The Disquieting Domicile of the Storms
...Behold the abominable annals of the Storm domicile,
A living, groaning edifice of lumber and bureaucratic despair—
Where Allen Storm, the paternal prodigal of procedural pedantry,
Treads upon its ...
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Categories:
sturdiest, family,
Form: Vogon Poetry
His Book
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It’s the color of November, gray blue
weak as water…
yet water can change the strongest steel,
the sturdiest breath, silenced
by the water’s still, calm gesture…
in laughing swells, ...
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Categories:
sturdiest, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
The Bridge Above The Rivers Bend
...Train bypassing just over the rivers bend
Sturdiest and unpromising of bridges, carry my feet along your lumber
Steal away the time I should be an honorable member of society
Keep me as your own a...
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Categories:
sturdiest, adventure, dream, nature, places,
Form: Free verse
Life of the Abandoned
...What sort of life can one be expected to live
When forced independence is bestowed upon thee
Disowned and made to discern the world alone
Toughens up a woman beyond any measure
Beneath soft ski...
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Categories:
sturdiest, anxiety, confidence, confusion, dark,
Form: Free verse
Journey Into Self
..."Every struggle in my life has been a lesson and made me stronger."
~Constance La France.
I think I am going out of s...
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Categories:
sturdiest, leaving, life,
Form: Verse
On Shaky Ground
...We used to have the sturdiest of houses,
standing alone atop the tallest mountain.
There were always earthquakes,
But they did not affect us so high up.
But slowly, the earthquakes started to sh...
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Categories:
sturdiest, goodbye, heartbreak, hurt, lost
Form: Free verse
Lazy Squirrel Tries Not To Freeze
...lazy squirrel tries not to freeze
his claws feel cold and brittle
north wind is brisk
how much longer?
he remembers what his mother said
create the sturdiest nest you can
work on it when the ...
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Categories:
sturdiest, animal,
Form: Free verse
Early Spring
...Squirrels are scampering over the back yard
Finding the stashes they missed during winter,
Looking very self-satisfied and accomplished
Tails shimmering, signs of mating energies.
See...
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Categories:
sturdiest, animal, spring,
Form: Free verse
Temporary Apathy
...As social political apathy begins to set in,
Truth becomes the enemy,
And lies become the bullets
Of the corrupted firing squad.
When immorality replaces decency,
Weak men become strong
Stro...
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Categories:
sturdiest, change, social,
Form: Free verse
Casualty Attack: the Fantasy of Death and the Desire of Guilt
...---Casualty Attack---
Like old memories
legs giving out
having grown tired in waiting
slouch through the
cheese cloth of mind and
sour perception in guilt.
Guilt is the culture of the min...
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Categories:
sturdiest, death, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Blubberhouses Moor
...BLUBBERHOUSES MOOR
I have often pondered on words that have been written of your
verdant moorside chase, where so many faces you portray to suit
each season, the bluest haze of summer, autumn’s ...
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Categories:
sturdiest, nature,
Form: Haibun
The Truest of Friends
...the truest of friends
are the sturdiest of trees
with roots undying
April 24, 2018 for Mick Talbot's 'haiku' poetry contest
Theme: 'Human Nature'...
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Categories:
sturdiest, friendship,
Form: Haiku
The Mattus Barn
...A barn southwest of Central Butte
Could be seen for miles around
Upon a hill, and that was how
The Mattus place was found
A big and very well used barn
With lots of stock and feed
Pride of t...
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Categories:
sturdiest, family, farm,
Form: Ballad
The Mighty Symbol Upon the Hill
...A castle on the hill, a symbol resolute.
built upon the broken backs of the poor.
The hungry and homeless of this land.
Enslaved to build, a symbol they despise.
Vast extravagance, and the stur...
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Categories:
sturdiest, abuse, angst, corruption, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Mach Principle
...Lo the gentleness of your gesture
makes the spring leaves harmonized whistles
waving arms of the sturdiest of stump (and thistles)
If there were a thump (supposed)
who would know- which way it ...
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Categories:
sturdiest, cheer up, encouraging, funny,
Form: I do not know?
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