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Author Archives: JRL
Anti-Amergin: chant
I am not just my name and sign,
I am not just my sex,
I am not who I voted for,
I am not where I’m from,
I am not just the work I do,
I am not just a son,
I am not from a somewhere else,
I am not just like you, Continue reading
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Tagged Amergin, belonging, chant, daily poems, denial, identity, poetic forms
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The Write to Read: caudate sonnet
What good to write when so few have the time to do much more than nod and swipe me gone? Opinions vary, but to ramble on
without an audience seems wasted and sublime. Besides, what difference can a few short lines make when the world needs changing, not anon, but here and now, before the chance is gone? Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, caudate sonnet, daily poems, poetic forms, purpose, reading, shared adventure, writing
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Speaking Time: casbairdne
Not soft and still, or squawking,
but breaking silence, seeking
to stand tall without slouching:
the time has come for speaking.
The truth must pierce the lying,
and loose the light, dispelling
the darkness that is growing.
The words need more than telling. Continue reading
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Tagged #BookoForms, casbairdne, daily poems, Irish verse forms, poetic forms, rebellion, resilience, resistance
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A Victory Sublime: carol (carole)
To our victory sublime,
let the bells begin to chime!
In the fields where battles rage
loose our wild might from its cage;
sweep the tyrants from the stage!
Let the bells begin to chime!
With a righteous cry and hue
let us give this scourge its due.
Then our struggle will be through;
to our victory sublime! Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, #poetic forms, battle, carol, carole, daily poems, illusion, revolution, tyranny, victory
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Ameri Can
America doesn’t need Democrats to save it. It doesn’t need Republicans. It doesn’t need liberals or conservatives, leftists or righties, centrists, Independents, old school or new wave, fundamentalist or radical, or any other kind of way divide, disappoint, distract, dilute, sullen or deaden all of us. Continue reading
How Bold and Beautiful: cancione
If you would sing of beauty, and would celebrate its worth, do not forget the lost and wretched living on the earth. For if you take away the dirt, the dregs, the mud, and slime, you’ll find not much of what is left is really that sublime. Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, appreciation, beauty, cancione, daily poems, lyric poems
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