Memory Triggered By a Purple Pencil
...MEMORY TRIGGERED BY A PURPLE PENCIL
A reponse to Caren Krutsinger’s Pay the Purple Pencil Penalty Please
sick
in bed
not now
then
daddy
worked for
i.b.m.
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Categories:
reponse, memory,
Form: Free verse
Jumping To Conclusions
...Jumping to Conclusions
(my reponse to the reporting of the latest Synagogue attack in Poway, CA)
By Franklin Price
4/28/2019
Jumping to conclusions
Is the mantra of the day
And hating one ano...
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Categories:
reponse, anger, corruption, discrimination, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
Death
...notre objectif est-il la mort
la reponse a cette question je l'ignore
peut etre il n y a que ca de reel
datteindre le paradis et le repos eternel
de rejoindre les etres qui nous ont quitte
de re...
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Categories:
reponse, death,
Form: Free verse
Larepuzonian
...Ouch! What a combination
Do not let these two together
I think, you think, they think?
Wow! mauvais choix, Ouch!
It has taken over
Non! I say Oui!
Foul play you see, reasoning ind...
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Categories:
reponse, africa, anger, bereavement, conflict,
Form: Free verse
I Saw My Life In the Dark
...I was working late night,
It was ten when I stepped out of my office,
The monsoon had already started its show,
Wild storms and copious showers,
Thick clouds of spooky figures,
Rustling of leave...
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Categories:
reponse, humanity,
Form: Ballad
I Rep Who I Am,
...I rep who I am cus I am everything
thats in me
U wouldnt understand dats y u cant
understand me in sayin dat come
correct when u talkin to me or
expect aucun reponse quand tu
parle a moi G .. I...
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Categories:
reponse, growing upme, me,
Form: Bio
Kisses Or Booze?
...There was a venerable little lady by the name of Carrie Nation,
Who crossed the country wielding an axe creating consternation!
Her mission was to ban demon rum from sea to shining sea,
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Categories:
reponse, funny
Form: Rhyme
No Value? Ha!
...Her offerings, not of words themselves
But of her, her deep inflections
She gives us light and truth and love
She gives a soul direction
The words she pens, they’re more than ink
They’re a ste...
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Categories:
reponse, on writing and words,
Form: Quatrain