Why Your Cities Burn, Part V
......A jolt ran though the broken men,
like wraiths they rose, streamed for the door,
Gobayth waved them on until
nobody remained anymore.
They raced on towards the small hut
where all of the pick...
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Categories:
spearpoint, anger, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Epic
He Began To Weep
...The damage was done
he was hung on a cross,
a ragdoll now
his body crucified by last words.
Idle soldiers cast dice for his torn garments.
One stopped in mid-throw - a spearpoint of doubt
had...
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Categories:
spearpoint, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Spearpoint
...Ego’s
not armies
destroy an empire
Inside
to rampage
—pillage and burn
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)...
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Categories:
spearpoint, war,
Form: Free verse
Amish Saga Finale Part 3
...So after I told the crowd
in the store that I was
not Dolly Parton,
they quickly went away
disappointed and forlorn like,
going over to the dairy
to pick up some milk,
tried to stay calm as I
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Categories:
spearpoint, adventure, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Red Plums Wild
...To preserve this day, I pick red plums wild
Within my soul, I dream a while
A vision ancient, to me smiles
Of plums growing wild in thickets dark
There for taking by man or lark
Beside running waters...
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Categories:
spearpoint, dream,
Form: Ballad