Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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[about this image: i edited an AI generated image using Picsart to include character of the emporer]

His Pen Unsheathed

Begging not a pardon

Poet's pen scribbles

Merrily merrily to conjour

Pumpkins under Hunter moon


Pompous emporers

Stark naked before

A crowd too astonised 

To snicker at him or themselves


Who unsheats his pen

To slaughter like an abbatoir

Those dared to slander 

The good of a people


Meditate to godhead

Tis poetry's pen

Not that of the poet

Penned and done

© gillena cox 2026

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16 comments:

  1. brudbergOctober 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM

    Indeed the naked emperor stands there for all to see,

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  2. Gillena CoxOctober 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM

    Thanks for dropping by, Björn

    Much love

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  3. AinOctober 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM

    Very well exposed Gillena!

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  4. ms_liliOctober 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM

    Reads like a sermon, Gillena, one the parishioners should heed. Very good graphic to go with the poem.

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  5. shaun/tenzenmenOctober 27, 2026 at 11:54 PM

    Some folks need a good egging.

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  6. Gillena CoxOctober 28, 2026 at 1:54 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation, Shaun

    Much love

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  7. Mrityunjay DixitOctober 28, 2026 at 3:39 AM

    👏👏👏👏

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  8. Gillena CoxOctober 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation, Jay

    Much love

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  9. CaraOctober 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM

    Awesome poem and loved your ireeverence throughout, Gillena! Much love! 🧡

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  10. Dwight L. RothOctober 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM

    Well done, Gillena.

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  11. Gillena CoxOctober 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation, Dwight

    Much love

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  12. paeansunpluggedOctober 29, 2026 at 4:14 AM

    Wonderful, Gillena! I love it. 💙

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  13. Merril D. SmithOctober 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM

    Well said, Gillena! 💙

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