A Prayer of Thanks
...You held me as a child within the safety of your arms,
while my father slept unsoundly below the blood soaked earth,
you taught me words unfamiliar to me and laughed at my efforts,
while you griev...
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Categories:
unsoundly, death, dedication, grandfather, heaven,
Form: Prose
Gone Are the Youthful Days
...Gone Are The Youthful Days
Gone are the youthful days of being a cat about town
beautiful young wife and family settled this man down
Yes, memories of wild times , hell raising most nights
the many...
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Categories:
unsoundly, family, future, life, love,
Form: Sonnet
Dark Night
...Dark Night,
Feral Spirit,
Whipping about,
Howling out in beastly anger,
Screaming, raging in unknown rage,
Tearing down upon the light,
Which violently tears him with their spears,
And then dr...
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Categories:
unsoundly, death, philosophy, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
Cotton
...Cotton sleeps unsoundly,
Knowing many hands are there to pick it--
Many scarred hands that roam
The fluffy fields at the crack of dawn.
Cotton gets anxious
When sunlight wakes the morn.
Cotto...
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Categories:
unsoundly, history, social,
Form: Free verse