Province holding a gargantuan
Succulence in tender meat
Solely nothing next to it
Rise of jaws in dripping nightmare
As a warrior approaching
Sword in belt and strain in hands
Far from coming for amends
Was extermination’s mission

Nearing crimson scales o’ nightmare
Resolutely she dismounted
Said farewell from horse she parted
Thing much greater was awaiting
Rending trees with blood ...

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Great debris of unimaginable
Scales of hubris tall in size
Hidden ‘neath a sole demise
Late in life to come perusal
Of a minuscule far human
Far in reach o’ destination
Hidden ‘neath another nation
Sniff of prison under rocks

He could not envision then
When the sights for him producd
In a wonders’ moment mused
See beneath the situation
Of a planning in this wreckage
Simple fate to b...

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Frolicking above the stars
On a night diminutive
Was the planet lone and captive
Licking comets just beyond
Gravitational its pull
On a very starry night
Dancing rubble with delight
Seasonal around the orbit

It was never a coincidence
How the shiny eloquence
Of the boulders’ breaking dance
Lit celestials with the sounds
Of another silent rumble
Shards of space rocks flying by
From ...

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Iron boots imprint the ground
Rigid steps to stamp the mud
Clear instead of heavy thud
On a swamp within the trees
Trudging was the lonely ranger
On a beastless quiet forest
Longing for his home and rest
Coming any time at last

He perused the vegetation
Looking for faint signs of life
Was devoid and less than rife
Free so he kept on his way
Till an unsuspicious shadow
Held a dagger ...

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Through sure steps along the beach
Moving forward destination
Muscles fighting the exhaustion
Knew her journey how was long
She pressed heels above the sand
Footprints shaped of iron sabatons
Armor forged by many sons
Knee with luster under sun

Turning face for distant gaze
Over briny vast those waters
To where she wrote many letters
Loving someone overseas
Now just scattered past an...

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Was a warrior in shambles
Crawling tired through the mud
Longer longer than she should
As the sunset dared encroaching
On the scenery around her
Crows were gathering with hunger
Breathing she should be no longer
Soon the body would give in

But tenacious her stubborn
Grit and living a desire
Burned inside of her an ire
That for moving to continue
And with every lift of muscle
And her...

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You may think it’s blank—
Or even free—
Verse, but you may be
Unfamiliar with the voice,
The accent, the dialect
Of the author.

You don’t see the rhyme
If you pronounce things
Differently. And you may miss
The meter, if you speak with
A different cadence.

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