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Tag Archives: perseverance
It Is Their Flag: roundelay
Almost in spite, some fools seem to keep trying. They seek a balance where mad chaos reigns; they fight for life, despite death’s constant sighing, giving their all for sake of what remains. It is their flag that in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, courage, English verse forms, John Dryden, perseverance, poetic forms, roundelay, sacrifice, struggle, war
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The River: cautionary verse
These questions that you warn me not to ask, they do not simply fade away unsaid; and while your tacit threat may chill my bones, it will not stop me, until I am dead. What good is bullying, and idle … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, cautionary verse, daily poems, fascism, perseverance, poetic forms, politics, resistance
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