A Kid Should Be A Kid
...I know kids should be kids
Too many parents will not allow it
Be quiet whenever you are around
Don’t play too hard or get dirty
And above all, never ever smile too big
I feel so sorry for kids l...
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Categories:
wardens, child, childhood, fun, kid,
Form: Free verse
A new spring
...The bitterly heavy rains had cleared,
and though the afternoon heat
reeked more of eternal summer
than of spring, we felt her hover
through our wide-eyed gazes,
the unapologetic smiles and in
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Categories:
wardens, education, imagery, nature, spring,
Form: Free verse
Ironies Within Ironies
...The morning sun filters through dust-laden windows of the district education office like an unwelcome truth trying to penetrate wilful ignorance. Shelves buckle under the weight of untouched research...
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Categories:
wardens, education, irony,
Form: Haibun
Union Correctional Institution
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the heat presses down like a drunk cop’s boot,
metal fences shiver in the sticky Florida sun,
concrete walls spit their old secrets at you,
black mildew crawls across everything,
like it's aliv...
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Categories:
wardens, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
display of perspective
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banished into exile of freedom
with no chance of extradition
bail collateral and ransom refused
he marvelled at his painless tattoo
a rotten apple devouring a snake
inked into now sunburnt ...
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Categories:
wardens, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A Tadpole Plays Tag
...Jane told me of the exchange they had with Derek, earlier that day--guess who showed up that night--hehe.
I told you guys, Jane's a talker, and that's how Clint got smarter.
Along wit...
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Categories:
wardens, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Friendliness equals self sustaining positive feedback fruit loop
...Friendliness equals self sustaining positive feedback fruit loop
My humble apology
for inducing thee
to manure yourself
thru figurative following poop,
best flushed down the toilet
of the b...
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Categories:
wardens, adventure, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
fairy
...where shadows play in woods
lies the tale of moonlit fay
whispered through the ancient trees
hidden from the gentle gale
they dance in circles under the starry skies
casting spells ...
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Categories:
wardens, fairy,
Form: Suzette Prime
Any Old Iron
...He’s a modern Harold Steptoe
With his reclamation machine
Very few planets on the Galaxy
On which he’s not already been.
He’s got every known Wormhole
Marked on his Galaxy Survey Map
And he pr...
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Categories:
wardens, fantasy, humor, mystery, science
Form: Rhyme
Walls ana wails
...WALLS AND WAILS
I am confined within these four walls
For far too long and pray a wall falls
And the guns jam with wardens asleep
As I take a walk of freedom, a leap
To a new world without gun...
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Categories:
wardens, 12th grade, depression, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Recollections of a condemned man
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178 months, 129940 hours,
now only 10 minutes remain.
Sitting in cold eerie darkness,
he observes the rhythm of water drops,
slowly wipes away streams of sweat
with his withered trembling h...
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Categories:
wardens, prison,
Form: Narrative
U K is O K, try it for your holidays
...Welcome to the British isles, where cash is flowing
Where much resides, history on every side of killer
Kings and queens provide, a tapestry of style and wiles
Villan's and villein and many wrecke...
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Categories:
wardens, 11th grade, appreciation, december,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 8 -- Damian Hakim: the Youthful Vacation
...September 2017 continues:
Damian was preparing to leave his
Girlfriend's house. Damian said,
His farewell. Then left the Giovanni
Premises. Meanwhile the Hakim
Family uncles included, concoc...
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Categories:
wardens, business, confidence, devotion,
Form: Alliteration
Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm
...Written: 21 July 2023
Submitted to No. 1231 New Poem Only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm*
As rises the wealth of nations,
As grows the limb of a ...
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Categories:
wardens, humanity, inspiration, men, society,
Form: Rhyme
Safety In Mob Mentality
...animal control in the form of two men were shutting down the beach
There was a cougar watching from a giant rock, they wanted people safe
Many of the beachcombers ran toward the rock with cell phon...
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Categories:
wardens, animal,
Form: Free verse
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