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William Makepeace Thackeray Poems - Poems about William Makepeace Thackeray


Premium MemberResurrection

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"Resurrection"

When the best Mother cracks
the yolk will always rise again 
brightly shining unpoached in Blue Sky

The only way to the Daughter
is through the Mothe...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, i am, light, love,
Form: Free verse

The Conversation: I Found God, so now what?

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"The Conversation: I Found God, so now what?"



the ugliest thing happened here today,

I could turn away and write of unicorns
but I’ll write about beauty found in the ...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, i am, love, mother
Form: Narrative



Premium MemberThe Little Man

...Why should we 
be allotted a day at all
there is no allotment
we carry the load 
we always have 
we always will
it is au naturale 

we succeed 
the pain, or, 
somehow 
just proceed
despit...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, muse, strength, woman, women,
Form: Free verse

The Seance of All Things

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“The Séance of All Things” 

Fingertips touch lightly
receptive of all,
open to messages

from Beyond 
receptive of all, 
open to messages

in our dreams
elemental,
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, muse,
Form: Free verse

Is God a Woman

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Is God a Woman?



Love.

Nothing is fair
in love and war.

Mother 
carries the load
ripped open ripe torn

gives birth. 

Who’s the bett...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, i am, woman,
Form: Free verse



When Heaven Opened Up

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"When Heaven Opened Up"



And when Heaven opened up
There, the dragon finally approached;
St George embraced Her Truth

The mother waiting for ...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, forgiveness, i am, love,
Form: Free verse

Scarecrow

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"Scarecrow"



Worldliness 
in those 
who traverse 
poets’ 
re-edited
edited 
re-edited
thoughts;
semicolan, pause
their notes;
Mark a lin...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, freedom, love, woman,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTreasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift

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Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift

( Mille viri sententia agere nescit donec suscipit calamum scribere.)

For a brief spell, I hung my hammock in the shade
of the ancient ta...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, appreciation, art, blessing, care,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Lost Daughter

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“The Lost Daughter”



Thursday walked through the doors on a Tuesday
She sat in the Waiting Room, 
the place smelled too sterile, 
Antiseptic wa...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, daughter, life, love, mother,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPlacebo - Part 2

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"Placebo - Part 2"



There’s little sins and HUGE SINS
Little mistakes, possibly forgiveable.
HUGE MISTAKES, HUGE SINS?
That’s a different kind of metronome
marking tim...
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Categories: william makepeace thackeray, abuse, addiction, child abuse,
Form: Free verse

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