Guy De Vere, Not So Sincere
...After Lenore, by Edgar Allan Poe
Broken—yes—the golden-locked and beautiful Lenore,
Gone from us forevermore, to grace our eyes no more.
And thou, De Vere, who scornful stands with holl...
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Categories:
ruffian, dark, gothic, judgement, poetry,
Form: Lyric
brutish Trump meek Musk
...Brutish Trump, Meek Musk?
Trump comes across as a brute and scares people off the middle usually nice middle-class people who do not what it is like working on a building site or spending years at s...
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Categories:
ruffian, anti bullying, baptism,
Form: ABC
Ruffian
...Very large burley man
Putting his hands on the elderly
Putting his hands on the women
Then the children
We will take no more
We come to stop you sir
For we will take no more.....
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Categories:
ruffian, bullying,
Form: ABC
Thoroughbreds
...The two year old mahogany stallion's nostrils flared out
mist in the cool April morning, his veins prominent, his
sweat frothy on his regal neck and muscular chest.
His exercise rider, a youth him...
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Categories:
ruffian, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Prose
Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win
...Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win...
for the trumpeting don
spells loss for democracy
after inauguration day
witnesses his swearing-in
nepotism will run rampant
lawlessness the name of...
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Categories:
ruffian, america, angst, anxiety, business,
Form: Rhyme
Come post presidential election 2024
...Come post presidential election 2024...
heil to the Wharton chief firebrand -
more worrisome than an ovarian cyst
every race, religion, nationality,
gender, creed, et cetera with impunity dis...
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Categories:
ruffian, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Thanks
...thank you Lord for my son John
without his/your help I'd not go on
and thanks again for daughter Jayne
without her/your love I'd be less sane
and thanks again for dear Ruffian
with her/your love...
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Categories:
ruffian, appreciation, blessing, children, daughter,
Form: Rhyme
A Tale of Billy the Kid
...William Bonny AKA Billy The Kid
A Tale Of Billy The Kid
By Robert Gorelick
“Quien esta?”
Bang! It’s over,
you’re a legend now,
Billy.
Born in Hell’s Kitchen in
ramshackle con...
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Categories:
ruffian, character, death,
Form: Metrical Tale
Saturday Bang
...Saturday Bang
By Craig J. Burt/Jimmy Boom Semtex
All those freakish skinheads take a hike
Hey Hey Hey
Rock and roll and crash this pub
All the men grab your ladies
Cheers!!!
Fill up ou...
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Categories:
ruffian, conflict, england, scary, teen,
Form: Verse
Popeye
...Popeye
I’m a ruffian
I’m unrefined
Still unpolished
What’s mine is mine
I’m a ruffian
An un-tumbled stone
Got rough edges
So I live all alone
I’m a ruffian
Like Popeye says
"I am...
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Categories:
ruffian, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
I Was Enjoying Darkness , While Being Under Moonlight
...I was enjoying darkness, while being under moonlight,
There was not a single breeze, to be with me in the night,
They went after gleaming dew and golden cloud,
They drenched me with darkness, and ...
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Categories:
ruffian, 8th grade, betrayal, change,
Form: Rhyme
In Loving Memory
...I strolled through the local cemetery the other day
And here are some epitaphs I observed along the way:
Cletus O'Toole lies herein
Too much boozing done him in!
Here lies a gambler molding i...
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Categories:
ruffian, death, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Last 4 Years and the Coming Decade 4
...In Jan 6. 2021, a number of his myrmidons from all parts of the country converged to Washington to seize and squat the Capitol mansion following his seditious malarkeys, ending this country's long un...
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Categories:
ruffian, america, international, introspection, political,
Form: Prose
Heathcote Dares To Offer a Solution
...Privately Peony practiced the art of purple magic
Reaching into her ruffian wand,
Lingering lovingly for a second or two
Outrageous? Sure. Ostentatious? She hoped so!
Further down in the feathe...
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Categories:
ruffian, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Heathcote Offers a Solution
...Privately Peony practiced the art of purple magic
Reaching into her ruffian wand,
Lingering lovingly for a second or two
Outrageous? Sure. Ostentatious? She hoped so!
Further down in the feathe...
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Categories:
ruffian, fantasy,
Form: Prose Poetry
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