Best 86 Poems

Banana tin yellow
a little dented in on the side
but still perfect for pedaling

Standing against the wind
eight figs in a basket
sticky white at the ends, been...

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Let’s not forget our calmer gods,
Our babies flooding over our bodies while
Lying on the small and colorful living room rug.
Bug-eyed joy darting into my soul...

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Aloha Spirit

Sol, with his golden crown, greets me each morning
within divine rays extending out over emerald hills
and valleys that absorb his warmth of abiding light.

View...

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He’s 85 and he says he isn’t going to die.
Stooped over very badly, maybe two feet shorter now
than he used to be in his prime
and...

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Learned to drive in 1980; it became a must.
The car I bought soon broke down; “Another One Bites the Dust!”

With two kids by ‘81 -...

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Mighty Ducks win the game
Pass the ball perfect the play
There's so much riding on your fame
Men clad in armor win the day

The crowds are grumbling...

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My dream holiday on an Island so far away
I’ve wanted to go there for many a day

‘Kon-Tiki’ film by Thor Heyerdahl  caught my eye
Now...

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water spurting
from a gargoyle spout…
I am drawn to
the gurgling of a baby
in his mother’s arms
					
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Shall I Twice Pluck Thy Soft, Sweet Fruit

Should I court thee as moth to flame
sky to its wondrous blue?
Some say, love is but a fool's...

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Bouncing up with gratitude
my heart leaps midst jubilant beat
rising to praise God* for His blessings
overtaking me this New Year.

Propelled by the Holy Ghost
my faith strides...

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Preparation
Appreciation
Integrated
Necessity


8-29-17
The two combined 1,2 and 3,4 are going to be personal highlighted poetry prose/didactic titles for future enlightenment. (Or non benefiting nothingness—which is a noun...

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"You, Lord are forgiving and you give abounding 
love to all who call to you."

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Collaboration with Marcello Eans

Enough, Already!

Seriously people, when is enough… enough?
For too many of you, the answer is never.
How can a million a game be living...

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Compassion* kindled by faith
Ignites reaching-out kindness
Sharing gracious hope aglow...
God’s blissful love radiates blest peace.

*Psalm 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion,...

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Spring Day One

Day One of Spring and it’s 86.
Anxiously, the trees have been watched,
Will the old natives burst buds one more time?
How long will puffs...

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