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Premium MemberFAKE NEWS FICTION

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Galvanizing, never scrutinized; each moment falsely tabulated;
Slanted, polarized polls, punishing spiteful pundits
Spouting, spinning lies in frantic unison squawking
Ridiculous versions of f...
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Categories: scrutinized, betrayal, corruption, political,
Form: Free verse

To Be An Artist

...Solemnly I sit in silence, slaving over scant sculptures
I begin to carve away at the silky slip
my tools gliding skillfully 
Although at a glance, I may seem serene
inside there is a savage stor...
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Categories: scrutinized, art, desire, gothic,
Form: Free verse



We the missus and I kvell for Katz TOASTER PASTRIES

...We (the missus and I) kvell for Katz TOASTER PASTRIES!

I prefer to craft a poem
for no rhyme nor reason
expressing heartfelt pleasure
to our highly refined palate
versus presenting tasty, yumm...
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Categories: scrutinized, america, appreciation, blessing, family,
Form: Rhyme

the vagabon'd lope'n

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               i crept through
                       the
             helianthus annuus
                       'til 
                  ourn eyne
                     meet'd
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Categories: scrutinized, adventure, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Carpe Diem

Premium Member64 Years of American Presidents

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For the last 64 years,
the US has had 12 Presidents,
and the two major political
parties have been allowed
equal time to lead America.

Six presidents from each party
have served for 32 ye...
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Categories: scrutinized, america,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberLife has it surprises

...On a chilly December day in Manhattan, I had just finished a job interview. Despite my frustration from two years of job searching, I thanked the almighty for another day. As I walked down 54th Stree...
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Categories: scrutinized, allusion, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Though a Democrat, I play the devil's advocate

...Though a Democrat, I play the devil's advocate...

after reading the article
(published in the July + August 2024
issue of Mother Jones)
titled Raging bull - Donald Trump's
pugilistic spokesman...
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Categories: scrutinized, america, boxing day , celebrity,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWhispers Skyline

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Written: May 20, 2024

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Siren stunningly sprung a sanguine sway
sailboat sheaths spread, and storms swell 
splendid summer shoreli...
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Categories: scrutinized, solitude, summer,
Form: Alliteration

An unfrivolous dance of where and when

...On supposedly eternal shore, 
steps purposefully wander as they did before not long ago
when existence swoop with the bow over strings-
its created harmony an unseen, camouflaged racket-
where tr...
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Categories: scrutinized, angst, beach, star, suicide,
Form: Free verse

Premium Membercollective nouns: ten front teeth are seven thebes every day of the week

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homelands / husbands / playing house / strands 
& strings of horses behind strangers lounging 
un-belonging to Thebes of Sevens or women, 
depending on how you slice matters, as a perspective 
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Categories: scrutinized, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberShadow Song

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Remembering the ages, spent with my shadow – priceless moments when I sought her, scrutinized her, emphatically stalked her because, in reality, she was clearly stalking me! ~ quote b...
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Categories: scrutinized, music, nostalgia, song,
Form: Kyrielle

Ace colonoscopy doctor Kellen Karl Kovalovich

...Ace colonoscopy doctor Kellen Karl Kovalovich

revisited January 23rd, 2024
on the evening before yours truly
(the one and only Matthew Scott Harris),
a stand up comic wannabe, who
historically...
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Categories: scrutinized, angel, anxiety, appreciation, birthday,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIn the tumult of rays and shadows, I was born and grew

...In the tumult of rays and shadows, I was born and grew,
Upon the altar of existence, self-sacrifices I laid to burn, to sanctify the past,
"But how do you soothe this fragrance of pain?" with wide-...
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Categories: scrutinized, blue,
Form: Free verse

Butterfly Venom

...Was it worth
Butchering the butterflies 
We gave each other? 

Were they not 
Pretty enough? 
Or were they just too fragile 
For your unstable world? 

Your world of
Mismatched jigsaw puzzl...
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Categories: scrutinized, butterfly, color, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDraft - it is everywhere

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Since you asked me directly,

I can tell you about it, only indirectly.
The weeks and months and years
now that it happened,
and still happens from time to time 
when I am really paying att...
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Categories: scrutinized, absence, anger, creation, humanity,
Form: Free verse

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