Category: Poems
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Famous Last Words
in the palace newly reared beat it to dust and clay. silent hammers of decay, other hammers, muffled hammers. i’m like a dog curing of rabies let me die! let me wither! be not rash with thy heart.
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S H E L L Y
Shelly Two blue lines. My heart was racing as I checked the test again. Two. Blue. Lines. One little head, poking out of the white blanket. Six letters, S-H-E-L-L-Y. On the gift box label, left on my doorstep, A gift for the baby, read my neighbor’s scrawly handwriting. Two syllables, Mama, was Shelly’s first word. […]
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Me Without An Idea
Me without an idea An idea without a thought A thought without a brain A brain without a human A human without a home A home without a fireplace A fireplace without wood Wood without trees Trees without plants Plants without the sun The sun without the day The day without night The night without […]
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The Greedy King
The king sat on the table for a breakfast he liked most, he ordered scramled eggs and ham with cherry jam on toast. He also ordered six cakes to see what the baker bakes, Then he added chocolate sauce and gave a little pause. He walked to the garden wth the sun shining on his face, […]
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The Lonely Lantern
“Said the solders to his men ‘lets go near the river’, The war was on, blood was shed and masses would shiver, To Mekong they went, tired they sat, In the water went a lantern all lit, It bobbed and swayed and dipped along, It reminded the men of a beautiful song, They thought of […]