To the Crown Prince
...O brilliant son of the desert,
You rose through the maze of your House
With precision sharper than a blade.
The future trembles beneath your feet—
But power, untempered by wisdom,
Is a fire that...
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Categories:
untempered, arabic, father, integrity, islamic,
Form: Free verse
In the melancholic hour of introspection, where twilight paints the sky with sadness
...In the melancholic hour of introspection, where twilight paints the sky with sadness,
Religious souls often walk, hand in hand with righteousness,
Forsaking the tender embrace of compassion for the...
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Categories:
untempered, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Annual Spring Clean
...It's happened again, dammit
And try as I might
Spring cleaning's an urge
I just cannot fight
I need a remedy NOW
For this kind of addiction
As I'm down on my knees
Scrubbing the kitchen ...
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Categories:
untempered, humor,
Form: Rhyme
A Tale of Two Hearts
...Cold is the heart unkind
Untempered by the sun
Hollow and mercy blind
Celebrated by none
Bright is the heart afire
Splendor that blinds the sun
Hallowed and sweet desire
Cherishe...
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Categories:
untempered, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Healing and Hardship 1-14
...I was ten
And SHE was eleven
And the other was already gone long ago
But now we get happiness
Bad habits follow
Bad actions
Bad moods
Unprepared parents make
Untempered tantrums
The me...
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Categories:
untempered, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: I do not know?
Don'T Quit Your Daydreams
...Daydream: fragile as untempered glass.
Coming to life on clouds' rainy sky.
Building hopes it will at last surpass
other dreams we had and watched go by.
Wind's rustling leaves can nudge a drea...
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Categories:
untempered, 12th grade, beauty, confidence,
Form: Quatrain
Love Incandescent
...How love takes ownership with
a single kiss,
a sigh, a movement into a world of sensuous bliss,
Your softness of skin speaks a language anew,
the warmth of your body wraps me as you pull me clos...
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Categories:
untempered, boxing day , crush, love,
Form: Free verse
Just Another Holiday
...Just another holiday coming round in the season
as the weather changes warm to cold.
A chill upon the body cooling the spirits
to tepid memories long passed.
Thanksgiving full of laughter
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Categories:
untempered, christmas, holiday, peace,
Form: Verse
Who Speaks Now
...The educational forest has thickened
I can't see the forest from the trees,
are they Republican or Democrat?
voices once spoke out without a doubt
a lost message loud and clear for change,
th...
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Categories:
untempered, america, change, political,
Form: Blank verse
Art's Greatest Gift
...The lack of fame
my spirit free
A bird uncaged
amongst the trees
Its weight not lifted
and never there
My breath in sequence
above the air
The lack of fame
art’s greatest ...
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Categories:
untempered, art, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Kingdom of Ruin
...
Rising from the desert sand
was a shimmering mirage
of a thousand shouts
Heated winds of fanaticism,
intense and blowing violently loud
Shrill calls to blood prayer seethe,
breathi...
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Categories:
untempered, death, judgement, religious, truth,
Form: Elegy
For Those of You
...Who have remained steadfast
Who wield strength when beaten senseless
Who dare to taste the ugly and unrevered
Who allow emotional currents to breeze by
Who carve the hairline fracture of knowledg...
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Categories:
untempered, appreciation, celebration, courage, dedication,
Form: Free verse
How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways
...How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the l...
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Categories:
untempered, feelings,
Form: Sonnet
Dante's Path
...Oh seed of Dante, dost thy path
in mid-life's turning gone astray
upon a sylvan darkness hath
to tread a rut with feet of clay?
Wast thou that youth of virtue pure
who bargained not with Judgm...
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Categories:
untempered, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
Daughters In Doom
...Oh my beautiful Daughters
what have you done to the men of the Earth,
turning the roar of men's' love into notes of shame and whispers,
discoloring the gallant glow of trust with untempered lust for ...
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Categories:
untempered, judgement,
Form: Epic
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