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[I accidentally deleted this, so now I'm reposting it] This is not an attack, it is expression. *This apparently isn't a very popular subject, but then again, when has popularity changed anyone's mind..* -- **** the 'Selective Service System'; the SSS. It's neo-conscription. FDR made us a deal we couldn't refuse which included a stipulation that about half of us still cannot refuse: Selective Service also known as Peacetime Draft But only for males. Only the males. Not the females, though. Oh, no, not the females; We need the Females to bake the next batch of mindless soldiers/housewives/neoslaves. We need the women to uphold the status-quo. We need our women to remain passive, docile, and beautiful ******* doormats for our glorious and infallible western society. We need our women to be complaint, subservient, sex-starved, archaic-gender-role embodiments. I see it as overtly 'cherry-picking' as well as misogyny both ways; sexist, selfish, and prejudiced on both sides: 'Feminists' (read: Feminazis) claim to plea for true gender equality, but here is my plea: If such is true, where then are their demands for mandatory selective service? Why do they feel above reproach when it comes to the unsavory sides of society? Why do they turn a blind eye to the ******* Draft if they ***** up such a storm about equality? Why is it not a federal offense punishable by a $250,000 fine as well as up to 5 years in prison for a female to not sign their life away to the military from when they turn 18 until at least 25? How is that 'gender equality'? Huh? They, too, are cherry-picking. -
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 5:22 PM UTC
Selective Service (Selcetive Reverse Sexism)
[I accidentally deleted this, so now I'm reposting it] This is not an attack, it is expression. *This apparently isn't a very popular subject, but then again, when has popularity changed anyone's mind..* -- **** the 'Selective Service System'; the SSS. It's neo-conscription. FDR made us a deal we couldn't refuse which included a stipulation that about half of us still cannot refuse: Selective Service also known as Peacetime Draft But only for males. Only the males. Not the females, though. Oh, no, not the females; We need the Females to bake the next batch of mindless soldiers/housewives/neoslaves. We need the women to uphold the status-quo. We need our women to remain passive, docile, and beautiful ******* doormats for our glorious and infallible western society. We need our women to be complaint, subservient, sex-starved, archaic-gender-role embodiments. I see it as overtly 'cherry-picking' as well as misogyny both ways; sexist, selfish, and prejudiced on both sides: 'Feminists' (read: Feminazis) claim to plea for true gender equality, but here is my plea: If such is true, where then are their demands for mandatory selective service? Why do they feel above reproach when it comes to the unsavory sides of society? Why do they turn a blind eye to the ******* Draft if they ***** up such a storm about equality? Why is it not a federal offense punishable by a $250,000 fine as well as up to 5 years in prison for a female to not sign their life away to the military from when they turn 18 until at least 25? How is that 'gender equality'? Huh? They, too, are cherry-picking. -
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now I don't mind taking criticism but those who disrespect me should expect to be seeing light like a prism you shouldn'tve said anything you little troll you never commented on anything I wrote inboxing me trying to scold me for reposting something I found funny you'll learn not to **** with me the blast master you little ******* can't type more than ten Words while I can drop bombs and bars for hours I'll scour the internet and **** you're no original self up on here or on wax if you wanna take it that far man **** it I'm done you're a waste of dissing bars
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 8:55 PM UTC
cybernetic beef
While you cover your profile pictures with transparent flags ranting how terrorism should stop retweeting and reposting those gory pictures of the victims keeping up with the latest news and trying to flow with the trend like if this was the new ice bucket challenge but with blood water. In all honesty, Do you really pity the victims? Do you really feel the sorrow? Were your families even part? Were your friends even part? Were you a part? Or are you doing it for the sake of Likes? Only truly if you hate terrorism, act like as you really do because you look stupid, hating what social media tells you to hate. And only truly if you hate terrorism, You would do something more than a click from social media. If terrorists terrorize to change the world into their own, what are we doing to change ours?
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Nov 16, 2015
Nov 16, 2015 at 10:40 AM UTC
Paris Terrorism
If I was a provider of the content I like Like I wanted to be I’d never have gotten that Surgery that ****** up my mammary glands I’d gush a milky **** for all audiences Even the ones that knew me before I turned bad ***** And spoilt Even my great aunt and grandma and mom who have finally befriended me on Facebook The ***** in me covers up and cuts off these Lady parts But I heat up and cant hide The spark in my eyes when I see a girl Unafraid of her ****** Wearing lingerie on IG Feminism to me is radical or bust Is ********* your ****** ****** and Taking lots of pictures as proof Of your own ****** occurrence, Reposting if I get taken down, Moderator of my own **** self.
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Apr 6, 2016
Apr 6, 2016 at 1:48 PM UTC
dank lady meme
reposting a poem from 3 1/2 years ago, when I knew how to write    <> organizing the day, while the baby room renter in the adjacent,, makes dreamy rock n' roll noises, siren calls to stay~lay in bed, tho status of semi-alert, ready to relieve Ernie and Bert, who have the first shift covered soon on guard duty, scheming about dis n' dat, you are sleeping, dreaming, wide awake seeing, multitasking with eyes closed simultaneously. lesser of a poet, more a notate-er, list keeper, note taker, arguing with yourself inside the head, actually feeling the thoughts coursing, lurking, seeing both sides now, parentally, washing the dishes of the hours and years ahead. while the woman-mother makes her soprano dreaming noises, you laugh at the orchestra of ******* sighing somnolent noises, a cadenza of love dancing in your irresistible wide awake dreams. paying the bills, lying in the dark, you wonder-worry about the agenda unknown that will overgrow you, fast creeping up the grain of your skin, ivy on stone skin walls. lala lala you borrow baby's lullaby, yourself for to calming, keeping time, silly rhyming, organizing the days ahead in you head, while, recording the harmonies of sweet sensory inputs. the dark provides the cloak where you alone feel and hear the worry and laugh lines knitting into a single stitch of parenting. 1/20/2013
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Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016 at 4:39 PM UTC
Parenting (the baby monitor)
How very lonely HP is, In the middle of the night, Reading long ago poems by friends, Tapping little red hearts, Only time I'm available, After dusk; hours before dawn, Reposting poems, my fingers just as assailable as Moby **** Or Hansel's and Gretel's witch, I stare at blank, gray suns, Wishes I, I had some to use, To uplift; to free, All the beautiful poetry, Even the ones with coquetry, I rapidly kiss plusses with my right thumb, Adding to worthy collections, Of addictive confections, 'Till 2, When alas I sip hot coco, Scratch my **** And fall asleep beside my cat; momo.
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Dec 25, 2015
Dec 25, 2015 at 12:50 AM UTC
HP!!!
I was in a car accident in September. I suffered a severe concussion. Though my body is rattled and bruised, I believe will heal fine. I am getting extensive therapy and treatment. My brain on the other hand is having a bit more difficulty pulling it together. Words don't line up, thoughts are confused jumbles of messy patterns that don't make sense sometimes. This is very scary to me. As I write everything on my tablet or my android phone, looking at the screen hurts my eyes and my brain. I am very sad as of late. Have been crying (more than usual). Head hurts all the time. Getting lost a lot, like when I drive etc etc etc. Writing backwards. Everything written, looks like it is at a slant (yuck). And I have developed a Very significant,   interesting stutter. Fascinating really... All I want to do is sleep... (which I have become very good at) and to be held... (just isn't in the mix right now). I may try reposting some of my old work at this time, until I'm better. I will do my best to check in on the Dailies.  I need to stay away from reading and commenting. : ((  : ((  : ((   At least for now. I am Sure, I Will Get Better!!! ☆●♡♢♡●☆ I need you all to know how much I've come to Love and Appreciate my HP Family. One of the best gifts I have given Myself. Also, I am trying to join Kalypso and Gang with Our collection of Poems on Sound Cloud. If I can ever figure it out ♡ Peace and Love ♡ ▪○●☆♡♢♡☆●○▪ Christi~ MoonFlower~ Fluer de Luna
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Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 3:09 PM UTC
Dear HP Family (Not a Poem)
I was in a car accident in September. I suffered a severe concussion. Though my body is rattled and bruised, I believe will heal fine. I am getting extensive therapy and treatment. My brain on the other hand is having a bit more difficulty pulling it together. Words don't line up, thoughts are confused jumbles of messy patterns that don't make sense sometimes. This is very scary to me. As I write everything on my tablet or my android phone, looking at the screen hurts my eyes and my brain. I am very sad as of late. Have been crying (more than usual). Head hurts all the time. Getting lost a lot, like when I drive etc etc etc. Writing backwards. Everything written, looks like it is at a slant (yuck). And I have developed a Very significant,   interesting stutter. Fascinating really... All I want to do is sleep... (which I have become very good at) and to be held... (just isn't in the mix right now). I may try reposting some of my old work at this time, until I'm better. I will do my best to check in on the Dailies.  I need to stay away from reading and commenting. : ((  : ((  : ((   At least for now. I am Sure, I Will Get Better!!! ☆●♡♢♡●☆ I need you all to know how much I've come to Love and Appreciate my HP Family. One of the best gifts I have given Myself. Also, I am trying to join Kalypso and Gang with Our collection of Poems on Sound Cloud. If I can ever figure it out ♡ Peace and Love ♡ ▪○●☆♡♢♡☆●○▪ Christi~ MoonFlower~ Fluer de Luna
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Not stealing and did not ask permission but don't believe she would mind if I give credit due. Read this and think it's worth reposting because it's great and it one of those judgmental folks should quit misquoting the bible poems. Original author is: Betty Ponder · Nov 28, 2013 Truth Regarding: ***** and Gomorrah Your willing flock of sheep believe your spin on books of Ezekiel and Genesis. Said you, and I quote, "God destroyed those cities because of same *** dating!". How can you twist words of literature you "claim" you know so well?, says me. The tale of the two cities was very different in my view and hope you re-read. Here's my take on occurrences on that fateful day when sky rained burning sulfur. God wanted to remove from the planet ones with fantasies of ****** his angels, those prideful and walking with exaggerated swagger in their steps, the arrogant suffering from superiority complex, all the uncaring hypocrites who failed to help those with basic needs and others; but, there is "no" mention of homosexuality. The time has come for your flock of willing to believe you sheep, to "read" the bible.
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Dec 26, 2013
Dec 26, 2013 at 5:22 AM UTC
I'M BI-SEXUAL - This poem DOES NOT BELONG TO ME- REPOSTING I AM NOW ANTI-DUCK HUNTER SHOW
Shadowic heroic ornamental's, false breed's cometh as incense breather's betwixt lively instrumental's. Macrogram plaza's to abrahamic venue's. Caller's calleth upon themselves to saveth what is not theirs; Morning breath, to winter's dew, hath thou been born yet? Is the baby yet due? Constant pain's to loss taken gain's maketh brain's and vein's out of organically made flesh; becometh thine own creator, thou creed of selfishness. Anchor heavy soul dragged away by chain's of past forget-not's, wherein the ground stayeth hot to ruin moronic window's. Maketh thy bed of silvered spring's thy own rusted medieval pillow; thou grand ol' operatic theme, thou patriarch to a dream, Art ourn day's but a whisp of a second's last? Thing's hath cometh to the listening one, the earth's spinning to fast; the mechanism's now begun. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome poet's poetry ©Prison writing's
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 2:18 PM UTC
Mosaic of virus ( old prison poetry reposting)
Travel the deserted mountains? That I will! Travel the emptied fountains, To get mine queens fill. Travel to ghetto's and dark Alley's, I must.. Travel to hell and back and purgatory, Crawl through the dust! Travel the bane quarters, through shallow wiss, I shalt, Travel the churches, mosques and temples? A holy one I please! Broken legs, and blistered arms, I'll do it hence I'll bleedeth ... Travel through impassible reticent, No holding all back.. Travel to countries foreign, To mansions and sleek tidy shacks! Travel to her home, where ever she may be? Oh I'm dreaming, tis I'll travel back to me!!!
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May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015 at 2:03 PM UTC
i will/ i wont/ or will i? ( reposting poem from may 12,2015..)
Confused and depressed Not knowing what comes to life next A promise that started so beautifully He changed, and now, is he really ending it this slowly? In the dark, while I savor the pain I longed to be happy and then you came. At a brisk, I let you in Consumed my mind and invaded my soul. Your eyes, I couldn’t help but stare Your voice, that became music to my ear I wish the time was longer – that’s a shame Why did I meet you at such a wrong fate? How can I tell him about you? You belong to someone else while I do too. Albeit amiss, the times with you felt nothing but right; Never was I this proud of the wrong, never in my life. Lost with bewilderment, who does my heart choose? HIM, the person that I have learned to love? Or YOU, the person that suddenly caught my heart? I’m guilty of even having to question myself that. The negative thoughts, the guilt, the constant fear. It has now started drowning me in. I realized, this affected him and I wanted to do the right thing. So, I had to choose him.
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Jul 19, 2019
Jul 19, 2019 at 3:20 PM UTC
Affair of the Heart (Reposting w/ updated notes)
I thank thee all my faithful friends for your following my poems I thank thee for your comments I thank thee for your likes I thank thee for reposting I thank thee for your encouragement I thank thee for your friendship I thank thee for being here and for your poems I thank thee for bringing encouragement through your inspired writings I thank thee for being yourself and sharing your unique self here I thank thee for all these things and many more I thank thee and your poetry which I so adore!
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May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 at 4:06 PM UTC
I Thank Thee
oh you are all so ******* good and god **** righteous with your Facebook statuses and tweets and blogs that you pour your hearts into reposting better men's works and words cowering behind a screen that hides the fact that you've resigned your life to nothing but giving others the publicity that should have been yours perhaps the more pathetic thing is that we live in a world where this is acceptable and the norm where people are given the ability to like, and reblog, and comment instead of actually making contact and establishing relationships **** it, if i want to talk to you, i don't actually have to talk to you!" and here i am, the eternal hypocrite writing a god **** poem on my macbook pro that i'll post to a poetry forum so i can get off on all of the likes, reads, and comments it collects i mean, who the **** am i if nobody else tells me who i am?
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Oct 6, 2011
Oct 6, 2011 at 12:38 PM UTC
i think i'll ***** about things i hate, but do anyways.
I sat on a rock and stared At her eyes the color of ink Wondering what she’s seen When she is ruffled by something It is literal A duck’s feathers are easily ruffled But that is a minor problem When we are ruffled by life It can disorient us for months Sometimes years Sometimes a lifetime I wonder what her life has been filled with She swims and she dives. She mates to reproduce, never to love and cherish her mate eternally. The way (some) humans do. Or at least should. She never suffers emotional trauma. It would be so much simpler to be a duck. No monetary worries No emotional worries No grudges Only the concern for survival I bet she’s never cried And I have so, so many times. She spreads her wings and takes flight. The way I often wish I could. To escape situations I don’t like. Just flying away. Her beautiful russet wings But I wasn’t born a duck. I was born a human. And I can’t spread my wings and fly away. And somehow I’m glad. I’m glad I can hurt And I can feel And I can love And be broken My main concern is not my own survival Because I am not a duck And I am not a coward And even if I can suffer What a duck would never have to endure I can have forever from someone else And I can become something An artist A writer A dancer A poet An inspiration A lover A mother A father Okay no not a father But I can make something out of myself And the duck will always be Well, a duck. Also, ducks are NOT YELLOW. …I needed to express that. Rawr. Please repost if you are happy to be human. Unless you are not a human. And if you are not a human, then I am kind of scared. Or if you just feel like reposting. Then you go ahead and do that. Have fun with it. :) woahifoundagrape! Please comment! I love to read interpretations of my work!
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Oct 24, 2014
Oct 24, 2014 at 2:15 PM UTC
DUCKY POEM!!! (My Response To Ena Alysopriono)
I sat on a rock and stared At her eyes the color of ink Wondering what she’s seen When she is ruffled by something It is literal A duck’s feathers are easily ruffled But that is a minor problem When we are ruffled by life It can disorient us for months Sometimes years Sometimes a lifetime I wonder what her life has been filled with She swims and she dives. She mates to reproduce, never to love and cherish her mate eternally. The way (some) humans do. Or at least should. She never suffers emotional trauma. It would be so much simpler to be a duck. No monetary worries No emotional worries No grudges Only the concern for survival I bet she’s never cried And I have so, so many times. She spreads her wings and takes flight. The way I often wish I could. To escape situations I don’t like. Just flying away. Her beautiful russet wings But I wasn’t born a duck. I was born a human. And I can’t spread my wings and fly away. And somehow I’m glad. I’m glad I can hurt And I can feel And I can love And be broken My main concern is not my own survival Because I am not a duck And I am not a coward And even if I can suffer What a duck would never have to endure I can have forever from someone else And I can become something An artist A writer A dancer A poet An inspiration A lover A mother A father Okay no not a father But I can make something out of myself And the duck will always be Well, a duck. Also, ducks are NOT YELLOW. …I needed to express that. Rawr. Please repost if you are happy to be human. Unless you are not a human. And if you are not a human, then I am kind of scared. Or if you just feel like reposting. Then you go ahead and do that. Have fun with it. :) woahifoundagrape! Please comment! I love to read interpretations of my work!
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Dear (Mr) God I just want to thank you for the heartiest chuckle I've had in some time!!! Pointing fingers is always a funny thing. And, friend, you just received the Flying Fickle (middle) Finger of Fate Award for the Millennium! For those who don't know, here's what ***** stated. ***** points fingers at me. THREE POINT BACK. 1) I'M ****** Who has hung his (her) shingle out as GOD?. Doesn't take a shrink to figure this diagnosis. 2) I'm a Jesus FREAK. Seems to me ***** (as Almond) contacted me via the site message system trying to start an argument with me (as a "Christian") with some pretty whacky ideas of His life while on earth. I blocked him (her). 3) My poetry is pointless. What, pray tell, is more pointless than a critic who can't WRITE? Nuf said. Your Che Guevara avatar is not out of place, however. What you don't know is history. REAL history. Che Guevara was a monster. He would stay in the home of his peasant friends, then slaughter them all so that his wherabouts would remain undivulged. You hide behind a false front, Almond. But it is appropriate. I guess all I can do for you is forgive, forget and PRAY. SoulSurvivor
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Jun 26, 2015
Jun 26, 2015 at 10:20 PM UTC
( dear Mr God) written by soul survivor( reposting for her)
Nat Lipstadt Mar 10 Pradip Dear Sir, I can't keep up with your prolific, delighting, creations This must be the third poem at least, for and to you, I, publicly address the thought terrifying, if you took a vacation, and had really some free time to write I do believe man, it's time for a unique, reserved, deserved, and as of yet, unheard of special, Hello Pradip Section on this site for this is yet one more in a streaming video poem, of me acknowledging you, Master of the Word, Wright Templar, Poet Extraordinaire, Most Importantly, Beloved Human, whose vision sees the world in ways that I adore S. suggests, I take a vaca just to eat your words, in the lazy, rushed fashion they deserve but tween us, your secret kept, your parrot and street dog Hengloo write every other one, cause no human could thus excel, without some help of animal spirits in between your beloved Saturdays Yours Devotedly, An Exhausted and Admiring, Nat Lipstadt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nat Lipstadt Sep 2, 2013 Pradip Chattopadhyay Simple verses, blessed be the uncomplex, But the visions, the glimpses, The sightings, in and out, Are celestial of, in, and on and about This planet shared. I will walk with you to Henry's Isle, You, accompany me, on the beach, We will together ford Crab Creek, When the tide is low, And afterwards, Repair to The  Poet's Nook, Where a moss stained Adirondack chair Awaits the Poet Prince, Your poems carved into It's soul, it's arms, it's back, Giving comfort continuous. This chai, this chair, this throne, Reserved for the lyricist of our lives, The shedder of light upon the special, The seconds, that fete our senses. I await you arrival. Tender this serenade, this overdue apology, For having not thanked you properly For your living kindness, Yet my words, insufficient, compared to yours... A special man, a simple homage.
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Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 4:43 PM UTC
Happily Reposting in honor of Pradip
Nat Lipstadt Mar 10 Pradip Dear Sir, I can't keep up with your prolific, delighting, creations This must be the third poem at least, for and to you, I, publicly address the thought terrifying, if you took a vacation, and had really some free time to write I do believe man, it's time for a unique, reserved, deserved, and as of yet, unheard of special, Hello Pradip Section on this site for this is yet one more in a streaming video poem, of me acknowledging you, Master of the Word, Wright Templar, Poet Extraordinaire, Most Importantly, Beloved Human, whose vision sees the world in ways that I adore S. suggests, I take a vaca just to eat your words, in the lazy, rushed fashion they deserve but tween us, your secret kept, your parrot and street dog Hengloo write every other one, cause no human could thus excel, without some help of animal spirits in between your beloved Saturdays Yours Devotedly, An Exhausted and Admiring, Nat Lipstadt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nat Lipstadt Sep 2, 2013 Pradip Chattopadhyay Simple verses, blessed be the uncomplex, But the visions, the glimpses, The sightings, in and out, Are celestial of, in, and on and about This planet shared. I will walk with you to Henry's Isle, You, accompany me, on the beach, We will together ford Crab Creek, When the tide is low, And afterwards, Repair to The  Poet's Nook, Where a moss stained Adirondack chair Awaits the Poet Prince, Your poems carved into It's soul, it's arms, it's back, Giving comfort continuous. This chai, this chair, this throne, Reserved for the lyricist of our lives, The shedder of light upon the special, The seconds, that fete our senses. I await you arrival. Tender this serenade, this overdue apology, For having not thanked you properly For your living kindness, Yet my words, insufficient, compared to yours... A special man, a simple homage.
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May 05, 2016: I am reposting this in honor of my wife, Karen, who left this mortal earth eight 1/2 years ago. Originally written and posted on September 17, 2014) This tree- Is not just any 'ol tree'- It's "The Grandmother Tree" Having grown from a broken, eighteen inch high twig, taken from its mother by the Texas wind. Now, in just over six years, it rises nearly fifteen feet, for it was planted, and fed, with the love from two grandchildren, who planted it in memory of their grandmother, my wife, Karen, of 40 years, and their surviving grandmother, Linda. Karen found it on our patio and placed it in a clay *** watered it, and made a support for it to keep it upright. She wanted to plant it where it stands today. She had named it "The Evan and Emily Tree." When she left us, Emily and Evan planted it in the back yard of their home. They named it, "The Grandmother Tree." The tree is home to the "Guardians", the "Keepers", the "Watchers", sent to protect their memories, then, now, and future. Enlarge it, and you might see them, if you look closely. There are monkeys sitting in the tree, and the silhouettes. To the left, is cast the shadow of a "little man", with arm extended, pointing upward. To the right of the tree, perhaps an ape like creature, or two, and the face of a "mystery man." Set your imagination "free", For there could be others- Look, and see. You could be surprised! copyright: richard riddle September 17, 2014 12:32pm
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 8:52 PM UTC
The Grandmother Tree(Mother's Day 2016)
This is not so much a poem. This is more a revealing of a high that comes from taking the liars down. This is not about reposting ones own work under multiple accounts (I don't understand it and I don't get it but you can't steal from yourself...) This is a story of being able to show ones true character by pointing out that what they write, how they bask in the muted sunlight of another's ignorance to their thievery, just leaves them looking pale! You see me as a troublemaker storming your made up works just trying to influence your friends that your not that kind of girl You see me as an interloper just jealous of your success Little Darlin' I don't care for you except for exposing your lying cheating *** Stop garnering your self esteem upon backs that are already broke Stop making people believe you suffered what you supposedly wrote Honestly! If you are impressed and feel heart whole, then simply, Say thank you, *I feel what you wrote I feel you wrote it for me* Just don't steal their words and let everyone think You're a master poet/ess All you need to do is link...
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Nov 27, 2014
Nov 27, 2014 at 3:41 AM UTC
Staring Down the Barrel (a true plagiarist fear)
There are no tribes in America. This is my annual reposting of my July 4th poem, written years ago. After reading about some tribal warfare in a far away land, I wrote this true story down.... ~~~~~~~~~ one July 4th, many years ago walking the streets, of the city of Nice, situe on the Cote D'azur of France, on the Mediterranean Sea, where ships of navies may safely park, sailors ashore leavened to disembark^ how I came to be there is a poem for another time walking the streets, of the palm tree resort along Le Promenade Des Anglais, coming at me, Three Sailors, unmistakably American One white, One black, One from California, which I believe, is still part of the USA how we fell upon each other in warm embrace, smiling, bestowing blessings of grace not as strangers, but as fellow signatories on the Declaration of Independence brothers, long lost, reunited as if it had been many years, since we had our arms entwined, one family from one far away united place dialectical differences ignored, even the wide-eyed 'Bama boy, totally comprehensible, for on that say, we spoke a language that encompassed a single brotherhood, a common history, all on that holy day no tribes in America, no colors, no religions, only brothers-in-arms I need not choose to believe that should it happen again twenty years hence, perhaps with their sons, my embrace will exactly the same be, for I know it true, for there are no tribes in an American heart. ^disembarked to be leavened....either works
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Jul 4, 2015
Jul 4, 2015 at 2:45 PM UTC
July 4th - There are no tribes in America
There are no tribes in America. This is my annual reposting of my July 4th poem, written years ago. After reading about some tribal warfare in a far away land, I wrote this true story down.... ~~~~~~~~~ one July 4th, many years ago walking the streets, of the city of Nice, situe on the Cote D'azur of France, on the Mediterranean Sea, where ships of navies may safely park, sailors ashore leavened to disembark^ how I came to be there is a poem for another time walking the streets, of the palm tree resort along Le Promenade Des Anglais, coming at me, Three Sailors, unmistakably American One white, One black, One from California, which I believe, is still part of the USA how we fell upon each other in warm embrace, smiling, bestowing blessings of grace not as strangers, but as fellow signatories on the Declaration of Independence brothers, long lost, reunited as if it had been many years, since we had our arms entwined, one family from one far away united place dialectical differences ignored, even the wide-eyed 'Bama boy, totally comprehensible, for on that say, we spoke a language that encompassed a single brotherhood, a common history, all on that holy day no tribes in America, no colors, no religions, only brothers-in-arms I need not choose to believe that should it happen again twenty years hence, perhaps with their sons, my embrace will exactly the same be, for I know it true, for there are no tribes in an American heart. ^disembarked to be leavened....either works
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We hear the sounds of approaching thunder Drowning out the cries and pleas Of people calling out for freedom-- Urgent calls in times like these! March! We hear the words that spit and sputter-- That splatter against mellifluous sounds Of peace, of hope, of promise, of caring, Creating verbal battlegrounds. March! We see the dark and threatening clouds Looming above, waiting to rain On love and reason. The winds of hatred Equal the force of a hurricane. March! We see around the neck of compassion A cruel, ever-tightening noose, While the henchmen multiply-- A surge of bigotry on the loose. March! We feel in our hearts the constant longing For dreams that should be guaranteed By thoughtful laws and not by decisions Forged from ignorance, power, and greed. March! We feel the sadness, pain, and despair Of all who are trampled and left behind, Of all whose rights are being denied, Of all who are hated and maligned. March! We know that we can transcend bias; When myth prevails, wisdom departs. We can flourish by wisely removing The chains of intolerance from our hearts. March! We know that we have the potential To live in a country governed by laws Embracing all the people here And freeing us from tyranny's claws. March! March to demonstrate solidarity With others who hear the urgent call. March together in peace for social And economic justice for all! March! -by Bob B (1-31-17, 1-17-18) *This is an update and reposting of my Jan 2017 poem.
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Jan 17, 2018
Jan 17, 2018 at 11:20 AM UTC
March!*
This is for all the boys and girls. You, yes you know who you are, the ones who go through hell. Who go through hell day after day and yet are still breathing. How do you do it? Well, you do what I do. You fight. You fight until your knees give out, and then you keep fighting. It's like we all carry first class gold memberships to Hell. We're first on the guest list. God, how are our feet still there after walking through Hell so many times? How are our eyebrows not singed from the burn? How are we not dead yet? Why do we keep fighting for a cause we know that we won't receive? We won't win? We won't reach? The cause we wake up every morning sad about because we don't have it. The relationship we long for, the happiness we wish to attain, the imaginary world called sanity we wish to discover. Why can't we have what we want? Why do we suffer? Well, I'll tell you why. And I know from experience. We can't win because we are the only brave and true fighters left. If we weren't fighting, there would be no one fighting. We'd all have what we wanted. But that's not how the world works, the world needs to have a battle. Which requires fighters. Which means us. The ones who go through Hell like it's our path to the bathroom. We have to fight the battle. Even though we didn't sign up in the first place. We're the ones that wish for what we want. We make the 11:11 wishes, we pray, we long for, heck, we even follow those stupid things on Facebook that say "Make a wish, count to one hundred, blink twenty times, and repost this and your wish will come true, but if you don't repost this you'll never get your wish." Well, I guess I have to stop reading that, or at least start reposting. My wishes never come true from doing that but at least I believe enough to do it. Believing is what keeps me going. It's what keeps us all going. It's the pillow to lay our heads on after a long day of battle. It's the Nutella(R) to indulge ourselves in when we feel sad, happy, lazy, or even if it's a sweatpants and t-shirt kind-of-day. It's the last bit of gas in the tank that gets us to the next gas station instead of breaking down on the interstate. It's the denial in some, but it's the blood in me. Because I'm more than just a body of blood and bones, and so are you. You're a believer too. So fight for your goal. Reach for it. Shoot for it. Repost the Facebook statuses to make it come true. It doesn't make you a bad person. We all have our weaknesses, we all have our flaws. Heck, even on my best days my evil ways still show. But I don't worry about that. Because I leave the mystery of me open to the world's interpretation. And you should to. Because at the end of the day, you'll never finish the battle you wage with the world. So never, ever give up. Even when you're breath is gone and your blood has poured, keep going. Because in the end, we'll get that dream car we want. We'll get that perfect job. The great Hercules-like body. The relationship we try so hard for. We'll finally receive the true meaning of what it means to believe. And when we get that my friends. Our battle will be over.
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Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014 at 10:05 AM UTC
The Brightside of Believing
This is for all the boys and girls. You, yes you know who you are, the ones who go through hell. Who go through hell day after day and yet are still breathing. How do you do it? Well, you do what I do. You fight. You fight until your knees give out, and then you keep fighting. It's like we all carry first class gold memberships to Hell. We're first on the guest list. God, how are our feet still there after walking through Hell so many times? How are our eyebrows not singed from the burn? How are we not dead yet? Why do we keep fighting for a cause we know that we won't receive? We won't win? We won't reach? The cause we wake up every morning sad about because we don't have it. The relationship we long for, the happiness we wish to attain, the imaginary world called sanity we wish to discover. Why can't we have what we want? Why do we suffer? Well, I'll tell you why. And I know from experience. We can't win because we are the only brave and true fighters left. If we weren't fighting, there would be no one fighting. We'd all have what we wanted. But that's not how the world works, the world needs to have a battle. Which requires fighters. Which means us. The ones who go through Hell like it's our path to the bathroom. We have to fight the battle. Even though we didn't sign up in the first place. We're the ones that wish for what we want. We make the 11:11 wishes, we pray, we long for, heck, we even follow those stupid things on Facebook that say "Make a wish, count to one hundred, blink twenty times, and repost this and your wish will come true, but if you don't repost this you'll never get your wish." Well, I guess I have to stop reading that, or at least start reposting. My wishes never come true from doing that but at least I believe enough to do it. Believing is what keeps me going. It's what keeps us all going. It's the pillow to lay our heads on after a long day of battle. It's the Nutella(R) to indulge ourselves in when we feel sad, happy, lazy, or even if it's a sweatpants and t-shirt kind-of-day. It's the last bit of gas in the tank that gets us to the next gas station instead of breaking down on the interstate. It's the denial in some, but it's the blood in me. Because I'm more than just a body of blood and bones, and so are you. You're a believer too. So fight for your goal. Reach for it. Shoot for it. Repost the Facebook statuses to make it come true. It doesn't make you a bad person. We all have our weaknesses, we all have our flaws. Heck, even on my best days my evil ways still show. But I don't worry about that. Because I leave the mystery of me open to the world's interpretation. And you should to. Because at the end of the day, you'll never finish the battle you wage with the world. So never, ever give up. Even when you're breath is gone and your blood has poured, keep going. Because in the end, we'll get that dream car we want. We'll get that perfect job. The great Hercules-like body. The relationship we try so hard for. We'll finally receive the true meaning of what it means to believe. And when we get that my friends. Our battle will be over.
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Alone, lonely at night I pick up my pen and I write About all my wrongs till they're right Battlin with myself to find the words Almost like i'm picking a fight with myself, the one person I don't even like we goin through the same **** different night and some how I never right Haters casting spells on **** the couldn't even write telling me how to make it better then I visit thier site they reposting poems they didn't even write you thought this was poem, now your in for fight my higher intellect and my thoughts intersect and the words ignite this rap not a poem much to your delight I wrote this **** to take a **** on haters that like - to hate on peoples works, I refute anyone that thought they gave them the right, now things is getting ugly, i'm going in on this track until they give me life, killing this **** and to think this is me being nice
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Sep 20, 2015
Sep 20, 2015 at 8:52 AM UTC
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i. Acid skies Brimmed by dust; Ancient eyes Spilled by lust ii. Corrupting tongue Lathered by oil; A bomb for ourn world It shalt be resoiled. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome poet's poetry Repost
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Sep 26, 2015
Sep 26, 2015 at 3:32 PM UTC
Acid skies ( old poem reposting)