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Warfare Source: Distempers of the Human Mind — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PROLOGUE: Behold, how war and peace are so aligned. Haply appearing sometimes as comedy. At other times to sadly all remind; there’s sometimes joy...	1,970 views Rate it
Voice Of The Wind — John M. Broadhead	Young Timothy Dellman was cut at the neck As the pirates with cutlasses boarded the deck. The battle went poorly for HMS Fraught For her sails were...	261 views Rate it
Solomonic Influence in Shakespeare’s Work — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Life is a tall tale. Full of sound, raging fury. It is vanity. Acts of vanity. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity. Two philosophers. Both...	1,315 views Rate it
The Co-Existence of Two Strange Bedfellows — Karl Constantine FOLKES	This is a paradoxical existential story. As old as Time, as new as the breaking dawn. About two distempered relatives. Seemingly different, yet oh so...	576 views Rate it
Train Ride — Kim Travis	The chugging of the engine As we take it round the bend The driver blows the whistle And we hear it at the end. We meander through the stations ...	209 views Rate it
Quandale Dingle — Ligma	Hey guys quandale dingle here (GOOFY AHAH LAUGH) I just ate my dog who was biting my ball sack. So I pulled a old wild yeller on that...	185 views Rate it
Southern Outpost ... Lachish, Israel, 587 BCE — John W. May	Omniscient eyes upon us seem leering Out from a darkness that dreadfully grows— A deluge of darkness, dreadless, fearless, Swallowing all as it easily...	135 views Rate it
Tale of a Million Soldiers — Barbara Peabody Pouliot	Today~ I reflect more then ever before All the stories shared with me from brave, loving soldiers in my Family When the call came, they stood up and...	115 views Rate it
Once I Was a Hardened Soldier — Nathaniel Hackey	Imagine a grey world Where it only rains ash The clouds are black And the ground is like powder The winds stir up an aftermath Of victory and of...	70 views Rate it
- Cornered - Tears Of A Woman — Enock Makasi	Cornered The most mysterious creatures in the world, a creature which is hard to resist but easy to manipulate, well, that is what men see in us as “...	59 views Rate it
Rivers and Mountains — Rex Ingamells	Yarra and Murray, Murrumbidgee and Darling, Lachlan and Derwent, Swan River and Hawkesbury River . . . By your old or your new names; And all your...	39 views Rate it
Colin Powell: May He Be Given Grace — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Gone now, and yet forever here to stay, a giant among us, a soldier on display. This folklore hero, patriot. A veteran of the wars. A statesman of the...	1,148 views Rate it
Tarzan’s ‘Umgawa’ Burden — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Edgar Rice Burroughs Creator of The Ape Man Lord of the Jungle Tarzan — the name means ‘White Skin’ Overseer of Africa. This American Burrowed...	927 views Rate it
We Are Intrepid Travelers of Space — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A global journey Traversing the Milky Way Our seatbelts fastened By Earth’s magnetic impulse We — intrepid...	625 views Rate it
How Words Change Meaning — Karl Constantine FOLKES	How words change meaning: Semantic shifts and changes Alter our senses With their directions — mended Bearing new...	524 views Rate it
A Song for Sita — Anubrato Ghatak	Time it was when we banished were From the riches, the comfort and the ranks, When all I had was the grit in my bones And your brave heart, that made...	484 views Rate it
José Martí: Un Hombre Sincero — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Without a word, the pompous muse He set aside and understood: From such a withered branch he chose; To hang thereby his doctoral hood. He knew when...	406 views Rate it
Genji’s Tragedy of Distraction — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The tale of Genji concerns the all that he lost; all his love interests, all his ten thousand lovers. All imaging his mother. The tale of DAO ...	382 views Rate it
goofy ahah — quandale dingle	It's Quandale Dingle here! (RUUEHEHEHEHEHEEHE) I have been arrested for multiple crimes (AHHHHHHHHHHHHH) including: Battery on a police officer (WHAT),...	281 views Rate it
Ode to The Etheree Poetry Style — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Poetry of thought: Etheree, O Etheree! The art of writing… Ouroboros poetry… Revolving ‘round its center. Poetic wonder. Arkadelphia project. A...	213 views Rate it
The Strident Chant of Freedom — Karl Constantine FOLKES	CHANT OF CHORAL VOICES (Crescendo) “Composers, singers, poets, musicians: Restore us to be whole, you artists. Instill in us sweet...	200 views Rate it
He Alone is Without Blemish — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Holding on to the opposites. Body merging with the Spirit. That is the hope for humankind. Ever seeking after wholeness. There came one modeling...	145 views Rate it
The Carolean Era of King Charles The Third — Karl Constantine FOLKES	All the world witnessed The coronation of Charles; On the sixth of May. A ceremony In Westminster Abbey. Twenty Twenty Three. By bishops...	135 views Rate it
Deleted — Steve Dupere	Deleted...	126 views Rate it
Previous Employer — Joe McLaughlin	They claimed to be a friend, That would stand by me to the end, And reminded me over and over. I resisted their conditioning, And fought off their...	113 views Rate it