Long Abcs Poems

Just as honesty plants seeds of integrity
so too
vulnerability plants seeds of honesty.

My primary vocation
in this my gay grandfatherly retiring age
is to parent mindbody challenged adolescents
of diverse colors
as ecotherapeutically as possible
to optimize their and our wealth
of...

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My dearest Mama who is now in heaven,
       
       God be praised and thanked for giving you to me; and yes, to our...

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Baby birds, it's said, are born not knowing 
their notes. They learn them from their mother's 
throats in the way children learn their ABCs 
at parental knees, muh muh muh becoming mother, 
da da da,...

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What is wrong with the people
Today?
  A bunch of dumb people are leading
The way.
 
 Seeks ATTENTION,
You find ABUSE.
  If you hang,
Hang loose.

  Lacking BACKBONE,
Loud and BOASTFUL.
  Mass shooting sprees, 
They...

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A living organism accustomed to existing alive…adapted, acclimatized.
Breathing bodies, beautifully behaving as created, before being theorized.
Corporeal creatures controlled by character traits, occasionally compromised.
Divergent life forms delicately merged into a “Web of Life”, perfectly devised. ...

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Lockdown over, I had to head to school
my pupils waiting to learn the golden rule
I got ready and put on that mask
following the health protocols is a must
How would I each word articulate?
and those whole...

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The ABCs of Things Green

Algae, alligator, artichoke, asparagus, aphids, Andradite,
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Buffalo Treehopper, and beans,
Cuckoo Wasp, Cabbage, cucumber, Common Green Darner, and celery 
Dog Day Cicada, Delphinium flowers diopside and dioptase, (rocks),
Emeralds, eyes, endive,...

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The ABCs of My Poetry Soup Friend, Who Is:

Alluring and fascinating; by her beliefs I am charmed.
Beautiful with good intentions not always understood.
Cheerfully able to endure hurts:  rejection, criticism, and diss-ing. 
Daring, opinionated, and...

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Well I’m seventy-six, but in love, I still feel
Like a sixteen-year-old (whole ‘permission to learn’ bit!)
I sit on the left! Sigh! Dad’s far to my right!
But it’s me in the driver’s seat! God, it’s surreal,
For...

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The ABCs of Another Poetry Soup Friend, Who Is:

Amiable and responsive to many people in need.
Bold when it comes to matters of conservation.
Caring and sympathetic, her heart seeks goodness.
Dismayed at times, her strength endures…even on...

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For over 30 years he has spoken to
us about the goodness of God 
and for over 30 years he has given us 
the meditations of his heart
with the words out of his mouth he presented...

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Sand of wisdom, I seek for your counsel
since you're prudent in warning against building on sinking sand...

Oh, your choice to interview me is commendable...
well, take these ABCs sands for character-building:

Always take a firm stand whether...

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A is for alertness so you know what's going on.
B is for the brain freeze you get before the dawn.

C is cardiopathy so you can keep the beat.
D is for dampness when your trying to...

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A is for Acrostic, where the first letter of each line spells a word
B is for Burlesque, a poetic type bordering on absurd

C is for Clerihew, a short and humorous verse
D is for Didactic, meant...

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SOME PEOPLE… 


some people beg in the corners of the streets –
cover themselves in rags of ex-clothes thickened by the streets’ slime
dig in trash for spoiled foods and dirty empty bottles
huddle above the sewage covers...

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An awesome allures dances amid your words.
Bearing thoughts at daybreak until hope stays life.
Carmel candy lips wait for your cupid’s arrow.
Daisy chains you saved for happily-ever-after.
Eloquent egression when depression arrives.
Fields of fresh flowers float to...

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I am not a stranger to the dark. 
Yes, Im strong to bear the light, 
Even if the darkest of nights bark... 
The best in me will keep up the fight. 

I am with you,...

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A is for Abstract feelings that you can't make sense of.
B is for Boy. The boy who holds my heart.
C is for Caring about him no matter what.
D is for Deadly, love that could break...

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Amazingly, your eyes gleam freshness from heaven.
Before you were seen, you were resting in God's heart.
Clinging to mine, it cannot cease to overflow.
Drawing meaning into life's every crevice,
Each given breath you take awakens mine.
From the...

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To volunteer is one of the nicest things you can do for yourself.
	If you think it is more of a help to another than your own dear heart, then you
			Have not been volunteering at the...

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A is for abundance and access for all.
B is for becoming your best being on this ball.
C is for caring and catalyst for change.
D is for a direction that drives us to arrange.
E is for...

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Abundant wisdom appears to be lacking
Behind the halls of our venerable House.
Could it be our seers are slacking,
Drowned in the spittle of an untenable grouse,
Even now as our country falters?
Fickle spats and t.v. preening
Gives away...

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Let's tell those who spoil us with metaphor
That we're logical enough to understand their error
If turning a rotten situation into a bad one
Is to them a testimonial worthy of approbation

They have simply made it very...

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A is for Alf alien life form
B is for Bay Watch women with form

C is for Cops reality’s top show
D is for Dear John a real funny show

E is for Emergency the Adam-12 off fireman...

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Apple pucker gets things started.
Bacardi Limon, with Sprite of course.
Cactus Juice, on the rocks.
Dirty mother, one of my Kahlua faves.
Eggnog, now even more so my Christmas fave.
French Connection, takes me to France for next to...

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