Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
...Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine
("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after assassinating Julius Caesar.
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Categories:
tarzans, 10th grade, adventure, allah,
Form: Free verse
Booth Made Famous On April 15th Mdccclxv
...Booth made famous on April 15th, MDCCCLXV...
Sic semper tyrannis ad mortem
("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").
Ever since early forerunners
of twenty first century
mankind (sprinted
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Categories:
tarzans, animal, confusion, family, fear,
Form: Free verse
Monkey Sonnet
...Monkeys, apes, gorillas---all so close to human
They can sleep in any bed a hotel has extra room in
Wearing glasses, reading matter in hand
~ Primate scholars, intellectual Tarzans
Monkey...
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Categories:
tarzans, animal, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Tarzan of All Trades
...Raised by apes as a
feral child in the wild,
was as a young man
discovered by a rich American
anthropologist hiker who was retired,
taken back by plane
to his new homeland,
he started assimila...
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Categories:
tarzans, adventure, africa, animal, career,
Form: Light Verse
Sabbath Playgrounds
...Sunday afternoons,
or Saturday afternoons,
look and feel richer,
dense relational liturgy of mundane ritual,
often more sabbath quiet.
Quiet neighborhood school playground
celebrates more sol...
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Categories:
tarzans, culture, heaven, humanity, light,
Form: Free verse
Bentwood Rocker
...I have a Bentwood Rocker
It's the most cherished thing I own
It is made from the willow branches
of an ancient tree at my grandparent's home.
It embraces me on my back porch
both in the mornin...
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Categories:
tarzans, introspection, nostalgiaold, grandparents, grandparents,
Form: Rhyme