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Minus Identity Who I Am

...Plagued by incandescent ferments  I grapple zealously,
with tower blocks of titan topsoil myriads, 
and melange of eccentric foibles,
considered by some to be  a minus,
but without this composite...

Categories: tailback, character, deep, endurance, fate,
Form: Haibun

Meditations of An Offensive Lineman

...MEDITATIONS OF AN 
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

I am the essence 
of patience and method
No reckless trash talk; I never
say a word
I am John Henry, harder,
A hammer on your bones driving
spikes throu...

Categories: tailback, football,
Form: Free verse

From the Montreal Times January 24, 2029

...Born in 2000 he comes from a long line of athletes. His maternal  great great great grandfather was a short stop in the ***** leagues. His Paternal great great grand father was a tailback in the Cana...

Categories: tailback, encouraging, inspirational love, introspection,
Form: Ballad

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Pieces of Peace

...The pieces of peace were handpicked
Picked in the heart of the night 
Shredded for an aspiration 
To clutch the lone torch contained by the dark
A glimpse for some unusual rank

Then comes the ...

Categories: tailback, political,
Form: Light Verse

When Why But No How

...When one tiny atomised shrimp meets a third of a Christmas pudding it is known as a classic meeting of minds. But not if the meeting takes place in an office or a chamber. That is just quite uncharac...

Categories: tailback, absence,
Form: I do not know?

Danger Is the Colour

...The colour red makes you stop
thinking what can be wrong
it makes you hit the brake
as the tailback is so long

Red fills the heart in alarm
makes you think to fear
the conscience sets you off...

Categories: tailback, color, red,
Form: Rhyme

Road Trip

...Rough roads
   Occasional vomiting 
   And crying by weary child
   Deadly tailback

   Terrain becomes pretty
   Rapidly relaxing
   Into destination
   Paradise...

Categories: tailback, travel,
Form: Acrostic