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In Another Time

If I was born a thousand years ago
perhaps the beauty of birds
or all the natural world
would have been enough for me,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021Posted inPoems about lifeLeave a comment on In Another Time

Alone

I would tell you
that you
are not alone
and reference
two bodies tied
to each other
in space,
as if

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 29, 2021Posted inPoems about lifeLeave a comment on Alone

Disinformation

Dear viewer, do not be confused,truth is the movie scene, continuous,and, yet, there is a Texas Switch,an audience unknowingly influencedby directors swapping the whichis which and who is who of true.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 29, 2021Posted inShort PoemsLeave a comment on Disinformation

Into The Trenches

We are out gunned,
out skilled, and ill equipped
for this oppressive force,
but into the trenches

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 26, 2021March 26, 2021Posted inRevolutionary PoetryLeave a comment on Into The Trenches

The Serapeum at Saqqara

Precision and prowess is
clutched within the bowels
of the serapeum’s stone walls,
proud geometric boxes
of suspicious skill.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 25, 2021March 25, 2021Posted inUncategorized PoetryTags:poem, poetryLeave a comment on The Serapeum at Saqqara

Atlantis

I live in Atlantis,
sunk deep beneath the ocean waves;
hope is mere semantics,
for my people cannot be saved.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 22, 2021March 23, 2021Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:Metaphor, poem, poetryLeave a comment on Atlantis

Tears to Pay

What matters if we stop these bells,
—the toll and knell of guns and bombs,
the monstrous groan of metal wheels
the murmur of a boy gurgling on hope
before his breath is smothered out,
if we cannot quench the thirst of bureaucracy?

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 17, 2021Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:poem, poetry, war poetryLeave a comment on Tears to Pay

Amending Our Heads Into The Sand

Never let ideas die,
not with a man

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 16, 2021March 16, 2021Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:poem, poetry, revolutionLeave a comment on Amending Our Heads Into The Sand

Where have the Lilacs Gone

Where have the lilacs gone?
Are they with the belladonna
that bloomed when we were young,
before the truth was known,
before the side effects,
before the taking of remedies?

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 14, 2021Posted inSocietal Collapse poemsTags:poem, poetryLeave a comment on Where have the Lilacs Gone

Where do I begin

Where do I begin,
what words will convince you
that a knowledge of history
is not a conspiracy

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 12, 2021Posted inRevolutionary PoetryLeave a comment on Where do I begin

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