April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
...April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of
fif...
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Categories:
scholastically, absence, abuse, adventure, anger,
Form: Free verse
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
...April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and fil...
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Categories:
scholastically, absence, age, anniversary, april,
Form: Rhyme
Awakening
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Whilst at school, in the years gone by, when as a child,
Impish I was, and sprightly too, but not so sure of my mind;
Followed the old teacher’s dictum, “memorise by rote,
To succeed ...
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Categories:
scholastically, age, education, innocence, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Whatever Happened To Jordan
...Wisdom, like the endosperm of a coconut, evolved,
Jordan developed in his self-consciousness day by day;
Though vices around virtues, like the galaxy, revolved,
He, like the Magi, keenly discerned...
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Categories:
scholastically, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
April 9th, 2023 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa
...April 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given to my late father
buoyed aloft uni...
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Categories:
scholastically, age, anger, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Ten Years Old
...There's a story about a ten year
Old who often thinks she's much
Older when she runs just for fun.
And she mostly wears pinky swears
On grounds of play.
Spends her cents from yesterday
Inn...
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Categories:
scholastically, age, niece, pride, youth,
Form: Free verse
April 9th, 2022 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa I
...Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n eighteen plus months ago,
nevertheless melancholy
still pluck...
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Categories:
scholastically, 12th grade, angel, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
April 9th 2021 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa
...April 9th, 2021 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Elysian fields embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n six months ago,
...
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Categories:
scholastically, absence, angel, april, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Christianity and Racism
...During the second century, there were many Christians who were tortured and put to death for being Christian. There was one named Sanctus* who, when tortured, simply answered, "I am a Christian." By...
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Categories:
scholastically, america, racism,
Form: Prose
Twas December Twenty Second 1996
...Twas december twenty second 1996...
(when all thru house in 1148 Penn Valley
thee eldest scheming to sally
forth unlike her papa hood dilly dally
nothing to chauffeur himself 'cept tally
sheet s...
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Categories:
scholastically, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
The Night Time Stood Still
...As the sun began to set, cursed words smeared the screen
A familiar face vanished everywhere I once loathed to see it
It was a heady rush I never dreamed of experiencing
The taste of iron on my to...
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Categories:
scholastically, introspection,
Form: Prose
My Betters
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My betters
are smarter than me
My betters
be more superior scholastically
My betters
love to look down from on high wealthy above
My betters
don’t like to show a poor brother like...
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Categories:
scholastically, character, spiritual, wisdom,
Form: Bio
Forever Thirteen
...Forever Thirteen
Her statuesque beauty beguiled so many
While her bright friendly smile attracted plenty
Her long flowing tresses of light auburn hair
They flattered her soft peachy skin, ever so...
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Categories:
scholastically, angel, bereavement, best friend,
Form: Ode
Just Another Day
...Drifting through the millennium
to a world
of surprises and delight
You think about
what the future beholds
beyond the remedial
circumstances driven by
perseverance, thoughts
scholastical...
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Categories:
scholastically, destiny, humanity, introspection, psychological,
Form: Free verse
The Perspective of Alabaster Scrooge
...THE PERSPECTIVE OF ALABASTER SCROOGE
In modern English people time, when the world was full of eminent joy, there lived a man of prestige who was totally the opposite of anyone who strives...
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Categories:
scholastically, culture, humanity, i am,
Form: Imagism
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