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Mike Berry

Dedicated to Mike Berry (1942-2025) who died on April 11, 2025

Mike Berry

He was an actor and a singer and his name was Mike Berry.
If you're wondering how talented he was,...

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When A Caged Bird is Set Free

Inspired by Sylvia Plath

When A Caged Bird is Set Free

If love was really lust and lust was really love
what type of love would you like to have?
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Something bothering the peace

Something bothering the peace

How come you talk like you do ?
For time in the past you did not speak like you do now ....of Godly...

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Molded

Molded

Molded.
Form.
End result.
Unstructured
clay.
Soft.
Malleable....

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Mosaic of Splinters

Mosaic of Splinters

I am glassβ€”
fractured by yesterday’s storm,
the metallic scent of splintered silence
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Deck of Cards

living life with mood disorders and not being able to pin point...

Living a life like mine is like living through a deck of cards
At first everything seems easy, seems...

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SOMETIMES ALMOST FORGETTING

Mushroom Season

Sometimes I almost forget the way you used to look at me when I was looking back at you..both pretending...

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After my Sweet Moment of Hush

After my Sweet Moment of Hush

Is there no way out of the mind?
you would think a door or window would help?
sometimes it...

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What If..

just read it please and let me know. I'm genuinely curious...

What if the heart really doesn't know..
Before I continue this, I'll tell you what inspired this...

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I am watched

I am watched

God I moved the clouds through you while looking for the Sun
Yes I always seems to find it even on...

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Deadly Insulation

Deadly Insulation

I often lament
that I as an older gent
can't love
or even lust anymore
over...

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The Call of Beowulf

The Call of Beowulf

In Geatland's halls, a kingly peace

Disturbed by whispers, bringing cease

...

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La Llorona

La Llorona

Maria, Maria what twas done?
Slain ones babes one by one
Cast in raging river to drown...

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Splatter Poetry

Splatter Poetry

DAMN IT MAN

When did you become
such a bland stereotype?

A thoroughly boring...

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WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE BIBLE

JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES
I THINK OF SALVATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL
JESUS FORGAVE THE SINNER BY...

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Foreordain

"IΚ»m sticking Too"

Foreordain

stick a dynamite in your pride, and you will explode refine,
open a box of cracker-jacks, and you...

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Perfumes of a Summer's...

Perfumes of a Summer's Day

As I wash my dirty laundry
I can see the muggy water
released from my socks
I often...