History Friendship Love Poems

You began to write the history of your life
With a kind of fear;
I know not why you are so great;
O, Helen, to me, you are...

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Sometimes, happiness is found in unexpected places,
In the smiles of strangers who cross our paths,
In the kindness of strangers who lend a hand,
& in the...

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Chimbalangism was the doctrine of King Mndala 
        Chimbalanga ndindi from 1830
  He wanted to unite tribes...

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My Love, Fabio

Your skin glows like the apple, blossoms sweet as the dogwood in the purest hope of spring.
My yearning heart rises to your violin...

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Whistle... and I'll come to you...
Through the sea, across the land

And with my mittens, 
Warm your hand



[Inspired by reading "S.O.S. Titanic" by Eve Bunting. Read...

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Circumstance
By Franklin Price
02/05/2022

When we met, by circumstance, so many years a go,
Who would have thought we'd come this far, through all the ebb and flow.
I...

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There’s so much history
Of the many things
Said by you and me.

Reading on through:
The graying fondness
Begins returning to a colorful hue.	

I’m trying to stop believing
In my...

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Do I need a book to tell me to relax?
I can’t believe you told me that

Why would I need a book to show me
How to...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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We Diss, Then Cancel
By: Miracle man
August 5, 2020

Do all run the risk of being canceled today,
Or is this an addition to millennial word play?
We take...

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On a magnificent morning, in the fragrant month of July,
I was heading to a new job, amidst the golden butterflies.

For I had been hired by...

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Old Cars
By Franklin Price
07/17/2020

Old cars were the best cars
A place for teens to play
Bench seats all the way across
No seat belts in the way

Three speed...

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JERUSALEM
Collaboration with Dalia Shahein (Jordan). Posted here on PoetrySoup, 04/21/2017

I, First
My Salem, my shalom, maybe yours as well -
Be well; build a well again –...

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The Skatz had used up their precious time 
‘  through wasted study of mathematics, philosophy ‘and classical rhyme.

Those elusive green Peelers were the new...

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I can be silly and stupid and dumb
And she has my back
Defending my idiocy to each any and all

I can be mean and say hurtful...

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