Long 40 Poems
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An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
40, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Chapter 71-- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly: Cascades the Triple DateA good time was had by all at
Mother Daughtry's. The next
Day Damian was in his usual
Mood with Molly in her cozy
But large room. He layed on her
Bed she layed on top of him.
"Hmm,"...
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Categories:
40, confidence, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 21-- Dolly Damian and Molly: Cascades Continued IiDolly was beside herself with thoughts
Of this powerful man, Damian Possessing
Her. She wandered around his
Spacious apartment before
Returning to his bedroom
to sit on his bed.
Damian was ready and dressed...
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Categories:
40, emotions, feelings, love, lust,
Form:
Alliteration
Dillen's Continuing Dmv AdventuresI wrote a sad but true urban legend called “Dillen and the DMV” last week.
Here follows an update.
Background Review:
One of my health care employees, Dillen, has wicked ADD, borderline intelligence, not qualifying for disability supports,...
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Categories:
40, betrayal, culture, health, humanity, language, political, race,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Megan's Quest Part 1of7Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn
in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight.
While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered the lawn
in a dance that would...
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Categories:
40, adventure, courage, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and GaoledSelf destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive disorder
nearly left me starving to death.
Anorexia nervosa absent bulimia
nadir of onset
diagnoses...
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Categories:
40, 2nd grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Nowhere Else To GoNowhere Else To Go
Welcome to Israel: Land of Hope.1
(The land of Zion and Jerusalem.)2
Where prophets walked and prophesied,
For their God, our God:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.3
And the Lord spoke to Abram, and he...
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Categories:
40, bible, education, history, jewish,
Form:
Verse
Villanelle: No Man Can On His Own Escape Written Fate, For Thiru-ValluvarVillanelle: No man can on his own escape written fate
For Thiru-Valluvar, the “nameless” author of
the THIRUK-KURAL
Note: In my previous posts, especially on Canto 38, I...
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Categories:
40, beauty, character, creation, god, identity, truth,
Form:
Villanelle
LegendLook up in the sky ! It’s a bird ! It’s a plane.
It’s Superman !
More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This fearless...
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Categories:
40, courage,
Form:
Narrative
A Day On the Farm
"You really wanna know? Cause I'll tell ya if you really wanna know. You'll be thinkin' I'm crazy before I'm done, but I'll tell ya... ifn' you really wanna know."
The day started like any other,...
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Categories:
40, farm, myth,
Form:
Prose
Jesus gave up his life that we might live????John 10:14-15 NIV??
[14] “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— [15] just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life...
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Categories:
40, faith,
Form:
I do not know?
Jacqueline TrestrailOn this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won...
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Categories:
40, mother, tribute,
Form:
Prose
A Chance Conversation At Osmers Hill 1999 Part 1On a typical English day late June Joe travelled the above country road, his buisness was in the construction field, and this day he was estimating work as per customer enqiriy, this being the case...
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Categories:
40, appreciation,
Form:
Narrative
Just -- Trust Me - 1st Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
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Categories:
40, car, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Something Old Something NewIn a matter of months, we would experience the greatest economic ...
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Categories:
40, change, travel,
Form:
Free verse
The Untold Story of a Sitar 3
The Untold story of a Sitar Part 3 Concluded
.
A soothing musical note
Was coming out and floating
In the air
In that White coated
Old auditorium
Of a different era
Which was so alive before...
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Categories:
40, music, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - the ChallengeMy hair bristled in the crisp breeze
Excitement spreading throughout my body
Even the sudden cold amused my fingertips,
Tingles spreading through my hands and up my arms
Soon I would be there too. . .
In the murky shadows...
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Categories:
40, adventure, change, cool, imagination, music, sick, strength,
Form:
Narrative
On Fam'Ly Traditions - 1st ThirdThe one time before they had brought me along - to this cabin - to fish on this lake...this primitive structure that Leo - Dad's granddad - had constantly threatened to sell...
I was a toddler...Father...
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Categories:
40, family, together,
Form:
Narrative
On Coincidences - Both Audio and Text - True StoryThis is a totally true episode from our 40 years spent collecting antiques -
You never know for sure what lays ahead in life, my friend…
And here’s a tale I love to tell, and...
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Categories:
40, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Dad, Continued...cont
Breath...
You once said to me,"I'm a man of extremes," and I understood immediately what you meant. When you drank, you drank hard. When you worked you expected perfection, in yourself not others, because...
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Categories:
40, dad,
Form:
Elegy
Winter, 1948WINTER, 1948 [40 Saxton Street]
for W.W
The winter nights that pass now
are so unlike the winter nights
that passed before, that I often
struggle back in those suspended moments
when sleep grapples for a hold,
to once again hear the...
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Categories:
40, age, childhood, family, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
The Twisting Tale of An Avian Apparition"The discrepancies are many, the dalliances are few,
both pitched against one dynamic, lifelong achievement"
Poking through the woods of the Mill Grove Audubon Estate,
suddenly came upon an ivy-covered studio shed
tucked away amongst foliage near Perkiomen Creek,
apparently...
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Categories:
40, america, appreciation, art, bird, books, dream, history,
Form:
Blank verse
God's Bag of SugarGod's bag of sugar
Burst all over the North
The sweet scent of the stars are pleasant to the eyes.
The limiltless strength of the belt of Orion
Three stars in one belt,
That only God can bind
Bring...
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Categories:
40, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
I Was So LostI Was So Lost
I had been raised in church but a religious church.
They did acknowledge there was a God but
His Son was pictured as dead upon a cross. This
was the picture that I carried...
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Categories:
40, appreciation, baptism, truth,
Form:
Narrative
Wonder As a Political Choice"Wonder
or radical [polypathic, polycultural] amazement
is a prerequisite for an authentic [ecopolitical] awareness
of that which is;
[regenerative love-rooted v degenerative fear-rooted
messages,
actions,
choices,
decisions regarding democratically cooperative
egalitarian
health and security for all];
it [polypathic open-systemic (0)-sum Wonder]
refers not only to what we...
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Categories:
40, culture, earth, education, environment, health, nature, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse