Retell Poems

To Hell and Back

...A verse retelling of the story of Orpheus, son of Apollo and Calliope, who was the husband of Eurydice. They were not married long when Eurydice was bitten by a snake and died. Orpheus, overcome with...

Go Back To The Beginning

...That song sounds so good,
Go back to the beginning,
Reminisce moments of childhood
All while rhythymically dancing.

That story sounds so good,
Go back to the beginning,
Retell how you done al...

Ode to Tapuy

...Come! Bring forth the jar that for months had stood
Patiently undisturbed in the shadow!
Lift its lid, remove the leaves that serve as hood
And help age the wine that’s about to flow.
Cat...

Our Lord God, Jesus Christ, is well able to deliver us Q and A part one

...Q  How is our Lord God, Jesus Christ, well able to deliver us?

A   First off, in order for Him to be able to deliver us, we must first admit that
     we are sinners and powerless to both save an...

I fear pain, but I wear it for the story

...
It's easier to love, when
the worst case is having a 
funny story to retell at bars.

It makes more sense to believe, knowing
truth left untold will never
make it into the final edit.

It's...

A Life Unrolled Upon an Empty Screen

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I have played the coward and the brave,
both the strong and the weak.
A man must be a man, and forget nothing,
keeping close to him
those times of disgrace and honor,
drink both the ga...

MEMORIAL DAY - GIVING ALL FOR THE COUNTRY

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They marched along courage-dominion
Heralded as heroes, defying cowardice opinion
Soldiers of the country midst freedom companion
Deserving "Super Warrior" medallion.

They fought a...

Every Which Way

...Suzie lived next door to Tom, and their families were the best of friends;
Like toffee clouds, chasing rainbows, once the blue storm wildly spends!

Tom and Susie enjoyed playing together,...

Jordan

...Miss Jordan —
Are you satisfied?
Living in a world
Where hopes and efforts never collide,
Where all abide by someone else's design.
Would you simply resign?

It's peculiar how you're blind —
...

ECHO MAN MY NAME

...
 
I am a time traveler,
I travel incognito,
I am immortal,
Have traveled worldwide,
From the beginning of time,
So this is no nursery rhyme!
I see your planets devastation,
My message, 
Ho...

Stay of Execution

...Everything in my life was going down
I lost hope for my country, my state, my town
A black dog followed me, I was weighed down by care
Saw a neon tiger in the dark, at day a spectral mare.

Offe...

Yesterday's Wishes

...There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday. - Robert Nathan

Folded in hope, singing light over the fading melody, wind’s song,
Soaring on wings of mesmeric peace,
Glorious freed...

SPOKEN MOMENT

...SPOKEN MOMENT
Thanks for your stories, my dearest
They are precious richest,
Resources of present pain
But tomorrow’s gain.
I cannot afford but yen 
Upon to retell them
When your heart rates
...

Evil Robot Unicorns

...They were one pulsar away
From obliterating all of humanity.

I had eight armed and activated lasers
Attached to my cobalt helmet,
Augmented as it was,
With enough meta-metal
To take me and th...

Bodhi Tree

...and I hunger for you, like a moth
longing for one last flicker of flame 
nestled deep inside my heart

the memory of my childhood worship sits deep 
as an innocent deer panting by th...

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