Tiberius Poems

Eagerness

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“Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.”
Desiderius Erasmus

it’s flesh versus flesh in the pursuit of life,
great kingdoms have been bui...

They Say Mushrooms Grow Best In the Dark

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"They Say Mushrooms Grow Best in the Dark" 

Winter 
arrived after
The Darkness 

blew in 
with its boiling 
black clouds.

they say mushrooms 
grow best in the dark....

The Storm of the Decade

...The storm of the decade
The news declared.
Snow fall was heavy and deep.
Schools closed their doors
And the snow beckoned me. 

There is such a beauty 
When the world first turns white.
Snow ...

And Rome Vainly Waited For His Return

...On sunny days walk beneath the aesthetic pine trees
that gently undulate in the tepid Roman breeze,
their image is reflected in the Tiberius' flowing water;
majestic is the Colosseum, the mighty p...

King of the Jungle

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When Simba roars,
his den of lions go cheetah white lie 
crouching tiger kill for him
His regal, imperial mane
flows on his neck
like a Roman waving flag
Simba paws walk on
sycophan...

A Little Alliteration: a Collaboration With Gary Thomas

...Form: Alliteration
A little alliteration by a long shot speaks so loud.
Metaphors muddle my mind
And silly similes stymie the sentence.

Dragon Queen

...She slept in a mammoth fireball throughout the night-
her enemies thought they had got rid of Kalisi,
daughter of Tiberius - the King and rider of dragons,
who died in a battle.
Her dress and san...

The Caesars' Mad Rule

...I

Truly how blessed are we not to bow to the barbaric chivalry
Of emperors and kings’  in raging insanity
Historical madness runs in the house of Caesars

Considered great, ruler of lands and seas
T...

My First Step

...Wobbly I stood and wobbly I remain -

The sole  of my Soul untested and untried

Not trusting the firmament on which its stability stands.

So I must reach.




For a kind hand, a rock to ...

The Poetry Machine

...The Poetry Machine

 

                          The phrase is deus ex machina

                          But I seem like such a pariah

                          There's sabot for every mach...

First Roach

...Scrambling across my basin sink

               What is it that you must think.

               Of this unnatural habitat

               We bipedal anthropomorphs live at.

 

            ...

The Poetry Machine

...The Poetry Machine

 

                          The phrase is deus ex machina

                          But I seem like such a pariah

                          There's sabot for every mach...

A Little Alliteration

...A little alliteration by a long shot speaks so loud.
Metaphors muddle my mind
And silly similes stymie the sentence.
A terrible trope takes too much of my time
g Tiberius is my tag and title
My nom d...

Caught In a Cats-Hat

...Caught in a Cats-hat
 
You obviously admire the bestiality of a canine,
Hence , you probably find me rather asinine
And the confident swagger of a *****-cat
Is grossly superior to the airs of this pr...

Living Pictures

...Gentle disguise and decorated smiles
Living pictures
numerous seeking reliefs

Silhouettes on the hall of fame
Red carpets
Royal blood seal of mystery
Kings and queens congratulation
The new ...

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