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Sacrifice
(A second poem, freshly conceived today, in dedication to New Hampshire’s beloved Old Man of the Mountain.) you must understand my despondence more than ten thousand years I stood guard since the last...
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Blood Sweat and Tears
Photo from kissthecookonline.com blood sweat and tears are within me unsweet ingredients resolving my essence but they’re not fully mine till I give them away expend vital fluids decant my poor vessel...
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Remembrance
Photo from greensleeves.typepad.com dusk strolls forward from under the treeline across the town green stirring fireflies skittering up from the grass pulsing flickers like quick-stitches tacking the...
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Players
General Store Checkers BarrelPhoto from ashfieldhistorical.org Black-iron wood stove flared pungently warm Checkerboard straddling an oak barrel rim Players hunched upon fruit crates that creaked...
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A Fine Romance
“Romance”Painting by Donna TutenFrom fineartamerica.com piece me together with rainbows and ritual sweeten my wine with your tongue take my essence and make of it what you will for I no longer need...
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Hearken
“Weary Soldier”Painting by T. FischlerFrom fineartamerica.com soldier hearken give battledress ear to indelible truths be alive to the death all about you hear murmuring deep from below troubled ground...
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Decoration Day Thoughts
Antique Note Card From vintageglorycards.com (I grew up knowing it as Decoration Day. Today it is called Memorial Day.) (To America’s three million uniformed soldiers and sailors, flyers and marines, –...
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Skirl of the Pipes
Boston Police Gaelic Column Photo by Michael Dwyer/AP laid cold in his prime the blue line of duty abruptly erased service drawn to an end orphaned citizens sensing their loss feel impersonal grief in...
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Agápē
Agape Love Greek Biblical Transcription From kirbasinstitute.com love not as emotion but rather as motive to act on behalf of another to follow His earthly example to give of oneself sacrificially...
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American Wars
“American Civil War” by Zeana Romanovna what possessed men to stoically stand against volleys of hellfire three-pounder gallopers six-pounder mortar shells musket balls filling the air tearing holes in...
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Drama of Dreams
“Sacrifice” by Yvelise Holopherne velveted sword ceremonial murder arranged in a drama of dreams hoary beards catch the chants of robed secular priests dour figures fulfilling old prophecy black...
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Awful Red Mist
“Holy War” by Nancy Merkle battlefields bathed in that awful red mist tragic essence of lost generations indelible sacrifice fouling the landscapes of history duty-bound blood oaths incurred of their...
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Blood Sweat and Tears
“Entry to Your Dream” by Mirek Bialy (originally posted June 2013) blood sweat and tears are within me unsweet ingredients resolving my essence but they’re not fully mine till I give them away expend...
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Good Friday
“Crucified” by Carol Schiff a day of dark passion the ultimate sacrifice dies the redeemer the terrible gather of consequence giving a poignant example of wages accruing to sin an unbearable suffering...
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Hearken
“Abstract Soldier” by Greg Pitts soldier hearken give battledress ear to indelible truths be alive to the death all about you hear murmuring deep from below troubled ground dripping caverns that drain...
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