A Crown Forged Bright
...A Cage Forged Bright: A Hymn Against Gold
They say gold is pure. They say gold is holy. They say gold crowns kings, anoints gods, carries prayers.
They do not say: gold is a shackle. They do not sa...
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Categories:
routed, money,
Form: Free verse
My Life
...Sitting in the dark,
My shadow shines bright as I think of my future,
the one that's always criticized,
and I dwell upon my feelings the ones that always scatter in different places as criticism i...
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Categories:
routed, 3rd grade, africa, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Unitarian Church returnee
...Unitarian Church returnee
After a hiatus of countless years
plus an additional
almost three months
since a major makeover,
(I experienced the magic
wrought courtesy
a bonafide big hearted ...
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Categories:
routed, 3rd grade, age, america,
Form: Free verse
When urinating into the toilet bowl
...When urinating into the toilet bowl...
yours truly (me) could not help but notice
while living social at various residences
within Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
the following described phen...
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Categories:
routed, 12th grade, crazy, house,
Form: Free verse
The House, that Eli the deceased priest built for the LORD, part ten NIV
...Samuel subdues the Philistines at MIzpah 1 Samuel 7:2-16
It was a long time,twenty years that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all of the
people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD...
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Categories:
routed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Desire of all
...Cover blown
Your plan is now known
Deem dim your scheme
But don’t forfeit your dream
No man claims to deserve
But all want to own and preserve
To be lords in perpetuity
With their kind...
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Categories:
routed, christmas, desire, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
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:
routed, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse
David Song Of Praise
...Paraphrase From The Scriptures
“LORD, You my Rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
My God is my Rock, in whom I take refuge,
My shield and the horn of my Salvation.
You are my stronghold, my ref...
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Categories:
routed, beauty, bible, blessing, christian,
Form: Pastoral
Primal Instincts
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An Autumn wind blew an acorn
from the paws of a squirrel
right into the pond
without so much as a twirl
Then the wind knocked down a sapling
that had recently sprouted
ca...
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Categories:
routed, analogy, animal, autumn, strength,
Form: Rhyme
War Ends, Not Miseries
...Frontiers may get guarded sans hate,
And bonhomie get built ere late
Amidst smiles sans adversities,
But wars when rage, rage miseries.
More than the people, wins the king,
Soldiers die, thei...
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Categories:
routed, soldier, war,
Form: Kyrielle
Back To the Root
...Back to the root again
One day you will rise
At the end you will fall
Cos you are Stepping up in time with lies
Moving like the unstoppable God father
So ignorant to care for the common man
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Categories:
routed, africa, confidence, courage, encouraging,
Form: Epic
Tradition
...Steep In thee seat of tradition
poor as a country man can be
readin' my paper for my world about me
lonely, without companion, my impression
wow; I think I've misjudged some things
wher...
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Categories:
routed, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
She Found Love
...She didn’t want to lose love's embrace,
Though goodbye stared at her face,
She pushed against the tide of separation,
Adding flavours to love's daily preparation.
Each kiss was an ominous sign,...
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Categories:
routed, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Letter To My Mother
...Your priceless words still sit in my heart,
Your voice resonates in my mind,
They're the happiness I find
as I sojourn along life's weary lane,
I follow their guiding light.
The memory of ou...
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Categories:
routed, miss you, mother, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Virtual Trophies Wife For I
...Virtual trophies (wife for I)...
offered, husbanded, and collected
when winning solitaire
Nothing beats that exaltant rush of adrenaline
watching the computer generated cards
automatically r...
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Categories:
routed, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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