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So Close You Can Taste

...I’ve seen wretched souls 
fall poorer by stealth 
I’ve seen frail old people 
endure pain as they knelt 

Climbing mountains barefoot 
pilgrimages never stop
A penance for being born 
light y...

Categories: vetoes, allusion, forgiveness, religion,
Form: Rhyme

Meet Me In Waitangi

...The feud in our families vetoes our bond
We’re stood back to back for fear we’d abscond
They force you to walk, keep moving, don't stop
At gunpoint I’m ordered to walk ’til I drop
So each step we...

Categories: vetoes, desire, feelings, inspiration, love,
Form: Rhyme

I Want But Don't Need

...I Want, But Don't Need

Yes, "I Want, But Don't Need" is my waistwatcher creed 
     as I walk by each vending machine.
All those chocolate chips calling out to my hips,
     colored Reese's in ...

Categories: vetoes, candy, drink, food,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

50 Words For Poe: Styx

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"50 Words for Poe: Styx"




Sleep now

Your Nepenthe has been taken
listen to your dream 
what you pay alms for
requires surveillance
this i...

Categories: vetoes, dark, destiny, gothic, love,
Form: Romanticism

Ribcage Blackhole

...Ribcage blackhole


Shine a light down on me.
Show me a place where I can be,
Happy!
Give me what I need.
I am so empty
And so full of apathy.


Give me directions to nowhere;
Resurrectio...

Categories: vetoes, anger, care, dark, depression,
Form: Bio

The Snail Will Get To Easter Just As Soon

...Faulkner's comment, I imagine him
tossing it off like Yogi Berra between games
of a doubleheader. The hero, the expert, the virtuoso
has no real control, is going to feel
unmitigated, unsparing f...

Categories: vetoes, community, death, easter, games,
Form: Verse

Copla Cincuenta Y Uno This Bad Guy World

...COPLA CINCUENTA Y UNO: This Bad Guy World

Evil pounces on the defenceless
The covert path beckons the Bad Guy:
Pollutes pure blood

Watch how the Bad Guys congregate unless
Good Guys en bloc ...

Categories: vetoes, conflict, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue