Short Reprieved Poems

tis the fool's
 again and again,
 whom craft the skulls of speculation,urgency,verge ...

reprieved is mankind
 we laugh at their escape....

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We’ve all been crippled
in different ways
To hobble or stumble
 alone in our pain
No one is reprieved
as years take their toll
Till that day we return
one body — one soul

(1st Book Of Prayers: March, 2024) 
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Holding on tight
to each moment before

The test results come
forever unsure

Reprieved for a day
condition unchanged

“Your numbers are stable
— but cancer remains”


(Ronald McDonald House: Phila. Pa, October, 2024)
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To have a poetic li-cense
There can be no charge-since
This kind of license can not be reprieved, nor received.
It is a license that can only be achieved.
This license is something you won't need to show.
A true poetic license like ours Has it own distinctive glow :)...

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Because of your age
You leave me in a rage
Why temper me ?
When we walk on a lea

You wont bow to the Queen
Is it because your a teen
You wont walk the promenade
Is it because our love is frayed ?

Where is your joy
we are not built on clay
Seize the day
Once more omit the grey

Finally you have reprieved
I shall not be grieved...

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Tortoise had only great things to say about his comrade Lucy.
She inspired their boss to give him a day off with his cousin Deucy.

When Deucy bowed out of the adventure, Tortoise felt relieved
Like he had been exonerated, and reprieved.

Because he had a cozy armchair and an exciting book to read
He settled down for a terrific day; it was a marvelous unselfish deed!...

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God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout

His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved 

Faith worn and tattered
the bible debunked
Crusades a bad memory
the Grail marked as junk

He orders a cocktail
the waitress comes back
A napkin — her number
salvation highjacked

(The New Room: December, 2023) 
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When the sun goes down,
The twilight brings calm.

Peace the heart vibes,
Emotions stroke nice.

Jovial the feelings are,
Which drifts the memories far.

The sunny times I remember,
The gleeful souls still linger.

With pleasure I lie,
And look in the deep dark sky.

The countless stars I sight,
Divine shadows shine bright.

The sin is reprieved,
And the let go of fright.

Then the secrets of joy I attain,
While still walking down the memory lane....

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