Conquered, Part VIII
...His head slumped low and he looked like a most unhappy man,
said, “My peoples’ laws forbid it, both of us would be hanged.”
She rolled her eyes and said, “I’ not talking laws of this earth,
I know...
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Categories:
sired, change, confusion, depression, desire,
Form: Epic
our delusion
...fault line desire
soul tires of fear
so sired by mind...
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Categories:
sired, desire, fear,
Form: Than-Bauk
I am the Matriarch of the Family
...I am the matriarch the grandma said to the lot
Her opinion unvaluable, often ignored, not sought
No one heard this, she had become invisible to them
Everyone looked to her oldest lay-about son Jim...
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Categories:
sired, woman,
Form: Rhyme
the Gotham man
...the Gotham man
He is so wealthy, perhaps the richest man
In the world, he enjoyed his lucre and sired
A dozen of male and female children
He has reached middle age, and his youth has
Gone th...
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Categories:
sired, abuse, class, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Sappho Translations IX
...Sappho Translations IX
Sappho, fragment 17
translation by Michael R. Burch
Hear me, Queen Hera, as your delightful festival nears,
you to whom the sons of Atreus performed vows,
those dazz...
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Categories:
sired, god, heart, men, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Dry and Desperate
...This longing in my heart
A yearning as deep as the ocean
An emptiness in my soul
A void as the depth of the hades
Like a fallen branch from off the vine
I am as dead as the dried leaf
Sired b...
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Categories:
sired, absence, anxiety, depression, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Vulnerable to love: a heart's Journey
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In my mind...
I always thought I was strong,
But I was proven wrong
With the weakness I sired,
From your unmatched,
Immense love, I always wished to have
And taste, before I became nature's...
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Categories:
sired, beautiful, crush, cute, cute
Form: Free verse
LEGEND
...As one grows old, when evening approaches, memories too lengthen like shadows. Now I remember more often my parents wondering how much sweat and toil they had shed to make their children comfortable,...
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Categories:
sired, appreciation, inspirational love, obituary,
Form: Free verse
The Green and the Black
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Child of floor and shackle mocks,
a cooperation of physic-circumstance.
A stalwart drag, stale wart brags.
Dungeon, so damp,
the bottom feeding vampires in vitro.
Morph of mind sired,
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Categories:
sired, art,
Form: Rhyme
We live by the blood of our ancestors Our names are written by light
...A powerful poem, inspired by a thought-provoking storyline on a show. We are all part of the great human family and everyone is important. Our diversity is a strength. Let's embrace every colour of t...
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Categories:
sired, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Media Mausoleum
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Media Tabloid Vixen.
You seem to speak as if from the grave,
a crosswired rig of McGyverse psyops in a
disguised Ministry of Truth Museum Mausoleum.
Report with vampires of halitosis, ...
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Categories:
sired, art,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond The Wind
...Like a boy in the wild
raised by wolves
my poetry is sired
Tracking the scent
of each hunted word
traps set for me most dire
Uncaught or caged
by academia
my trail still honor bound
To wande...
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Categories:
sired, feelings, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Deep
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What are the Depths of the Secrets You Keep
I Surrender, Necked Bared to Your Mark, I Yield, I Retreat
From The Highest Mountain's Cliff
I Will Take a Flying Leap
For Love For You Is Abysmal D...
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Categories:
sired, deep, love,
Form: Free verse
The bane of a cold sore inside my mouth
...The bane of a cold sore inside my mouth
Sent my smooching life south,
whereby I felt like poor Georgie Porgie,
pudding and pie,
who kissed the girls and made them cry.
The medical term for c...
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Categories:
sired, analogy, anger, anxiety, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Fuming Mother
...Worship the money and love the fame,
Became a fools mantra and your disdain.
You watched as they consumed and consumed,
now all you see is darkness, doom and gloom.
Your deep, deep outrage yo...
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Categories:
sired, environment, mother,
Form: Rhyme
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