Tag: Prose
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When the towers fell.
What major historical events do you remember? When the towers fell I was in middle school The teachers pulled us from gym class Moved us to the library And made us watch history in the making Symbols of our country Were destroyed in an instant Planes crashed into buildings My heart plummeted at the sight…
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The Dwarves
The Earth sons The men of dirt The Dwarves Long beards Long noses The boots trod New roads Their hands Craft treasures Their eyes Pierce the dark Their ears Hear echoes whisper Their voices Roar “DURIN!” The Dwarves In caves they might be They do not cower They wait and fortify The make treasures Of…
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The Sludge
Never get off the boat That was the number one rule The boat is there to see the majesty of the swamp Look with your eyes See the trees, animals and water See how they interact with each other Don’t leave the boat Smell the swamp The pines that overwhelm the air The know that…
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The Cotton Candy Tree
How did it come to be? Out there on the dunes? That tree stands tall and erect, A natural wonder for all to see. What an attractant it is? For all the wonder that humans give it, The animals that it attracts are beyond compare. Gators and lizards have been known to cross the vast…
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The Dad Diet
It should be a point of pride for every man To achieve the dad diet New dads, old dads They are all worthy of the diet The diet starts with eggs and only eggs The dad will appear haggard and skinny He gives up many calories so that his wife Can be happy in pregnancy …
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The Pillar of Thor
Lightning strikes near the baseThe glass stairs climb highSand whips in currents aroundForged grand is this god’s memorialTossed from heavenThor fellUnable to retrieve his mighty hammerUnlifted it stayed Thor lived a lift normal and freeA wife he lovedChildren he hadHe was a god, that became a manAnd stayed soThe hammer has formed its own pillarA trial…
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The Drums
The Drums Doom, doom, doom The drums of the deep Doom, doom, doom The drums of the deep They pound and come Doom Doom doom They come louder and louder Doom Doom Doom We run and run Doom Doom Doom We run and run fast DOom DOom DOom We fear as they come DOOm DOOm…
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Churchyard Shadow
Funerals have always bothered me We celebrate the life And mourn the loss Perhaps the shadow I saw Was doing a bit of both For the graveyard was old Older it seemed than the country that it was in And yet the ghost of a person Lingered in it still The ghost of that of…
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Technology – Fire
Man has known fire for 6000 years James has never known a campfire James tried to replenish a dying ember The ember still gave off heat James had two faggots He went to place the first in the dying fire The heat burned James’ hand He dropped the second faggot On another’s foot He writhed…
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My Traveling Shoes
The shoes that I enjoy the most are for traveling. They are shoes that can go anywhere And they probably have already been there The tenner shoe as one of my favorite authors would say They are comfortable and will fall apart from use These shoes can track up a mountain side As well as…
The In Constant Chronicles 