spilledwoords
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The Man Who Dares …
It is not the critic who counts,not the man who pronounceshow the strong man stumbled,where the doer of deeds fumbledor could have done them better.Credit belongs to the man – the pacesetterwho is actually in the arena, in the mud;whose face is marred by… Continue Reading “The Man Who Dares …”
SORES
Life’s sores have been aroundStill will till Christ comes back to go no moreHowever we might care to wish it awayShe still runs wild with no care Some stalk, then forcefully pounce-Certain ones saunter or crawl by,Tearing up flesh; others harvesting man’s defense.Even if… Continue Reading “SORES”
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Dear Irony
IDear Irony, “Tell me, my goddess.”What numbers have you laid sway?Is it the Wise – who derides Folly?Or the ridiculed who derides his mocker –“In all his insight and contemplative devote he isa maverick proclaiming without any result his knowinglike a parched lost vagabond in Saharathe thirst for knowledge had led him to drinkfrom the […]
The FACT CHECKER
Grass Snake
Had there been no green in him one would not have thoughtHim to have been envenomed, but starting back from theDarting of this virid twister, one forgets at leastFor a moment that there is no question of his virulence here.His color is drawn from the grass in which he flickers,But washed as by the water […]
I am a Fading Light
If Only
