Epigram f
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Threesome
twosome
wantsum
*simply the muse friendz
but funny y'all ;)
("wantsum" is my own
portmanteau...wanton&sum)
ORIGIN OF WANTON 1
WANTON [ won-tn ...
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Categories:
tn, crazy, dance,
Form: Epigram
Courage
...*** COURAGE ***
To wake up.
To stand?
To step out.
Avoid thinking
“can’t” and “but.”
Surrender worries
into the hands of God…
To keep hope’s flame up.
To listen.
To discern.
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Categories:
tn, christian, courage, hope, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
God Works In Mysterious Ways
...It was time for fall break for my kids
Me and my family had planned a vacation
But I had got put on waiting list at work to be off
This year I was not able to get off work
So my wife and kids wen...
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Categories:
tn, fate,
Form: Free verse
Meaningless Electrons
...meaningless
electrons
infect this text
â?? â? â?? â¤? â?¬ â?½ ǽ Èȸ â?? â?¥ â?£
meaningless
photons
radiate from
this text
È â?£È¸ â?¥â?¬ â??â?½ ǽâ?? â¤?â?? â?...
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Categories:
tn, dark, humorous, nonsense, science,
Form: Free verse
Tale of Three Pastors
...There once lived three devoted and wonderful pastors,
who labored diligently to build and maintain three
great churches*.
One pastor served The First Church of The Holy Spirit
in the city of A...
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Categories:
tn, christian,
Form: Verse
Summer
...
“SUMMER”
Where
has Summer
gone?
The world
has lost
Summer
Sweet
little
dream
missing
all those other
beautiful
small dreams
seen as toys...
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Categories:
tn, abuse, child abuse,
Form: Epic
Hatcher Hollow Becomes Me
...Hatcher Hollow is old white colonizer's country
my cousin sold me this precious land property
My ancestors lived im Mc Ewen Tn for centuries
my ancestors lived and died in Humphrey county
my pe...
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Categories:
tn, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Short and Sweet
...* Butterfly crawls
with a lonely wing
in company of ants.
* Rocks holding head high
along with sprouting leaf
Branches of spring's tree.
* Fisherman back home
In the evening hours
Maritim...
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Categories:
tn, art, butterfly, devotion, humanity,
Form: Senryu
Chicago Firsts
...In 1967, fresh out of high school at seventeen, I boarded a northbound bus to the metropolis of the mid-west. After arriving in Chicago, while waiting to be picked up by a family member, I met my fir...
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Categories:
tn, chicago,
Form: Free verse
Silhouettes
..."Beware of the shadows",
my mother used to tell me.
She said they lurk in the dark
like monsters creeping inside
to bounce and grab thee.
They did not have figures
just dissolved into thin ai...
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Categories:
tn, courage, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
I'M Sorry
...For many years I have realized that our hearts are very deceptive and unreliable. I cannot imagine how many times my heart has let me down and exposed the dark and negative aspects of it. Please per...
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Categories:
tn, anger, christian, god, rude,
Form: Narrative
Faith Blues In Royal Purple View--
...your faith is blue
how do you
choose your love is gray
this you display
Settle yourself
Release the truth
Royal is your faith for blue is purple
This is true
Faith blues tn royal pu...
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Categories:
tn, appreciation, blessing, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Mother's Sculpture
...You went to new abode in May,
left unfinished sculpture in me.
You couldn’t see how I shaped today
you went to new abode tn May
I look up to the milky way,
in a shining blue star I see
you went...
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Categories:
tn, analogy, mother,
Form: Triolet
Chattanooga Heat
...When it's just too hot for comfort,
and you can't get ice cream cones,
it ain't no sin to take off your skin
and dance around in your bones.
(from my Grandmother in Chattanooga, TN)...
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Categories:
tn, childhood, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
Buried In the Red Sea
...BURIED IN THE RED SEA
The armies of God’s people had left Egypt’s land,
They’d seen the mighty power of God’s outstretched hand.
But soon there on the journey they then looked behind,
Saw Pharo...
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Categories:
tn, forgiveness,
Form: Lyric
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