Poem - Egality
Egality, Egality, was once the heavy dream As humankind, from history, progressed, Equality had trickled through society, and raised A second levied fight for the oppressed. This long campaign, the cause where all our years were bound, ...
She Kindly Dug My Grave Today
She kindly dug my grave today A new abyss where I'll reside She left my spirit to decay Where once in gorgeous parks we'd play, Yet now she throws that all aside, She kindly dug my grave today It mattered not what I would say, Nor just how...
Best History Class Ever
So!!! I know it's been awhile and for the love of GOD I promise you Brotherly Love is NOT finished... so bear with me!!! I will write more in that series... this was just a little thing I wrote to try and push my block out of the way! And I know I...
Blank Verse Essay on Intentionality in Queer Fiction
#36 of poetry you must admit i did threaten to turn this journal--https://www.sofurry.com/view/1707174--into a blank verse essay. i will not say here, 'no more happy ends.'
The YOLO Sonnet
You only have one life to live One day that matters most Let loose your love to solely give One poet as its host You'll clearly see it's no mistake Once you remove all doubt Let go and we will strive to make Our love a strong redoubt You...
Repaired
Many years we spent in sorrow Where we sat so small and humble Still we stand and stand tomorrow Many years we spent in sorrow Sincere love or lust to borrow? But we stood despite our stumble Many years we spent in sorrow Where we sat so small...
My Greatest Fear
What I am has been thrown aside The law and doctors now decide They see an evil monster here And "friends" no longer hold me dear To them, I have forever died. But did my old self go to hide? My soul misplaced in time and space My mouth won't...
In Search of Purpose
I daily walk the border line, With terrors new each day, Between the sane or slow decline To madness deep I sway But you have kept me here with trust Because you care for me Preserved on Earth, I must adjust Through death I'll never flee My...
Animal Hunger
The taste slides over tongues lapping at the mouths of caverns, wildly gulping down clouds of meat-scented smoke. Another flavor, piquant and alive, tempts analogies to violence. Picture pocket knives inscribing sordid rhymes at an orchard's edge,...
The First Verse: Establishments
There's an old saying. "A message hidden within the stars is there for all to see." History lost access to who wrote that. History lost a lot, when the gates were closed. It even lost the knowledge of what stars were. Being in a place that had none,...
Time Before the Verses
It was a complete accident that we found the verses.
Unimportant Verse 5
#5 of unimportant verse about important people "comrade" would i call you, and "brave," and "fierce" and "true". "lovely" have i called you, and hope but to live up to the example which you set for me. so, comrade, onward, ever onward.