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Saltpeter Poems - Poems about Saltpeter


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...A line like serpent coiled round the saltpeter cart Hoping to purchase health and healing, or Gunfire spark The merchant—a vendor of virtue/vice His ware—a white wonder of alchemical craft Danc......

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Categories: saltpeter, death, humanity, integrity, introspection,
Form: Other
Mind Watching
...Expertly I sit down, the recliner jumps to my command. The friends of George Washington are here they come bearing paw paw and cloud berries. I am a native morning in Appalachia, there, where al......

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Categories: saltpeter, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Endless Safari Days
... These leopard eyes warily see another crimson dawn on the cold concrete Serengeti A scarlet sun shaped like the barrel of a gun Dark plume of heat triggers the survival instinct scat......

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Categories: saltpeter, abuse, environment, perspective, violence,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Guns and Roses
... First person shooter, on a hate tour of duty, swinging a bullet sling blade Buying a death row ticket, worth fifteen minutes of fame First person murder shooter; womb-to-the-cradle-t......

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Categories: saltpeter, dark, death, violence, wisdom,
Form: Elegy
Guns and Butter
... American politicians are doing what they always do Making gunsmoke promises, buttering up voter you And the monkey chump voters fall for it every time ... banana peel slipping for t......

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Categories: saltpeter, allegory, parody, political, truth,
Form: Rhyme



Hot Metal Love
... Mei-ricka’s in love Her heart burns like a hot pistol She’s got a ruby ring on her second finger, to signify her sacred vow to her main squeeze Amended her desires twice, vowing to rem......

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Categories: saltpeter, allusion, love, metaphor, truth,
Form: Free verse

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