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WriterKat
Apr 22

Happy Earth Day

National Poetry Month Day 22 Featured Poem — Quantum Leap

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John E Marks
Jul 16, 2021

Growl

A true poet makes the difficult easy.
Turns water into wine, in a half-truncated line;
Growls with the full force of a Jesuit.
Whines like a man…

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John E Marks
Jul 10, 2021

passing clouds

Words you don’t remember,
wind rising in the sky,
you, bereft of fortitude,
sparks will fly…
Coals flare into flames; a pettiness
Of…

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John E Marks
Jul 3, 2021

Our endless, numbered days

Sackcloth on our backs,
ashes in our mouths,
wailing heard from north and south

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John E Marks
May 28, 2021

The unpurged imagery of day

Turks threatening Greeks with invasion,  Extermination. Erdoğan, the…

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John E Marks
May 21, 2021

St Sophia’s — the Church of Holy Wisdom

Again, we set sail for Byzantium
Defaced by the Turks
Who have spent 500 years wiping out…

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John E Marks
May 18, 2021

The PRIDE of AFRICA

Eight billion humans 
Tear this planet apart
A frenzy of destruction
Hating each other
Hating other species
Selfishly…

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WriterKat
Apr 23, 2021

Elixir

A poem about poets and the power of words

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WriterKat
Apr 18, 2021

Enoughness

A poem about inner struggles and enlightenment

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John E Marks
Apr 17, 2021

COUNT YOURSELF LUCKY

Poverty stressful everyone happy rich says you gotta be popular
climb outer d’ditch. Popular, sweet as sugar can be, but…

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