History Innocence Poems

 Love is always a majestic,
             long-lived, long-suffering
     ...

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Shaking to its core, the cries go unheard across a nation.

Eyes and ears are glued to a screen,
that can only translate the pain we cannot...

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Daughters  of today  with your purpose and beauty,
Know your worth and stand tall with pride and dignity.
You are more than what you see...

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ONCE THIER INNOCENCE HAS BEEN SHOT

One of my favorite qualities in children…of which they are innately blessed
is the enthusiastic, unbridles innocence…which they all possess.

Children will...

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Across the barren plains
The sounds of silence I recall
Aftermath of fierce fighting
This was no Indian love call,
Moans of proud nations vying
No manifest destiny for all
An...

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How time flies!
It waits for no one
It is a master of itself 
And owes allegiance to none

Time ticks all the way
And records perfectly
Man’s activities on...

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I will take flight, into another zone
how far off to wander 'tis now not known
no regret, as dear point is to be free
beyond sadness, into...

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Justice For George

In Honor of George Floyd and the innocent lives stolen before and after him…
-God Bless the family of George Floyd

-From my heart to...

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I have always lived in this house.
Yet, these floors I don’t seem to remember.
From parlour to pantry there were once rugs
from Persia and Minton tiles...

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We dream of reason 
A dry season
a setting of the western sun
A dark wraith 
a bold hold of hands-on high
A reason for the gun
A black...

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Forsake me my clumsy heart
I have known peace and joy
But held them as a baby held a toy
How foolish a mischief on my part

Daring darling...

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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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I skip, 
like stones skimming on a lake-
The song that awakens
the ripest memories; 
how your eyes 
widen 
whilst your thumbs 
outline me.

The way your face...

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We were a generation free of super-technology.
Yes, we had our records and tv
and the airlines for speedy travel. And yes, 
there had been wars throughout...

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A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...)...

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