Bites Poems - Poems about Bites

Who Bites Who First Dog Bites Man Or Man Bites Dog ...

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Who so maligns a noble man, None but his own self tends to stain, The ash thrown over head, On one’s own head gets spread, O indulge in no smear campaign. __________________ Translation |28.01.2025| wisdom, Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. This verse warns us against maligning others. Doing so reflects on one’s...

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The distance between the stars is stone deaf. Diamonds die last, stones are blind but all knowing. Man is a blip on a self-made monitor. Sound bites are a poets last resort. ...

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Loyalty is not royalty or power Being absolutely trustworthy That others confide in you Fearless of betrayals or denials Sharing dreams and secrets Without hesitating or pondering. Loyalty binds companions The bond that bind all together Both the master and apprentice The watchword of Nations Without loyalty no establishments Loyalty yields cooperation. Where there's no loyalty There's always competition Where...

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Festival Of San Fermin Running the gamble — living the dream (Pamplona Spain: July, 1977) ‘Pathway To Hell ...” Money is to promises what bureaucracy is to care Chasing lost indemnity — uncertainty’s despair (Dreamsleep: August, 2024) The Lost Garden A bad seed illy planted Fallow —and alone (Denison Iowa, September, 1967) Au Chante The pathway to happiness Goes through —the open heart (Midway Airport: August, 2024) ...

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Verbal Foundlings Free or blank tomato tomatto Without rhyme’s link there’s no bravado The verse left orphaned all kinship spurned As unconnected words crash — and burn (The New Room: July, 2024) Death Grip The tighter we hold on The faster — it slips away (Dreamsleep: July, 2024) Now Is Now Freedom in the moment the past is the past Throwing off chains — tomorrow recast (Dreamsleep: August, 2024) Reaching Back Closer in the distance than what endears my touch I focus on...

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Abeyance Raging against the machine Dying in the light Counting the hours till darkness Waiting — for delight (Dreamsleep: July, 2024) Storm Clouds I wanted to speak my mind until I changed it I wanted to write a book without the critic I wanted to fall in love until I lost her I wanted wealth and fame — without the thunder (Dreamsleep: July, 2024) Cosmic Shelf A Shooting Star In A Mason Jar Preserved And Waiting So...

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I am bound and chained to a very tight leash Now the stillness hangs lifeless in the air Icy tentacles grope, grab and squeeze My breath is taken away, I do decree.. Darkness has snuffed out the warming light the trembling fear has started to begin the hand of death has taken away all of life goose bumps run up and down...

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Blessed Quietude Audibly we rise and fall But Silence ... is the language of God (Dreamsleep: June, 2024) Lost In Place The past is never where you left it Tomorrow — delegitimizes today (Dreamsleep: June, 2024) Groupies Liking ... sometimes better than loving (Keith Richards: June, 2024) First Step Standing at the crossroads and knowing that you’re there Going left or going right coin toss or a dare Pushed by fate determined into sorrow, joy,...

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Mariah’s Return Mistral wishes blow hope to tomorrow Intention most sacred — ushering wind (Dreamsleep: June, 2024) Cupid’s Bow Indifference and hatred are blind — but not love (Dreamsleep: June, 2024) Godot Waits Minding his business biding his time Dodging the bullets — fate preassigned (Dreamsleep: June, 2024) Divinity’s Wind Masters of War Victors of Time Sultans of Glory Martyrs Sublime (Dreamsleep: June, 2024) ...

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Dead Calm Without friction there is no motion Without motion — creation stops (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) Abeyance My pen is searching for its guitar case a place to sleep when the writing’s done To rest in the dark between flowing moments of what might be coming — and old verses sung (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) Nowhere To Hide The haunting of our memories never to escape No continent wide nor ocean deep —...

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Poison Ivy Academia … cesspool of deception harbinger — of lies (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) Occam’s Edge Plurality without necessity — pandering time (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) The Right Fork Newness … birth mother to anticipation (From ‘Calling Me Home:’ May, 2024) ...

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If true that old age is but a bad habit … what can youth become _____ Divorcing passion from intellect Two orphans created Homeless together — inside of one soul _____ If you want to be free First be a prisoner A captive of prescience An inmate — of self ------- Contradiction … a privilege of freedom -------- Knowledge is a prison — and freedom its bars -------- The pedantic philosopher Indistinguishable — from the fool (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) ...

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Out from under the burden of proof Changing the argument — freeing the truth ….. Saying it shorter staying intact Words more empowered — tightening the slack ….. Writing … the cake Reading … the icing Licking the spoon — crumbs of delight ….. Leaders made not born when so inclined To rise or fall — with choice defined ….. Freedom and consciousness answers implied Unknown to the masses whose questions have died Freedom and consciousness trysting aware Betrothing each other —...

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The preacher's daughter picky Vicky Went out one night with icky Ricky Both her parents got mad But it wasn't that bad She came home with a sticky hickey ...

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