Long Recorders Poems

Rewind
By Julia Shaw

At seventy-two my life has been so very fine,
That I'd like to push a button and just rewind.
I'd go back to my wedding day so exciting
And marry again the man I found so...

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(Apropos of Black Poetic Griots)

We may not be deemed apostolic recorders
But we poets, guided with divine wisdom, are
The lay scribes thereof in the chronicling of
Our life’s sojourn in the shadowing times
we spend here on this...

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I love my mom 
with unabashed cliche,
                    when we hug, when we 
   ...

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Winds of change 
are fanning the flames 
are fanned by the deranged. 
The flames of misdirection, 
the winds giving chase 
(orchestrated by instruments to enrage. 
Horned cheering section.) 
Drones of the BlackRock, riders in holdings...

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At three a.m. the annoying telephone rings
“Hurricane Kate will soon be making landfall;
Drive to Panama City, start collecting your things” 
Microphones and tape recorders, I pack them all

Just one week till the end of hurricane...

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Verse 1.
How do I know the sun is going to rise;
And how do  I know I can see through my eyes;

How do I know I got space;
When no one wants me to embrace;

CHOURS;
 ...

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Into the tunnel we went
In search of danger, black deeds and terrifying mystery
Armed as the Romans for this ghastly adventure
With EMF*, night vision and digital recorders
Prepared to capture in these haunting sepulchers
Disembodied voices, and hair...

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Space Hoppers, Power Cuts, Texan Bars & Playschool,
Record Players, Tiny Tears, Ford Capri’s (I thought were cool),
Bag Puss, Mrs Thatch, Wonder Woman, Rainbow,
George, Zippy, Rod & Jane, Bungle - have I got them all?
 
Dial...

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Oh, yeah
Let me tell you people, 
Let me tell you bout' the high price of love;

People are in the streets at night;
Looking for prostitutes, while innocent teens say "don't shoot"
Leaving their loved ones in spite,...

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On May 1, 1865, Charleston, South Carolina, 
Freed African Americans held a parade of 10,000 
In honor of 257 dead Union soldiers, 
whose remains they had reburied from a mass grave
in a Confederate prison camp
Although...

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Electromagnetic spectrum, forgive us of our transgressive Trojans, 
as we forgive those for sending viruses, malware and spam to us.  
The configuration of inert wisdom begins with a point and click, 
the encrypted biological...

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Do you really want to love me?
Like the way I want to love you;
Will you accept the way to?
My life broken, I’m not chosen;

My life is in such a mess;
Somehow now, I don’t feel it;
Could...

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Somebody, Somebody;
Help me find;
Help me find;
Somebody help me find;
The Lord;
I've been searching a long time;
I've been having Him on my mind;

somebody help me find;
somebody help me find;
somebody help me find;
somebody help me find the Lord;

I've...

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Then I knew what lay over the distant horizon
For the sun dared me to follow it to the other side
Where light took shape in a proud day’s kaizen,
Morning accompanied yesterday’s journey inside
The frolic of the...

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times ‘r changin’ rearrangin’
     everything here to mars
stars, bars ‘n cars rollin’ 
     trains, planes ‘n internet games 
farmin ‘n cyber space
     races...

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Oh, Electromagnetic spectrum,
Forgive us our transgressive Trojans,
As we forgive those who send us viruses, malware, and spam.
The configuration of wisdom starts with a simple click,
Encrypted commands obey at the flick of a switch.

Will the 30th...

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God is great,
     God is good;
     Let us thank Him for being here;
     And remember, just remember it's Him whom died for us;
...

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And the world stood still
When the liar took centre-stage
Cameras flashing
Tapes rolling
Recorders battling to take down his voice…
 
They all know
That lies unending endlessly flow
From his bottomless tank
Rolling off his tongue
As a bard chants royal praises…
...

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Whispers as the trees gently swayed,
Each leaf having their own story to tell,
Millions of voices quietly Jabbering,
Incomprehensible to human ears
They prattled to each other,
Sometimes as people walked by,
They would rustle their leaves,
As to draw attention,...

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A 'Good Old Days Market' sign seen
With arrows that point to the scene;
     There hidden by wall
     Of stone, very tall,
I ventured and found behind screen,

Some tables...

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As we all grow older, we are confronted with different challenges in life
They can be personal health problems, issues with our children, husband or wife
At some point we will all get sick and we all...

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We the people aren't satisfied;
We come here ourselves to immunize;
To comfort, consoled and revitalize;
Talking bout' saving life's;

we people talking bout God;
and I've done it all myself;

Look at them now;
Turn it about, trying to kill a...

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BETTER MAKE THIS ONE GOOD

It’s all succinct until we leap.
Of this day, for three, not a peep.
Grow older, slower — now that’s deep.
February Twenty-ninth!

On horseback, knight awaits orders,
until day he can leave borders,
leap past the...

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I have never been to a point in my life;
Where I've been so all alone;
No one,
to love me;
No one who cared;

I have never been to a  place in my life;
Where I've been so all...

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I'm all alone by myself 
I'm all alone by myself 
I have never been to the place of my life where I been so alone 
No one to hold me know what who cares
Alone
Alone to...

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