Soul-Trapping Mirrors
...amid muck and mire of a storm swamp
~ shadows dance below chartreuse skies
mirrors labyrinth stifles our souls quest;
holding reflections of lovelorn dreams,
maxims and myths that fall may wre...
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Categories:
skirmishing, analogy, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Swarming Highland
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Written: November 06, 2023
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A swarm of herring gulls amassed
Nexus Nautilus nabbed by zealous winds,
whitening the black soil
we ho...
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Categories:
skirmishing, analogy, feelings, fishing,
Form: Free verse
Coronavirus Covid-19
...Coronavirus COVID-19
Coronavirus! What is it?
Is a virus or is it a bit
Of China using your sinus
To infect the COVID-19 virus
As biological weapon
To teach us a lesson.
Not to ki...
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Categories:
skirmishing, death, emotions, humanity, school,
Form: Rhyme
On Monmouth's Fields, Part I
...In June of seventeen seventy-eight
General Clinton led British troops north,
forced to abandon Philadelphia,
he now marched leisurely for New York.
He knew American troops shadowed him,
and he...
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Categories:
skirmishing, america, conflict, confusion, england,
Form: Epic
Distinguished Honors
...Pall bearers in uniforms, tall and erect,
Taps resonating; eerie, their profound lament.
Freedom lay in your skilled hands,
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Categories:
skirmishing, america, courage, devotion, loss,
Form: Rhyme
The British Soldier At Balaclava
...By Robert J (Bob) Moore © 2016
I am a British soldier, been a soldier all my life
and back home in England, I left 2 kids and a wife
now I’m outside Sebastapol, with Cardigans Brigade
waiting t...
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Categories:
skirmishing, adventure, conflict, death, england,
Form: Rhyme
Masculinity
...A restive moon
went on skirmishing with-
the palm leaves in dark.
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There was no
move to prevent the private
fleet of homegrown myths.
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Scores of fa...
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Categories:
skirmishing, art,
Form: ABC
Death Bed
...sullen death-bell tolls
for my own absconding soul
no wailing required
as my skirmishing-days past
my ultimate doom is close...
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Categories:
skirmishing, death,
Form: Tanka
The Haunted
...An excruciating Sunset gradually plunged behind my frail head
Dazzling glooms of muscular flames surrounding corners of my bed
With gleaming ominous vessels burdened by wonders of the dead
Enriche...
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Categories:
skirmishing, abuse, birth, change, dark,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Behind Masks, Once There's a Child-
...Humming wind in a wider sky,
Turbulent perhaps catastrophic omen.
Thy born a curse of a forlorn life,
conceal nor run tranquil dim will bloom.
Stare those hands, repulsive, fracture
Mirrored o...
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Categories:
skirmishing, sad
Form: Narrative