Category: Poems
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I will Wait version 2.0
I Wait By Zachary Furr Mercenary Scott Stevens Journal Entry Location: CLASSIFIED Journal Entry Date: CLASSIFIED 0530 I feel the weight of the gun in my hands, it is heavy and cold. I make sure that the bolt is not frozen. That the frost has not ruined my chance of changing the world for the…
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Knights
Courage, Temperance, Liberality, Magnificence, Pride, Honor, Good Temper, Friendliness, Truthfulness, Wit, Friendship, Justice, The twelve virtues of being a knight, These are the virtues that we have forgotten. Or at least we have put aside, In lieu of ourselves, In a land far from here, Men still strive to be knights, Still strive to…
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Demon inside
The mirror image always reflects, The image is perfect, The image is forgotten after a few minutes, The image is gone, The camera captures the perfection, The camera immortalizes the image. But do these images show the truth? Do they show the horror beneath the facade? Do these masks frighten us? Would we recognizes…
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Homage to Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum – Homage to Poe By Zachary Furr Let it be marked that this tale is inspired by Edgar Allen Poe as well as by Vincent Price. The lights of the city were bright and shining. Carnival had the whole city in an uproar of celebration. Parties to the…
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A Star’s Blessing
A Star’s Blessing By Zachary Furr Here I lie, Upon a hill, With my sheep, And my dog, And darkness descends, Upon me, Tonight. (I just made a haiku without meaning to.) And as I lie, I see the light, It’s a solitary light, That shines with power, That outshines the sun,…
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Shades
Shades By Zachary Furr Inspired by Night on Bare Mountain Oh what a night to behold him, the Fear that he commands, The shadows bend to his whim, It is the fear that we feel at night that grips us the most, we sense it all the time, but none so greatly than at…
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There I Stood – An Easter poem
There i stood… By Zachary Furr I am a groundskeeper for the dead. Those that have met their timely deaths. Those that have lived their time. For good, For evil, They have died, And I tend their resting place. I tend the the flowers, So that the garden smells good, to those that…
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Red Stripe
The Red Stripe By Zachary Furr It started so simply, A freedom that was wanted, A dream that was seen, An ocean that was crossed, Land that was taken and farmed, Cities and towns were built, Explores made famous, Rivers and mountains seen, Canyons and cliffs found, Vast riches mined and exploited, And…
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Rain at Sunset
Rain at Sunset By Zachary Furr She stood at the window, and watched the sun fall. A light drizzle started, and tapped on the window. There in the evening light, she wished she could have felt her beau. He had been deployed to the far east, his company had been lost in a…
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Slave
Slave By Zachary Furr It started off so simply, with only my voice and a sound that could be heard throughout the ages. I wanted nothing more than what was required of me. I wished for nothing more than the freedom that I needed. I had that which I did not want. I am…
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