Scavenged Poems - Poems about Scavenged

... Old Joe and Jill went up to Capitol Hill Stayed four years, longer than they had-oughter Then Old Joe came tumbling down ~ As she scavenged the carcass for his crown ......

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...I. In the beginning was the Single Stroke Roll— left-right, left-right, the primordial heartbeat of existence itself, each alternation a binary choice between being and non-being......

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...As mortal veils dissolved, our bodies merged in the ossuary's somber symphonies, two mistress awakened by the velvet-wrapped cadavers, our disinvested hands tracing syllabic patterns across the olive......

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...I could write so many words Created to move, shake, and inspire growth But I'd rather tell you of babies in baskets Mothers placing offspring in steel cages To ensure their continual safety Whil......

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...The barren ground bleached by the sacred sun scantily clothed children and dogs run Trees scarred by scavenged limbs Burned in pyres as sunlight dims Low water levels recorded on painted rocks ......

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...(inspired by "Gifts of the Most High" by G Alan Johnson.) The crows know me, and I, in their untamed glares, and wild, accepting, onyx eyes find a solace. No need for ID, for they’ve been watc......

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...Under the cover of daylight, beneath the mill and hustle of teaming crowds; a need and a life-grinding poverty swept her down a wrong way. She strayed into streets so narrow entered them as a ......

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...The sun-soaked shining valley of his lucent life Drained the symphonic cadence of ecstatic rills Swirling around the scattered glint of nuggets Cascaded with the cadence of gilded instants. Dis......

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...I will tell the tale of what happened then, how ruin came upon this world of men, what we did to fight it, and how that worked, what we can do now to escape this hurt. There’s not many left, 10......

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... Seagulls can cover hundreds of square miles of ground. For them, so much scavenged food can be found. Despite their numbers steadily on the increase, the amount of food they can find wil......

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...I don’t know why crowd cover this, Atmosphere full of air pollution River full of chemist contamination I don’t know why seedy cover this. There are buildings stand sturdy As the inner of eco......

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...Back from the Dead. I viewed others lives through a telescope For far too many lost years For I, lived in limbo Gave up hope Tried to climb a slippery slope I know what darkness is It's a plac......

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.... The child, the crow and the old man A solitary crow on stilted tree was perched An ugly black bird with beady eyes that searched For carrion across the shady contoured scape Where glimpsed a......

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...Knife and pen, both should be warned, Tools of deed and death, Heart and life, they were scavenged, By any means, please keep your faith, Perhaps, you can dream like Creath.......

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...It's about time we talk of ruins. So, let us talk, for you never know, How long ears of hope will remain receptive. Your lips are missing, and your kisses fall, Like ripe plums and tint my conf......

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