INIT
...The brits most popular surname
Is varying each year
In 50s popular was Jones
Our time it is Patel
Nguen will soon take over Alabama
New Jersey represents Odessa Mama
Adolf exaggerating sli...
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Categories:
tasked, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Zen mode
...we are not the doer
yet are tasked to act
we look for guidance
by God’s hand backed
heart flutters that arise
signals ego’s manifest
perhaps for this reason
earth life continues to test...
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Categories:
tasked, life, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Only He Can
...I can’t build
the bridge
But I can cross it
when asked
I can’t mark
the trail
But I can follow
when tasked
I can’t light
the fire
But I can warm
in its glow
I can’t walk
on water
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Categories:
tasked, god,
Form: Rhyme
A Qualitative Report on a Single Subject Ego Death
...Hypothesis:
What is an ego anyways
Are we born with it
And from the moment we have the willpower
we’re tasked with muting it
Or does it grow from experiences of rejection
Fed by whom?
...
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Categories:
tasked, change, death, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Summer Solstice 2025
...Summer Solstice 2025
Friday, June twentieth
at 10:42 Post Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun.
This demarcates
most daylight hours of the...
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Categories:
tasked, adventure, anniversary, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Tossed on the Wide Seas
...“Life is like a ship tossed on the high sea
To journey amidst sunshine and wild waves.” - By author.
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Categories:
tasked, boat, inspirational, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
PETALS IN HEARTSPACE
...
PETALS IN HEARTSPACE
Authenticity presents from persevering peeling peeling tasked by cached Courage
courage erupted emitting high frequency Faith
faith embraced ...
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Categories:
tasked, allusion, character, deep, extended
Form: Verse
The Ballad of Snow White
...A queen was spinning flax one day.
She gave her loom a jerk.
(Don’t ask what “flax” or “looms” might be,
or why a queen must work).
She pricked her finger (careful, now!)
yet Sigmund Freud wou...
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Categories:
tasked, abortion, fairy,
Form: Ballad
hush the blush
...a question is asked
and we are so tasked
to ignite a mind
yet in ego’s bind
we let silence speak
that thus a sneak peek
to soul be revealed
when focus be steeled
the cosmic dancer
become...
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Categories:
tasked, silence, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
Shepherds
...The treasurer they called Judas,
In his folly and imprudence,
Sold his Master for silver’s stock;
The shepherd who betrayed the flock.
The fisherman they called Peter,
Tasked to build the Chur...
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Categories:
tasked, baptism, christian, corruption, dedication,
Form: Kyrielle
Ironies Within Ironies
...The morning sun filters through dust-laden windows of the district education office like an unwelcome truth trying to penetrate wilful ignorance. Shelves buckle under the weight of untouched research...
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Categories:
tasked, education, irony,
Form: Haibun
An Editor Grills a Cub Reporter
...
“You got the goldfish interview, as asked?”
“I did, sir, but he lacked the wherewithal
to answer me coherently, I fear.”
“What’s that supposed to mean? The fishing section
is looking pretty thi...
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Categories:
tasked, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
Interview with an Angel
...Interview With an Angel
Angel, please tell me your name.
Gabriel
What does angel mean and what do angels do?
Angel is Greek for messenger from God. We have
several functions. We deliver ...
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Categories:
tasked, angel,
Form: Prose Poetry
Zelle or Venmo
...Before I had a credit card,
My car, newly repaired,
Required cash to pick it up
And I was unprepared.
I borrowed money, then I got
A MasterCard - hooray!
It changed my means of payment,
Whic...
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Categories:
tasked, technology,
Form: Rhyme
The Terrorist
...He was born from a well of family unlike many
Educated in a good school with many others
They fondly remmember what were his likes
They say he was of a good demeanor and calm
So it pains to pen t...
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Categories:
tasked, analogy, anger, community, conflict,
Form: Blank verse
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