Thanksgiving Blank Verse Poems

Due to the extreme measures my 
identity thieves have taken in order 
to extort my American poetry from 

mafia wise guys to corruption to Jamaican...

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we used to love it when we reached the end of the turkey
we kids were allowed to compete in the wishbone challenge
my brother Larry Joe...

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One needs to believe in good ~ not evil, 
our life is short then we go far away. 
Many believe in the heaven above, 
many...

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Thanksgiving is almost here,
annoying school bells have stopped ringing.
Turkeys are huddling, out of sight,
and the garbage men are singing.

We’re beginning to prep side dishes,
slicing, dicing,...

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For saving my life
When there was a plot to end it

For loving me
When I felt unloved

For treating me with kindness
When some were unkind

For standing by...

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We give thanks...for what...do you know...you don’t
remember cause if you did you might not be giving thanks
in the way of this celebration...cloaked in lies, wanton
stories...

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Think to thank for things!...

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Since my birth I was wondering
Who is the important man on earth
Yes, a mother is an important person on earth
But she is not a man.

Which...

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Love-filled mirth of great jubilant feeling
Affirming radiant merriment’s glee
Uplifting mood as response to humor...
Glad gestures released by brain’s endorphins
Heighten sound production of “ha-ha-ha…”
Triumphantly propelling eyes...

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I Found a Knife in the Desert

Folks chucked trash in the desert for 10,000 years.
The knife, perhaps not dumped, but lost?
The blade, seven inches long,...

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Quantum Directness

There is an approach 
to self-recognition
arriving daily to many..
A direct recognition
of what we are
comes from a 
very subtle noticing..
A soft kick
off the line on...

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curtains

the curtain torn
is the light exposed..
as centurions all
we carry dark curtains
concealing our light..
exposure might come
with shock and awe
or right now
in a quiet pause...

(ref:  Matthew...

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Thanksgiving, 2017

Why state the year
when the true Thanksgiving
is timeless..
We give Thanks perhaps..for
 the turkey and dressing
or the new home
or a future brightening..
These passing Thanksgivings
outpour from...

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"I"
What do we mean when we repeat
this most common of words..?
Most of us would say
a multiplicity of things
many names of occupations
locations and the resume
most recently...

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November is disappearing quickly
autumn colors remain unnoticed by the masses
only thing to look forward to is Thanksgiving,
but after the turkey and pumpkin pie are gobbled...

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