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jeffrey conyers May 2013
To the poet.
The one that takes a few words and creates a poem.
You must be respected.

Just to mold words into a work of art.
To some it's hard.
To some it's as easy like counting one, two, three.

To the poet.
That keeps this work of art thriving.
Langston Hughes, James Baldwins and Emily Dickinson would welcoming you.

Like a songwriter describing a storytale.
Many great known and unknown poets have done just as well.
Whether it's about love.
Or the headaches to come.

Poets just has a story to tell.
Just as much truth within it.
Or picture perfect of a fairytale.
Anonymous Jun 2013
Just a name they say.
Live on they tell me.
Go day by day,
Live in his memory,
Go on for him,
It will only get better,
You'll find another,
No I won't.
He can't be replaced, or forgotten
Shame on your ignorance for even suggesting that.
Watching him writhing,
His cold lifeless eyes.
Do you know how it feels to watch your best, oldest, and only friend to begin his journey.
His journey to whatever is beyond the end?
Do you understand how it feels to gain hope with each shudder?
I cried on his cold shoulder until the vet dragged me away.
It wasn't a storytale death.
I tried to close his eyes,
But they refused to stay shut.
So with him my only chance of happiness died.
preservationman Jan 2018
Come and sit by the fireplace
Follow me into a storytale of royalty that will surprise you in your face
The spoken story is about a King and Queen of Featherson Castle
It also involves a Joker who would often entertain
The story behind the Joker, we will let that just remain
Let’s just say not in this domain
Now King Jack and Queen Mary were superior sitting on the throne
They let their powers being known
Once a man started to rebel
He shouted to the King and Queen being his tell
One thing you don’t do is go against anarchy
It is treason and is a solid creed
It is enforced strongly indeed
The Guards brought the man in front of the King and Queen
Now King Jack and Queen Mary were quite angry and distraught
Who are you to relish against us?
You the penalty is Death, and your tongue could be cut off
The man responded, “Do what you wish as I have lived through harsh conditions of anguish of cruel torment”
The man spoke for himself and the community
In fact, there was no unity
The man was his own testimony with a jury of none
Some how the King and Queen listened to the man with interest
Thoughts above in thinking
Perhaps we were taking our authority too far in being harsh
The man’s life was sparred
King Jack and Queen Mary changed the treasons
Cheers rang out from the surrounding town peoples
A happy ending indeed
The story closes with no need to further proceed
I see you have fallen asleep
The story is your soul to keep.

— The End —