Who Let The Dogmas Out?
...Reason rests upon faith
I am not into fideism
I'm not a fan of the Enlightenment
Or a Cartesian prison
Mr. Naturalist if you please
Show me where laws grow on trees
Or where numbers hide
And ...
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Categories:
self consciousness, irony, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Relationships with Doctors
...Relationships with doctors
Can be awkward, even though
You discuss the same old problems
Every time that you may go.
Yet if you have a physician
You have seen for many years,
All self-conscio...
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Categories:
self consciousness, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Eye cannot envision not wearing glasses
...Eye cannot envision not wearing glasses
Ever since second grade
an ever stronger prescription
for nearsightedness donned my countenance,
cuz myopia (inherited courtesy
both parents) rendered m...
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Categories:
self consciousness, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
legacy of Hilda
...Hilda is the opposite of shy; she is not hiding in any way.
She flaunts her stuff without any self-consciousness.
She knows she looks dandy and prefers skimpy clothes.
Other farmers' wives adore h...
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Categories:
self consciousness, women,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Deranged Game of Chess
...I used to think I wasn't equipped to handle heartbreak,
But it seems like that's the only thing I'm good for as of late.
I'm not sure what changed or when all my walls came crashing down,
Leavin...
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Categories:
self consciousness, abuse, anxiety, dark, depression,
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:
self consciousness, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
Morning Rounds
...I woke up this morning
wondering where I was last night
when this morning,
a glint in my mind,
before wandering where I last got home
here from wondering how last night
again
Hoping
without...
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Categories:
self consciousness, appreciation, conflict, environment, health,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
As Seen In the Mirror
...As seen in the mirror
Oh, I’m not done yet, when young I was dense because I could
not see further than the now, old age will continue
even when I drown, sucked down by aching memory
I sha...
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Categories:
self consciousness, blessing, devotion, inspirational love,
Form: Bio
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
...Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
The following constitutes a rather
twisted as a pretzel SUBTITLE:
I dash with my jiggling boobs in an attempt to escape...
being overrun by teddy bears and bean...
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Categories:
self consciousness, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Remorseless Sweaty Palms
...Remorseless sweaty palms
despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.
Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and in...
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Categories:
self consciousness, 12th grade, anger, blue,
Form: Free verse
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
...the awakening again night sweats wet sheet
a cold damp room filled with gloom screams
wails sighs distant cries the war on the mind
has began all over again passing through
enemy territory ...
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Categories:
self consciousness, anxiety, beautiful, caregiving, emotions,
Form: Carpe Diem
Seeing Her
...I have been there, and seen her
The darkest parts of myself which hide in the caves of my soul
I have been elsewhere, and seen her too
The most joyous thought covered in dreams and filled with h...
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Categories:
self consciousness, woman, women,
Form: Free verse
Spineless In the Running
...Was this a bold endeavour or worst-case high risk plot?
In one sense I was caught between two poles apart concerns.
One must never underestimate indeed trivialise a devilish
difficult decision...
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Categories:
self consciousness, age, august, beautiful, care,
Form: Prose Poetry
Song Imprisoned
...Song imprisoned
Lone musician
engrossed to play violin.
Resonance ripples
on prelude to interlude.
sinking in self consciousness.
Self-oriented!
Releasing...
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Categories:
self consciousness, 12th grade, music, song,
Form: Tanka
Ronnie Colyer My Hero
...Picture day a day that I from self consciousness detested
add to my gap toothed grin wild eyed and unrested
In first grade sitting next to a handsome young man in a suit
Bouncing along on the bu...
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Categories:
self consciousness, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
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