To my friend, Miguel
...To my friend, Miguel
Almost seventeen years, do you remember? We met in Canterbury
We lived in the same house. In a silent, English-style, beautiful road
Miguel, Miguel. My old soul brother. M...
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Categories:
signer, fate, friendship, life,
Form: Free verse
All Twelve Apostles: A Tyburn
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PETER or SIMON the YOUNGER
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slower
lower
grower
thrower
Christ calls~"Have faith,"~slower~lower~rock
Build church~confuse~grower~thrower~flock
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Categories:
signer, allusion, analogy, appreciation, baptism,
Form: Tyburn
A Tuberculoid South Africa Miner
...A tuberculoid South African miner
Was lately turned down by fiancée Dinah;
What shall her decision change to also move Mount Sinai,
Her lover part time book binder
To better forget his trusted Pr...
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Categories:
signer, anxiety, emotions, environment, health,
Form: Rhyme
What's In a Name
...What's in a name
I looked at my name
and I now must confide
I found so many things
that were waiting inside
I checked all the letters
for what there could be
And sat there amazed
by the s...
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Categories:
signer, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Reflections By Commodore John Barry
...“He fought often and once bled in the cause of freedom, but his habits of War did not lessen in him the peaceful virtues which adorn his private life.” Doctor Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaratio...
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Categories:
signer, adventure, autumn, dedication, history,
Form: Epic
The Scientific Way To Do Mathematics
...As air and leaf litter are substrate for the bird.
And what makes a human. Separation from the substrate.
Believing the substrate and the subject are separately defined.
Whatever gives the poem ...
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Categories:
signer, bird, friend, imagination, math,
Form: Verse
The Darkest - Blackest Tuesday (Part Lll)
...Now Children the pink and purple pails are for the girls, blue and green for the boys
We are going berry picking down by the stone wall Mr. Bethel said we could pick his berries
too
The stone wal...
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Categories:
signer, childhood, confusion, family, history,
Form: Narrative