick
Moment
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We always knew that day would come,
When we'd done our best and our work is done;
When in a Moment, our hearts would weigh a tone;
When in a Moment, we would stand hurt and stunned.
The Momen...
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Categories:
regrettable, bird, parents,
Form: Verse
Dawn Moon
...Written: August 25, 2023
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In the realm of the morning moon,
A tale of passion shall be strewn,
Where bleached rays agai...
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Categories:
regrettable, analogy, appreciation, character, god,
Form: Rhyme
Naked Popularity
...Naked pink American hotdogs, inedible
Their popularity, barely regrettable...
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Categories:
regrettable, crazy, food,
Form: Couplet
Crash
...The Crash
f minor
Crash the last
It is so reprehensible
Jake the fake
Pass out the indispensable
Crash the last
It is incomprehensible
Just to spot
The need to be sensible
Snake t...
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Categories:
regrettable, discrimination, drug, hope, lost,
Form: Lyric
Thought of the Day
...Ego perched high on vanity’s pedestal ~
Fritters gift of life by deeds regrettable
20-March-2023...
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Categories:
regrettable, pride,
Form: Couplet
No Regrets
...If I could take it all back
Every wrong ever wrought
Every regrettable thing
Every broken wing
I'd lay it all to rest
In an unmarked plot
Over which I would plant
Quiet thyme
And no-leaf c...
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Categories:
regrettable, bird, death, eulogy, funeral,
Form: Free verse
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