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May 2018 · 232
maybe a thank-you
17morae May 2018
maybe a thank-you
should always be longer than
strictly appropriate
Apr 2018 · 346
illiteracy
17morae Apr 2018
illiteracy
offers pointless advantage
to the plagiarist
Apr 2018 · 160
it is sad but true
17morae Apr 2018
it is sad but true
that bitter experience
makes great poetry
Apr 2018 · 165
one day that one foot
17morae Apr 2018
one day that one foot
in front of the other is
the one in the grave
Apr 2018 · 180
dreams are effortless
17morae Apr 2018
dreams are effortless
which is why dreaming is more
popular than work
Apr 2018 · 192
if i die today
17morae Apr 2018
if i die today
let me die a better man
than yesterday me
Apr 2018 · 212
i said forever
17morae Apr 2018
i said forever
but what i really meant was
while you still love me
Apr 2018 · 181
no one dies today
17morae Apr 2018
no one dies today
not inside my influence
and not on my watch
Mar 2018 · 151
morning coffee is
17morae Mar 2018
morning coffee is
not so nearly liberty
as afternoon tea
Mar 2018 · 141
a man is happy
17morae Mar 2018
a man is happy
who thanks to reason has ceased
to hope or to fear
Mar 2018 · 143
chitown musical
17morae Mar 2018
chitown musical
no words stop no words stop my
elevated train
Mar 2018 · 143
i wander yet not
17morae Mar 2018
i wander yet not
all those who wander are lost
i don't think i'm lost
Mar 2018 · 143
a happy life is
17morae Mar 2018
a happy life is
lived in perfect accordance
with its own nature
Mar 2018 · 134
do the best you can
17morae Mar 2018
do the best you can
and know sometimes your best is
just irrelevant
Mar 2018 · 126
pain is in season
17morae Mar 2018
pain is in season
every day if i trouble
to join the harvest
Mar 2018 · 142
the eye in the sky
17morae Mar 2018
the eye in the sky
is a great source of comfort
until it isn't
Mar 2018 · 143
no more need to fear
17morae Mar 2018
no more need to fear
this monster inside of me
he is surrounded
Mar 2018 · 133
decide who you are
17morae Mar 2018
decide who you are
where you stand and what that means
before trouble comes
Mar 2018 · 117
these wonderful things
17morae Mar 2018
these wonderful things
are misery within to
those who possess them
Mar 2018 · 138
passing stranger go
17morae Mar 2018
passing stranger go
tell the spartans here we lie
obedient still
Mar 2018 · 123
unconditional
17morae Mar 2018
unconditional
is a special kind of love
and of surrender
Mar 2018 · 145
manly suicide
17morae Mar 2018
manly suicide
is the struggle up the path
to meet the reaper
Mar 2018 · 217
a man can find joy
17morae Mar 2018
a man can find joy
with anyone so long as
he does not love her
Mar 2018 · 254
i fear the unknown
17morae Mar 2018
i fear the unknown
but courage has wisdom that
fear can never know
Mar 2018 · 181
you won’t go far wrong
17morae Mar 2018
you won’t go far wrong
by saying out loud the things
that don’t need saying
Mar 2018 · 148
a breath of jasmine
17morae Mar 2018
a breath of jasmine
remembers the rain just past
and sunshine to come
Mar 2018 · 150
a heart grown bitter
17morae Mar 2018
a heart grown bitter
is a burden to itself
love has no place there
Mar 2018 · 135
if there is only
17morae Mar 2018
if there is only
one love lost among billions
then we are all doomed
Mar 2018 · 148
i live every day
17morae Mar 2018
i live every day
but i will only die once
better make it count
Mar 2018 · 142
one divorce may be
17morae Mar 2018
one divorce may be
regarded as misfortune
but two seems careless
Mar 2018 · 686
i write poetry
17morae Mar 2018
i write poetry
when i can't think of something
more useful to do
Feb 2018 · 168
dead men sing no songs
17morae Feb 2018
dead men sing no songs
but smart conspirators know
silence is a note
Feb 2018 · 145
to witness perfect
17morae Feb 2018
to witness perfect
dependency in action
go watch a ball game
Feb 2018 · 178
as necessity
17morae Feb 2018
as necessity
spawns invention so constraint
begets creation
Feb 2018 · 153
this intimacy
17morae Feb 2018
this intimacy
this trading of our stories
whispers in the dark
Feb 2018 · 175
the rarest nightmare
17morae Feb 2018
the rarest nightmare
is raw malice combined with
vast intelligence
Feb 2018 · 165
a human being
17morae Feb 2018
a human being
seeking relevance becomes
a human doing
Feb 2018 · 137
one horse promenades
17morae Feb 2018
one horse promenades
a layer of abstraction
above the game space
Feb 2018 · 147
i begged for mercy
17morae Feb 2018
i begged for mercy
but all i heard was silence
while i bled to death
Feb 2018 · 136
love the stitch that binds
17morae Feb 2018
love the stitch that binds
but stitching takes a needle
separation knives
Feb 2018 · 151
divorce is the price
17morae Feb 2018
divorce is the price
half pay so we all can dare
to believe in love
Feb 2018 · 154
i have to learn how
17morae Feb 2018
i have to learn how
to get up from a table
where love is not served
Feb 2018 · 220
in marriage i am
17morae Feb 2018
in marriage i am
a trellis where another
biography grows
Feb 2018 · 180
rocket science is
17morae Feb 2018
rocket science is
not quite rocket science to
rocket scientists
Feb 2018 · 172
strangers are welcome
17morae Feb 2018
strangers are welcome
but unmannerly conduct
will be met in kind
Feb 2018 · 186
democracy is
17morae Feb 2018
democracy is
rarely practiced in lifeboats
real or imagined
Feb 2018 · 260
karma is a bitch
17morae Feb 2018
karma is a *****
but only if i insist
on provoking her
Feb 2018 · 148
the evil genius
17morae Feb 2018
the evil genius
is a cultural icon
for a good reason
Feb 2018 · 162
the mightier pen
17morae Feb 2018
the mightier pen
despite all achievements makes
a worthless ploughshare
Feb 2018 · 189
my most precious coin
17morae Feb 2018
my most precious coin
is my time so why not choose
to spend it on love
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