Best Grandness Poems

I walk along the old familiar path in the wood of my childhood -
the place that I willingly abandoned  
for the lure of new friends and activities 
that carried me ever farther from my simple carefree days.

Nothing here is quite the same,
and all that...

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Lost in a vast forest of old paths, winding
A damp cold place of gnarled trees, twisting
Whispers of solemn grandness
And hues of greenness
This writer's
Bliss
This dreamer's
Forlorn deep darkness
Where drooping branches caress
And dark poetic thoughts are rambling
Lost in a vast forest of old paths, winding


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February 12, 2015

Poetry/Rhyme/Poetic Bliss
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Lilac lavender leaves fluttered ethereally
over the smooth sea of the placid lake.
A shimmer of light shone over the calm waves,
as they rolled silently and collectively 
towards the sandy shore now lit
by the rising of the amber full moon.

Wave after wave composed
a lyrical enchanting melody
played by...

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Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it 
be salted? It is henceforth cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Matthew 
5:13 KJV 

In ancient history, salt was sought and bartered. In...

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Oh, splendorous tree, limbs reaching high
with grandness framed by endless sky-

your epic branches sway in rhythmic dance
while rustling leaves whir with breeze-
concerting their own song.

Of nature's boundless beauties, you, grand tree,
display epitome of form and grace-
from mighty trunk that twists and bends, carefree,
to mingled branches,...

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I just read the most beautifully written, 
articulate poem today and envied
Why cant I write a poem like that! 
As I travel through mind sheds 
Blown out by too much drink.

I can neither contend nor describe
These descents into darkness.

The waking hours when all else sleeps
Unravel...

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God is Dead?

Hubris, man's nature
A God, self-proclaimed
Nietzsche opined he's dead 
Conceit, we laugh and say, no way

Self-professed with special attributes
Sympathy, love, reciprocity; how divine
Exalting our human virtue
So convenient; unfortunately, so blind

We sublimate our consciousness
Valiantly creating a magnificent reality
The audacity
Willfully blind; to only see what we...

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Down a mountain, from the highest point it flows
Cloudy white it comes into view, blocking sight
The fog delights in its grandness, where it shows
Power of the ground cloud, coming during night
The humidity is high bringing moisture
Having droplets of water in the mixture
It flows down the...

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When lyrics and music are combined they take on a whole new life.
When chlorine and sodium assimilate they make salt.
Separately they are limited, combined they are significant.
Together we can accomplish much, divided we dither. 

 Salty Sentinels
By James E. Tate

Sodium ions stable, assembled on the...

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The crowd pushes as your soul pulls,
You along your path to obscurity,
Where the light is engulfed,
By the clouds of eternity...

Timidly you lag behind,
Lost in the eddies of time,
And slowly you trudge,
To the same old grind...

But for the one who sees,
Dreams in splendored color,
The seeker holds...

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The boy I was so many years ago
Loved to visit his grandpa
Who lived in the best of places 
This city dweller could imagine so

Those Ozark Mountains were adventure to me
I the boy and trusted BB gun in tow
Did explore the river bottom and climb tall...

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I have half a mind,
To just let go,
Let go of notions,
Which plague me so.

What's it really matter,
If I lose or if I win,
Isn't it that I played,
That matters in the end?

I played from the heart,
And gave it all I got,
With honor and pride,
I've attained this...

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I'm fading into oblivion;
I am slowly disappearing
under the shadow of who
has no comparison.
I am but a speck
in the grandness
before me.
My love;
you....

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There, in the kitchen of this modest dwelling,
A cheerful room, in spite of its lack of grandness
Home to the little family
Who gathered together each evening
For string beans and mashed potatoes,
Eating with relish at the rectangle of oak
They recounted a day filled with stories
Of the playground...

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Aspire to be more than you are today
Strive for betterment in every way

Yearn for grandness in all aspects of life
Rise above apparent obstacles and strife

Seek the truth in all that you do
Commit to resolution and see it through

Breathe inspiration into every endeavor
Succumb no negative forces...

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