Prayer For the Uppermost
...Queen of Heaven,
Lady of Solitude,
Sovereign of the Universe,
Opener of the Way,
Mistress of Angels,
Hail, O Builder of the Universe,
Graceful mysterious rose,
Refuge from despair,
Gate of ...
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Categories:
rutting, allegory, gender, light, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Miniscule male member doth bend sinister
...Miniscule male member doth bend sinister
impossible mission of mine to bare witness
whereby mine (whore rubble) puny phallic
describes a bent shaft, particularly when cap
locks on first observe...
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Categories:
rutting, addiction, appreciation, birth, blessing,
Form: Free verse
What happened to my sex drive?
...What happened to my sex drive?
(sung – in a round pussy willow warble - to the tune of --
Oh Where Oh Where has my little dog gone).
Once pronounced libido of mine
took kamikaze nose dive,
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Categories:
rutting, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Easter as interpreted by one
...Easter as interpreted by one...
rebated, rebelled, rebirthed, rebooted,
and rebuked courtesy
one ill shod Unitarian atheist,
who means NOT to affect
any sacrilegious fallout
nor offend devo...
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Categories:
rutting, adventure, bible, celebration, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
...Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made...
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Categories:
rutting, 12th grade, addiction, adventure,
Form: Free verse
deer rutting moon
...battle between bucks
deadly duel-decided ~
scavengers spectate
(November Full Moon – Dakota and Lakota)...
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Categories:
rutting, animal, autumn, environment, moon,
Form: Haiku
Its Gleaming Light-Beams Washing My Old Soul
...Its Gleaming Light-Beams Washing My Old Soul
So sad about some far-off hidden things
That are not my business, no not me
Washing these feet in such soothing hot springs
No not I, nosey as a dam...
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Categories:
rutting, art, imagery, mountains, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Zen Death Haiku Xii
...ZEN DEATH HAIKU XII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Both victor and vanquished are dewdrops:
flashes of light
briefly illuminating the void.
—Ouchi Yoa...
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Categories:
rutting, age, analogy, angst, animal,
Form: Haiku
The Missus Served Me High Test Coffee
...The missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesqu...
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Categories:
rutting, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Musk
...Excuse me if I come across as brusque,
but you exude a certain pungent musk,
as though you’ve grown up with the wildebeests,
or recently discovered ancient yeasts.
And so for your forgiveness, I ...
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Categories:
rutting, nonsense, silly,
Form: Couplet
Back To School
...Their satchels (twenty five) within auto-rickshaw seats dumped,
Same number (small and big; fat and lean; boys and girls) tight-clumped;
Some hanging; some stamping; some hitting and kicking each o...
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Categories:
rutting, children, life, school,
Form: Rhyme
Attempts At Lifelong Friendships and Holy Matrimony
...Introduction: once again I incorporate
my trademark penchant
to fabricate fictitiously
portions of the following poetic endeavor
can you care to
discern fact from fiction?
Attempts at life...
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Categories:
rutting, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Easter As Interpreted By One
...Easter as interpreted by one...
rebated, rebirthed rebooted, and rebuked
ill shod Unitarian atheist
Though avast percentage
of stonehenge temple piloted ghosts,
harking back millennia
constan...
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Categories:
rutting, allegory, angel, appreciation, body,
Form: Free verse
Landscape On Lease
...Doors shut; wish to go in; in bushes of fears entangled,
Once opened and gone in, by hands of darkness much strangled;
Open sky calls; calls the wide earth; call mountain, hills and valleys,
Stran...
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Categories:
rutting, life, world,
Form: Rhyme
The Splice of Life
...
“The Splice of Life”
When colour
was to be
washed out
of the world
the evil ones
didn’t care
the Actor led
with his
Dementors
either side of him
La...
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Categories:
rutting, humanity, political, religion, science,
Form: Free verse
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