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the fable of JesusThe Fable of Jesus
Jesus was skeptical of his tribe, he didn't
whether he was a Semite, his father, the renowned
the wood craftsman had green eyes and knew
a few phrases of gallic monks had visited until
the Rome...
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Categories:
absence, blue, career,
Form: Blank verse
WASTE NOT - WANT NOTIn those days we had to make do and mend.
Milk bottles we would rinse out and return.
Kellogg’s cartons we collect for children
to cut and paste and learn creative art.
Rinsed food cans collected by rag-bone man.
Last...
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Categories:
england, nostalgia,
Form: Blank verse
a ship's cookA ship's cook
The sea is dark, clunky, and calm today
slowly undulate
turns white where the ship's bow has plowed a furrow
that stretches for miles.
Gulls still follow us, shrieking and waiting for the cook to
throw overboard waste...
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Categories:
absence, anti bullying, books,
Form: Blank verse
Today's Psalm 23The Lord is my protector
The shield of my life
In tormented times he keeps me safe
In today's turbulence he holds me fast
To give me courage
Not to fail him
Through the minefields he leads me
To praise his name
In...
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Categories:
dark, faith, light, war,
Form: Blank verse
terminationThe Termination
Hallo Ann, let me tell you about your mother,
she was younger than I and a dancer
She got a job dancing at a club in Madrid
alas, she was pregnant, that would not do
a doctor, was paid well and your...
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Categories:
angel, betrayal, birth,
Form: Blank verse
streaming consciousnessstream of consciousness
A laughing clown filled the heavenly screen
full of malic, behind him, men were eating children
Wine and blood ran down their chests
they had the time of their life
Freedom to exploit the weak and call...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, angst, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
the new tyrannyThe New Tyranny
I had this nagging headache and went to see
my doctor, his waiting room was full of humanity
with an assortment of illnesses
The table in the middle of the floor used to be
full of newspapers...
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Categories:
absence, addiction, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
HARVESTNow all our crops are in and larders full,
so we’re ready for wicked winter’s worst
when we face those freezing Arctic attacks.
We have in our store: dried fruits, roots and nuts
along with several sacks...
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Categories:
autumn,
Form: Blank verse
voyagersVoyagers
The old ship
rust stripped like a Sudanese mule
doomed to carry fleeing people across
a landscape of despair
Why, she floats is a lasting mystery
From one obscure port to another
she finds her way
The captain and the chief are never sober
plays...
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Categories:
allusion, anger,
Form: Blank verse
voyagersVoyagers
The old ship
rust stripped like a Sudanese mule
doomed to carry fleeing people across
a landscape of despair
Why, she floats is a lasting mystery
From one obscure port to another
she finds her way
The captain and the chief are never sober
plays...
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Categories:
addiction, anger, books,
Form: Blank verse
nothingNothing
Two o'clock this Wednesday afternoon
protected by tall walls, but I have to go
inside
the sun is too hot
It is about getting a deep, lasting tan
my vanity has no limit
gave me skin cancer
I will not write anything...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Blank verse
from the morning paperFrom the morning papers
We read the woman, a former actress
who stole a prince and was hated by the kingdom
is a duchess selling jam and pottery
Her husband, the prince, looks bewildered
We also notice the woman who...
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Categories:
art, change, creation,
Form: Blank verse
national dayNational day
25 of April Portugal's
national day
It so happened my ship, birthed that day
a night Lisbon didn't sleep
Great Jubilation
whores gave their wares for free
thieves didn't steal
and the bar owner splashed brandy.....
generously into your glass
I came back...
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Categories:
adventure, age, blessing,
Form: Blank verse
the last vikingThe Last Viking
There had been a storm, that uprooted
an old oak that exposed a gave
the grave of the last Viking, a rusty
sword beside him its grip was made
fallen stars, he had been a chieftain
When everybody...
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Categories:
adventure, deep,
Form: Blank verse
accountancyAccountancy
It was a quiet day, I was driving around
with my camera, but not in the mood
to take pictures of my Savannah
which is today a flat piece of land between
to hills that look like the bosom
of...
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Categories:
absence, blessing, books, celebration,
Form: Blank verse
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