THE BISHOP AND ME
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After an election that has left us divided…a nation torn apart…
one bishop hoped her words would resonate…would find a way into our hearts.
With the courage of her convictions she spoke…
word...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, peace, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Convalescence of Richard McGeehan
...Convalescence of Richard McGeehan
Spouse of my eldest sister
marital bond fixed in place
strong as mortise and tenon,
he hales of hearty Irish stock
genes of said septuagenarian
analogous to ...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, absence, america, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Adolescent infatuations never consummated
...Adolescent infatuations...never consummated
Greetings reader from a cross between an aging seventy inch long (ringing ding dong) haired pencil necked geek and a Norwegian bachelor farmer wannabe; ...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
FICTIONAL BIO:
...FICTIONAL BIO:
The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical flow
thu...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, adventure, allegory, courage, cute,
Form: Rhyme
True Love
...Nothing
in all creation
can equal
true loves value
a priceless gift
Unpretentiously given
delicately expressed
no accommodation
for superiority
or spite
Tranquilly awaiting
to ...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, inspirational love, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Love Refined
...Rose colored glasses long ago shattered...
No time for phantom kisses...
Nor faux acts of love...
The keeper of this heart—
will captivate me unpretentiously...
Taking me as I am...
Sweeping me...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, love, relationship, romance,
Form: Free verse
Dad's Lesson
...For decades I watched you toil
Modestly and unpretentiously
Life’s ups and downs
Not changing you one iota
A solid man with your integrity intact
No matter what came your way
Being your own m...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, appreciation, character, dad, god,
Form: Free verse
This Bumptious Poet
...This Bumptious Poet ©
Once again dear reader,
aye strive to regale ye
with in apropos prate,
(nee inane) vain
null gibberish in order to suss stain
mine infamous reputation
wi...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Morning
...While the morning dozes in handedly
The sun paints inciting vegetation
Bit of greenly sward, applauds, snappishly
Moving, moping, in startled asp'ration
Lying in torment, unpretentiously
W...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, morning,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Deborah
...Deborah: the name I’ve grown into.
I am also called seeker, dreamer, believer, ever hopeful;
For I am all these things.
Helen and John, grandparents extraordinaire,
Their imprint strong u...
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Categories:
unpretentiously, introspectionme, may, me, integrity,
Form: Bio