Long A few(a) Poems

Once upon a time, there were two little villages, Rowling and Tolkien, that lived in peace with each other.  Rowling and Tolkien had many, many children, some very young, others young, and a few...

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So, I'm told I have 100 billion neurons
(by someone ignorant of youth's indiscretions)
each with about a thousand synapses,
to connect its own specific grandeur or fear
to a grand of other neurons and their neuroses

and all of...

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We drive home in the rain -
a hectoring spray.

The car is preoccupied;
four significands -
a dog,
an ex-wife,
a son
and a prevailing spouse.
There are gossiping ghosts also;
past memories too damp now to be defined. 

Some link arms and...

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Festival of Lights

The festival of lights came during the darkest of times..!!
The lord of lords returned home, defeating the great king who was lost..!!
Today during the darkest phase of my life, I wish I could...

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I've been to many places.
     Seen so many things.
This is where I'll stay, my friends,
     Where the bell of freedom rings.
But let me tell a story,
 ...

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A home we hear is just a place for us to hang our hat,
But I would like to show you a home is so much more that that.
A home is for your newborn who enter...

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In 1989 I rode the duty train with covered windows across the East German countryside, forewarned not to look outside.  I arrived in that island of freedom, which was surrounded by oppression, tyranny, and...

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Liquid Moods

A river lives in many moods.

Serenely flowing, it paints a peaceful oil
Of powerful tranquility.
It’s strength is hidden within it’s flow
And life is sustained within it’s course.

When dancing, happily over riffles, rocks and shoals
It sings...

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MIRACLES

What’s next
On the long list of  miracles?
Talk of ‘thin air’
(He seemed to vanish into thin air)
Yes!
But is the air really thin?
It seems    from past discoveries    the air is...

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It seems fitting
To reach for the bottle
That's what society tells you to do

When your life is in free fall
You either starve yourself or reach for the bottle
Its really up to you

I can do both
Keeping up...

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Poetry Soup Decided

What if I were eventually to respond
By writing poem with my magic wand
And as the wild wand will start to wave
I had become some sort of poetry slave.
(as the wild wand (not WANT)...

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A deluge was in that first drop that fell
Water from the heavens to wash away the hell.
Raindrops beyond number, as many as the stars
Each one adding to the other, as rising water starts.

A deluge laid...

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The George Chronicles : I'm Here

Early last evening I left home from work
I had you on my mind.....
passing the same roads I took before
nothing has changed but I wished for...
time to slow down...
I hit a...

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when it was all blue
the sky, the water and my eyes
i tossed the idea around
but i was late to the party
so making up for lost time
we stumbled upon a few dance steps 
and ended up...

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Hello hello hello
Can you see me?
Darling please
Just look at me

Did you forget?
What we had
Did you forget?
That I am yours? 

Months ago, just a few a years ago
I thought we were friends forever
Now days ago, just...

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