Short Misbegotten Poems

Clear is the mind, yet 
this misbegotten heart of 
mine cannot jilt you....

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Stand the barrel on its bottom
  Fine wine, it proudly holds 

Turn it upside-down, misbegotten
  The wine's been proven fools' gold...

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Petty Theft

Abandoned on a dark and dusty shelf,
a part of her forsaken self,
not forgotten, but a misbegotten
treasure of a stolen Christmas elf.

. for public domain and petty thieves...

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Last Christmas was not the best ever
Despite mother’s earnest endeavour
The food was all rotten
The gifts misbegotten
It was no kind of fun whatsoever!



28 November 2022...

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect; 
misbegotten, ever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, with 
no vestige of respect....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, with 
no vestige of respect....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
without a vestige of respect....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
with no vestige of respect....

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Alluring
bulbous
curves
Deciduous
eyes
feudal
green
Harvesting
insatiable
juniper
king
Languid
morning
nymph
Opulent
pedestrian
queen
Regal
seeds
toiling
under
vanquished
winter
Xanadu’s
youthful
zeal...

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Father was a fast walker;
hard to catch up.

I am not his own child -
a misbegotten slow one.

A lifetime later
I question just when he claimed
ownership?

If there is any answer
it must wait now
for two graves to catch up....

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There are no tears
  To softly cleanse
    Covered guilt
      Of thoughtless choice.

There are no tears
  To gently soothe
    Hidden sorrow
      Of aged wrongs.

There are no tears
  To finely heal
    Scar-bound wounds
      Of misbegotten wars....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
without a vestige of respect.

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...an exercise in assonance and alliteration...

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Misbegotten pair, 
two-faced condemnation, 
the seduction of sweet solace 
or the inarticulation of despair. 

Uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture, 
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperilled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear....

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Misbegotten pair, 
two-faced accusation, 
the seduction of sweet solace 
or the inarticulation of despair. 
Either uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture, 
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperilled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear....

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect; 
misbegotten, ever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, with 
no vestige of respect.

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an exercise in short 'e' long 'a,' 's,' 'm' and 'g' letters...

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Misbegotten pair, 
two-faced condemnation, 
the seduction of sweet solace 
or the inarticulation of despair. 

Either uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture, 
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperilled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear....

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I wish that I had cared enough,
to mention once or twice

That what I wanted now has changed,
old virtues turned to vice

The past left misbegotten,
and future long disclaimed

The present what I’m running from
—its hourglass in flames

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)...

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Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken, 
long unremembered, strangled 
by the grasses of neglect. 
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester, 
worm-mingled, mercy less, 
with no vestige of respect.


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An exercise in alliteration and assonance,
the 'music' of my poetry....

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Staring at the stars in the sky
Hollow heart,cast under the shadow of love
Forgotten, downtrodden
Castaway,the fate of the misbegotten
Cursed to wander the desert of the unloved
Thirst and hunger through the mist of eternal pain
Starved of amourity
The biting darkness,my old friend....

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Misbegotten pair,
two-faced accusation,
the seduction of sweet solace
or the inarticulation of despair.

Either uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture,
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperilled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear.


*A statement about bipolar disorder......

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Throw around legs
Throwaway hair
Biting her tongue
Tapping the chair

Dinnertime psychology
Filling her frayed mind
Undigested memories 
Too bitter to be confined

Eighteen years 
Blurred as if one
Opaque footsteps
Of a misbegotten son

“Dessert, mom?”
“No thanks, dear.”
Her plate is empty
Her conscience clear...

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a piece about bi-polar disorder

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Misbegotten pair, 
two-faced condemnation, 
the seduction of sweet solace 
or the inarticulation of despair. 

Either uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture, 
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperiled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear....

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Misbegotten pair, 
two-faced aggravation, 
the seduction of sweet solace 
or the inarticulation of despair. 

Uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture, 
false respite from the ravages of fear, 
or defenseless and imperilled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear.

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...for all bi-polar sufferers....

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Misbegotten pair, 
two-faced irritation, 
the seduction of sweet solace
or the inarticulation of despair. 

Either uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture, 
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperilled 
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear.

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of those suffering from bi-polar disorder....

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There is a little island of ignorance 
that dwells beyond the sky 
were lilies of tomorrow lie
but beyond that paleful countenance
is a land of misbegotten dreams
were children in there innocence 
climb upon their doom
Woe be onto him who finds that garden of delight
for his sanity will be gone 
in a night of howling laughter 
to the blooming of the moon...

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