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Commemoration of the Death of Our Loved Ones
...We commemorate the death of our love ones We don't celebrate the death of our love ones Today is not a great day Today is a very sad day We don't care about wealth, avarice, money and cupidity W......
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Hebert Logerie
Categories:
gaines,
courage, cry, eulogy, farewell,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Bird's Last Flight
...Free Bird's last flight I Need You Midnight Rider Tuesday's Gone Simple kind of man Caught Up In You Gimme Three Steps Hold On Loosely Call Me the Breeze One Way Out The......
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Quoth Theraven
Categories:
gaines,
farewell, memorial, song, tribute,
Form:
List
For Love - One
..."Ah ... to be young!" FOR LOVE ... Driving 15 miles at 2 AM to Get to my girlfriend's house, Parking four blocks down The street, collecting "just The right size" pebbles while ......
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Gregory Richard Barden
Categories:
gaines,
adventure, crazy, love, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Images of the Past and Present
...IMAGES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT Old men like Phil, Howard, Kenny, Walter, and Gaines are forerunners of the past. They walk with canes now and are in blazers and slacks. They still talk game about eq......
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Verlena S. Walker
Categories:
gaines,
age, celebration, christian, community,
Form:
Verse
I Was Just Leaving
...Maybe it’s me Always overly acquainted with the all knowing eyes And the rubbernecking of studying stares The steady flow of innuendo Perplexing The arrows of displeasure aimed in my direction ......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
anger,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
When Nothing Else Matters
...Every night he plays Lost in a melodic never land Far beyond the controlled confusion of this place Where they hear but don’t listen A man and his woodwind meld so sweet Like French vanilla melt......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Forever, For Always, For You
...Sweet Angel of mine Euphoria as high as the eye can see The immediate cultivation of a man In the most blissful of moments On that special day you came to be So delicate, so precious Those dis......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
children, family, kids, love,
Form:
Ballad
Gray Matters
...Today I met a woman of one hundred and one years All her faculties in full cooperation And while hypnotized by her discernment What in hindsight was most likely a fleeting thought Is now a concei......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
inspirational, life,
Form:
Free verse
Saving Grace
...Heavenly Father Has there ever been a day when I was more in your need? For your grace to be the only cure for my sputtering esteem I have wallowed in the valleys and seen my darkest days And tho......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
character, conflict, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Three Days In Paradise
...The sprawling fields of Healdsburg Like grids of perfectly manicured pastures It’s the carpet that spreads across the rolling hills The flawless symmetrical rows of lightly kissing trees Creat......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
beauty, nature, paradise,
Form:
Free verse
Flying Solo
...She struggles to provide the essentials Everyday Every waking moment is like a cast iron weight around her neck But this was her flower And if her only option had been wringing a damp rag This l......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
inspirational, life, strength, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
Those Eyes
...Every part of her so sublime Every gratifying inch Not one mouthwatering piece out of place And not one living soul who wouldn’t stand in line For just one small savory taste But for me It’s......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
desire, emotions, love, lust,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Magic
...The brilliant magician You almost had me Waving that wand seductively from side to side With such effortless finesse Always in tantalizing dress So dangerously hypnotic Magnetized by the way i......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
betrayal, emotions, love,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Hustle Like Me
...They call you corporate? Well then so am I You’re that same guy I saw pass by And cut your eyes in my direction Like I was some kind of menace But we’re both lawless I run my world from where y......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
anger, black african american,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Why You Hate Me
...Never in my life Would I have ever thought The things I knew to be so right Would be so wrong in your eyesight Chastised by my own kind for what you thought to be blatant lies And my true ethnic......
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Daryl Gaines
Categories:
gaines,
anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
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