Best Stem The Tide Poems

* For Mary Kathleen Lessard Caithness *

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cast tie-lines to shadowy depths above
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...oooOOO Tears of Gold OOOooo...
Prickling hot glistening tears from the eyes above
Fall in little rivulets round the nose out of pain, thoughts or love
Hot tears roll down the cheeks cooling as they fall
Salty on the lips they pass they don’t stall.
Tears of pain, tears for...

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The once was a Native American Navajo
Who served his country and to war did go.
He wrote codes by the score
Which helped end the war
But came home to no fame, “Oh, no.”

The World War II ends in ‘45
Choctaw and Comanche side by side
Broke the back of...

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When times make me wary, where do I seek strength to carry
me through? I pray the chaos, loss, and grief won’t tarry
till all are bereft, with nothing of our “normal” left. 
God of Grace, please let not our rock of hope be cleft.

When typical closeness...

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A dream that passes once is not much worthy of the pen,
but I've seen you so much more; tonight I will again. 
I want to try and trust you, though I pause and hesitate,
even in my slumber, I still tremble at the gate.

You are so...

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Happiness
By Franklin Price
4/7/2015
inspired by June Baker

Happiness how to define
Is your happiness the same as mine
Having things for which hell bent
Or is it just to be content

Keeping up with Alias Jones
Expensive cars and camera phones
Yachts and mansions first class cruisers
If you don't have them are you...

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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - LXXVII

IF ever I had a country proud of its wall-less porous boundary

And if ever by no mistake of the Supreme High Command of the International Militaro-Business Conspiracy I were appointed the CHIEF TARIFF IMPOSER and Eminence Grise of...

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Monstrous Loonies in the air;
Monstrous Loonies everywhere,
Monstrous Loonies without a care;
That's our politicians!

Monstrous Loonies worldwide,
Monstrous Loonies, nowhere to hide!
Monstrous Loonies, let's stem the tide;
Of useless politicians.

Monstrous Loonies, a set of dopes,
Monstrous Loonies, how can we cope?
Monstrous Loonies, we need some hope!
But not through politicians!

Monstrous Loonies...

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The ill-equipped revolutionaries fought and died to set this nation free.
Against all odds they triumphed sending George's troops back across the sea!
The precious freedoms we cherish today were won due to their staying power.
It can truly be said of those courageous men that - "This...

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Into the forest I go
To cut myself some wood;
A cabin I’ll build, 
A shelter from the cold.

I’ll build a firm foundation
Burrowed deep within the land, 
I’ll place upon its surface
The rock I hewed by hand.
 
I’ll carve each log smooth,
I’ll notch them till they fit;...

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They keep telling me time is on my side.
But I'm not sure that time can stem the tide.
When things begin to go down south.
And life leaves you down in the mouth.
All I know is to run and hide.

And with the passing of the days.
Life can...

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Before I Can Cry

My heart is breaking deep inside,
Some how I must try to stem this tide.
My heart has been told many a lie,
I have to ease the pain, before I can cry.

You left me this morning; you couldn’t take any more,
I have lost my...

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I watch a hare race all about the woods, 
Along with children from the neighborhoods. 
Stiletto claws of hawk pounce on a mouse 
While I am watching from the wooden house. 

Today I watch the rain slide down the drain 
As silver-threaded drops still drip...

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Emotions get the best of me
at times. I’ve felt betrayal’s bite;
the pain runs circles in my mind
and owns me. I’m too weak to fight.

When into this unhealthy mix
comes anger, I try mightily
to stem the tide. I say, “Enough!
Now of this torture, I’ll break free!”

Then long-past...

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I don’t want to hate…but when I hear hate spewing from other people’s mouths…when I see the way certain people are treated for being who they are…when I see Ukrainians on the run…
I don’t want to hate…is easier said…than done.

But that’s what hate is counting...

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