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Sitting ducks
...The ducks are sitting, sitting, Ripe for the plucking, the plucking, Oh what time to be living, living, When the ducks are all sitting, sitting, With every one a trusting, a trusting, That Johnn......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, addiction, analogy, baptism, celebration,
Form: Ballad
Night Flight
... "Night Flight" the sky is an open eye blue as the Orpheus ocean clear in the shallows' grit naivety irritates it birthing hard gems it calls in from beneath......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, humanity, peace, sky, war,
Form: Free verse



A Young Protestor Shot
...The police come forward with their trucks Protesters draw back they are sitting ducks My sister shot a blow at the back of her head Ten days later she was pronounced dead The military coup in ......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
They'Re Trying To Tell You
...They’re trying to tell you That your superstitions and machinations Are an exhausting game of whack-a-mole They’re trying to tell you You’ve assumed a version of them That society told you exi......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, corruption, environment, money, political,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Winging It
...sitting ducks the right can't fly without the left *......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, bird, political,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Cowards Not Heroes
...COWARDS, NOT HEROESv Cowards, not heroes, Call them what they are Not Martyrs, killers of babies, children, people both near and far Cowards not heroes, not terrorists, Call them what they are ......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, violence,
Form: Rhyme
My Husband
...MY HUSBAND My dearest husband The father of my children The man to whom I pledge allegiance A goddess you have treated me And I have adored you like my king We have fought wars together and......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, africa, anger, betrayal, black
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Of Lions and Lambs
...It's a dog-eat-dog, kill or be killed world. A vast jungle populated by two types of individuals; lions and lambs. ......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, conflict, corruption, power, satire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Arizona
... * In honor of all those who give their lives and limbs for our freedom. * Japanese?? here ... in Pearl Harbor?!? this must be a nightmare ... it can't be real - I can't have seen that, yet ......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, adventure, remembrance day, violence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Cowards Not Terrorists
...Cowards, not terrorists, Call them what they are Not Martyrs, killers of babies, children both near and far Cowards, not terrorists, Call them what they are How much courage does it take to mow ......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, violence,
Form: Free verse
Blue Mondays Revisited
...Many songs and poems have been written about blue Mondays which have bitten those who work for a living and have jobs that are unforgiving. Mondays are hard to face for those who live a fast ......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Pink Pistols
...The Jihadi’s got an entire hour to kill Hundreds of helpless patrons shocked and awed An eon of murderous rage until The long awaited reward from his “god” Like schools, this Orlando bar predic......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, america, humanity, violence,
Form: Quatrain
The Expendables
...Sending out her distress call, that early April morn; their sitting ducks Ambushed, amid foreign waters; sold to be bought, these chain link treats ? Roasting atop his open fire a platform, in prac......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, art, baby, cancer,
Form: I do not know?
In My Eyes
...One to ponder: , The other in wonder, With me added as your Newest member ... In the end, we will not remember, Why this tragedy comes mostly in December, Amber signal to warn us of coming da......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, baptism,
Form: I do not know?
Barrett and Browning Runaway Lovers
...RUNAWAY LOVERS Sat Ba Barret restless in her room Drinking death in dark and gloom Tragedy seemed her last name Despite the books that were her fame Letters reached her by the score But one kissed p......

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Categories: were sitting ducks, history, hope, husband, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme

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