Best Not Far Poems

When everyone goes east, he heads west
to him, every dialogue is a contest
comes into an interaction as the biggest
then leaves agonisingly as the lowest.
When he speaks, you know he is half-honest
even though he truly knows, but not near the best.


He always end up lost in...

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Shed neither tears nor anger vent,
For as you raised her, so she went. 

Written July 10, 2022...

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Not Far at all
We may be apart o'little one. 
Not by those of yours or mine. 
Too far to travel just to say hi and to far just to stay.
 But with the question in mind we can find that way to talk.
You call and...

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Call
me:
do not just think of me!
Write me:
do you think of me?!

Along the forget me nots,
is friendship,
a friendship:
that they once knew.

She watches romantic pornographic videos
and feels guilty, 
over the phone.

© S. Wesley Mcgranor
12/16/20...

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In all facets, its scent blows like the man's coil,
Stop, you are weak!
Now these words make you freak.
From afar, more you walk, here you dwell.
Ravenous? Then swallow grumble and toil.
Top; above your imagination, so many are sick,
Despite this, beginning starts; end to seek?
None to lie,...

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I see our morning golden sun rising
ocean white-caps, rolling west about to spill
cool salty air Seagulls soar, poised for diving
crystal clear sea, Looking for fish, so hover still

Only yards from where I’d toss my pole to fish
where I've set my pad, scribe one poetic line
with...

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we were cavalry, an M48 Patton tank crew, 
usually four; and it was hot and we needed 
a rest and waited for a fuel-up; and we weren't 
far from Hue

on the edge of the thick-green, leech-ridden 
jungle, and felt safe, OK;
and just then we heard...

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There is a magical land not so far away
Where all is colour no shades of grey
Where unicorns joust
and centaurs play

Hush now, listen to the fairies song
Their golden harps sound all day long
The wondrous elves weave a flaxen thread
into a silken sheet for a young princess's...

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It's cold and rainy outside
The leaves are falling to the ground
The approach of another winter
Has me feeling down

Had too many being Canadian
It was exciting in my younger years
But sure can't wait till spring
When we don't have to cover our ears

Some guys who play winter sports
Say,...

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Not Far From Now

Human rights, a chime so gay,
Makes the world a fading ray.
All we need is time; time
For the end of the chime.

The world will soon cease to be,
As death drains life free of fee.
Before then, life will be gay,
Bent by human rights sway.

Before...

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my emotions to art anger for a start!
it makes me stark, open so i hark to the universes spark,
and from the dark peace at heart,
dedicated to a start,
and a future apart from this cold dark December arc,
to each plays their part, entwined its called art,
the...

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Long ago, when a
white man saw his
brothers dark face,
He did not accept
him because he was
different,
How could such a
horrible thing be
true?
The scars, the
bruises, all black
and blue,

Where was the love?
Then, finally, a man
was sent from an
angel above,
No more war,
He opened up for us
a brand new door,

A door...

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It is very strange,

For so many years I have known,

Somewhere, very far,

There is a country called Sweden.

with her capital Stockholm,

where « Karlson, who lives on a roof» is.

and there is really a King and a Queen

in this country.

But I knew nothing about Kerstin,

who is a...

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mother in law quarters not far enough
an elongated visit
it broke up their marriage...

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Unconsciously, she lay there,
Stiffly beneath the covers,
Mummers, desperate murmurs escape from her sleep.

She speaks clearly,
As if it were not a dream,

She vents angrily,
As if it were not a dream,

She repents honestly,
As if it were not a dream

Her words pour out,
Harsh and truthful.

Suddenly, she awakens,
Her murmurs,...

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