Razorblade
...with a razor I crop and cut away
all signifiers of my birth name
so i can finally let my hips sway
prickly pits and nasty days
of dreading dance, searing shame
with a razor; I crop and cut a...
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Categories:
signifiers, body, depression, discrimination, gender,
Form: Villanelle
The Warlord Wars No More -2
...Pay heed to those deeds from whence the heart must confess...
You're far from Rome Proconsul Caesar...
As they say, "All roads lead to Rome" Ariovistus
and all tresspasses are treated as threats o...
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Categories:
signifiers, history,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Obama Poem
...Political Poetry
Obama: what bard, what griot, what poet wouldn't want to tell -the miracles of our times in tales.
What courage, what evidence that man can endure; fulfilling the destiny for whi...
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Categories:
signifiers, betrayal, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Verse
Smart Play
...“That’s what I love about baseball –
it doesn’t mean anything.” – Woody Allen
The sun is shining, flags are flying,
Spring is here once more:
fresh-mown grass, and onions frying –
and so you...
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Categories:
signifiers, baseball,
Form: Rhyme