The Future of Israel
...As spoken by the Voice of Wisdom
O House of Israel,
Heed the sound of the wind that carries ancient truth across the sands of time.
Once you wandered through deserts and kingdoms,
Once you suff...
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Categories:
watchtowers, betrayal, child abuse, corruption,
Form: Free verse
It ain’t heavy it’s my boulder
...One must imagine Sisyphus’s
boulder, marble-sized these days
And Ozymandias’ plaque,
spinning despair into praise
Look on, ye hypocrites,
and sneer at my undoing
Your universe is a giant sand...
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Categories:
watchtowers, how i feel, life,
Form: Rhyme
Why Your Cities Burn, Part IV
......After a bit her cries died down,
everyone could see she was dead,
a small head hung between her thighs,
mother and son covered in red.
He had seen so much callousness,
but this he just couldn...
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Categories:
watchtowers, anger, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Epic
Two Mountains Crumbling In Daylight
...Eons ago, near two flowing rivers in old China
Lived an old, white clothed man ninety-nine years of age
Who glared at two mountains he knew from his long-dead childhood
Who glared at the gian...
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Categories:
watchtowers, dedication, endurance, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Imagination
...Every second, every minute, every single thought about you
Wonders of this still could be too good to be true
Fluttering in my heart, palpitations go amiss
I yearn for the touch of your skin, and ...
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Categories:
watchtowers, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
What Lesser Mortals
...
What lesser mortals?
What lesser mortals
than Rimbaud
claim themselves
a poet within
another self,
for there is more
than just one self
depending on the
time a...
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Categories:
watchtowers, imagery, muse, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
A Truce Hovers In the Air
...An uneasy truce hovers in the air
combatants tense, no soldier dares
to catch a minute's sleep
the price of that, far too steep
Minutes pass, they feel like hours
searchlight...
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Categories:
watchtowers, fear, soldier, time, war,
Form: Rhyme
Daylight Freedom Quest
...I slide and heave with brittle bones
along this pitch black tunnel ,
twisting, rolling, writhing in a sea of tar.
Vapors hot and sticky
taunt my nose,
as thoughts of orange-red sunsets,
...
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Categories:
watchtowers, age, art, character, courage,
Form: Imagism
Manifesto
...There is a war of rage being waged.
I want to run into the heat I feel,
And fight to save global souls,
Not ease into the frost surreal.
I hear my commander’s voice,
Calling me out to come and...
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Categories:
watchtowers, allegory, america, bible, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Islands In the Stream
...Islands in the Stream
Islands linked together like forged argent charms,
In straights of silent, surging currents,
Where Watchtowers of Fresnel lens sound fog sirens
Where sacred shoals harbor...
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Categories:
watchtowers, adventure, introspection, journey, light,
Form: Free verse
Jehovahs Unwitnessed
...Unworthy of the Watchtowers gaze
No gentle guiding dove
A million miles away, was He
The God I chose to love
Abused, my innocence defiled
By those I’m taught to trust
My words rebuked, my sou...
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Categories:
watchtowers, abuse, angst, betrayal, child
Form: Rhyme
Oh, the Directions
...Oh, the directions
My god..
South in the mind, the ripping
How it tears us all to pieces
Then just as fast, a smiling child
Clutching onto a skirt
North, the stretch of asphalt
That dis...
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Categories:
watchtowers, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, child,
Form: Free verse
Threat of Extinction
...Words hanging from parched branches confused and betrayed
Under a canopy of shadows in the recess of belittled thoughts
A prison of speechlessness bereft of expression and meaning
Letters ...
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Categories:
watchtowers, poems,
Form: Free verse
New Year Sale
...Special offer for forbidden fruit two for the price of one
Discounted pleasure until ultimate stock clearance lasts
Adam’s apples included
Unisex versions available
Sustainable and ...
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Categories:
watchtowers, new year,
Form: Free verse
Vallum Hadriani
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Hadrian's wall
Stood proud it was the empire's pride
The Picts were a thorn renowned for their gall
So Rome built a divide
With watchtowers and forts i...
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Categories:
watchtowers, england, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
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