Long Acquires Poems

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An Event
The Picture of Dorian Gray, a decent fanciful novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in 1890. The novel, the only one written by Wilde, had...

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Herein, the evolutionary positive psychologist's voice is that of C,
leaning sometimes toward the yang-ego identity side,
while the evolutionary ecopolitician's voice,
doing his best to play WinWin ecotherapist, is D.

C: The best way to live is by...

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August 13th, 2021 – twenty two years since...

Wicked bad designed day poem originally crafted
then alternately titled for no particular rhyme nor reason: 
courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey  
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia. 

August thirteenth nineteen hundred and...

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(alternately titled: courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey  
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia 

August thirteenth nineteen hundred and ninety nine
forever etched in annals of my personal infamy
as one still sending hair raising shivers down my spine
which following unpleasant...

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To understand poetry you must read poetry
   By External Journalist

It is said that a teacher from the countryside once asked Mario Quintana:
 What should I read to understand Shakespeare?
And the poet answered her...

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Even the Shield of the Seraphim, a spell, Dr. Strange can summon,
as a protective barrier against mystic and physical threats:
reflecting negative energy away and reducing aggressive impacts,
could not be summoned in time to save...

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Ever the gracious recipient of largesse!

Estrangement swiftly harries stylishly tailors
mine psyche courtesy family of origin, plus
eldest daughter, whose doth rage against this
human machine, albeit yours truly, beatle
browed, black crows, foo fighter (biological
daughter), a presumption aye...

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OldSockFable 
OldSockFable 
 
 
3Fabel4 
 
 
 One old sock afforded free the one they thought the drier ate the one they 
dropped by accident the basket overflowed in haste of want to escape...

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Walking lonely through the dark
In the night time I did embark
Upon a mission to clear my mind
Answer to questions I wish to find

I walk onward through quiet streets
My footstep noises aloud repeats
As I approach in...

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Ancient and modern is this heartbeat 
of a kingdom of four territories;
becoming the first biter to the endocarp of industrialization;
the first host to a global carnival of sports;
running the eldest of all notable department stores
and...

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"in the guest house of the dead
where pain and mourn summoned me
a blood call of an impromptu visit
my dearest poem poked out itself
in an express tell, it loudly spell
“we fade away slowly and silently too…..”
And...

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Necessarily to Samora


On the stream, a cork was thrown
She sank in
She tripped on
She was picked up
A beach, a wave and a sailing ship don’t matter.
You will arrive at the time of coming back. 
-Faceless towards...

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The sound of 
the wind is 
the
 wind that 
makes the 
sound

what is a 
sound?
What is a wind?
What is the sound?
What is the 
wind?

What is the 
sound of the 
wind?

Censored the 
sound is 
shimmering
to fissure...

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Education
the light of our life
A gift of academic rife
Education
the key to a bright and 
rewarding future
A glue that joins our 
dreams like a suture
Education
A path to divine success
A smooth drive to our 
greatness
Education
gives our thinking...

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Our thoughts are whispered in the cool night breeze. 
I often fall into this snare when I opine around your demise. 
The breeze whispers, and the spirit hangs tight for my appease. 
I've completely failed...

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To free a cicada (trapped inside our bedroom)...

Yours truly bug buster Harris - August
twenty fifth two thousand twenty one
(at approximately 4:20 Post Meridian)
felt nearly paralyzed, neutralized,
limned, thus jump started travails,
and went emotionally bust
watching helpless and...

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1
from the utterance of the clouds I can understand now
there is no particular season which may be called as rainy 

in any time those weak-days may be drenched 
the water-mark of the candles may exist...

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From the greenest acres of laden wood
The painted asphalt of a future's path
In breathless moments of events withstood
Upon the virtue of Jehovah's wrath
Founded a nation in united task
Brought forth the torrent souls of righteous gain
The...

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ELECTRONS OF THE ETERNAL LIFE
Birth is  the origin
From there forth
Ageing starts,
It acquires a negative sign.
This ends up in a death,
Defined  as seventy years,
A hundred and ten,	
Forty
Or even hours after birth.
The opposite side
Of the...

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Dangerous trend indeed,

A safety check is the need,

We can't ignore and proceed,

This was a monstrous deed,

Hearts of all severely bleed,

To save children I plead,

A happy life, they must lead

We must work with top speed,

Minds of...

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Written: August 31, 2023
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With your feet rooted deep in the earth,
And your mind soaring high into rebirth
Claim your excellence, embrace your worth,
Subsume the duality that governs your mirth. 
 
For it is in acknowledging both...

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Memories are walls
desecrated by graffiti of remembrance

well intentioned people
all around  
and me
playing that „warm rabbit“ game
(take a guess who the rabbit is)

it feels like I'm one of those happy faces on Kerouac's road

I feel...

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A poet’s journey as goes on
A winding wobbly road
That hath many ups and downs known,
To me it scarce sounds odd
Were he to see dusk with the dawn,
And pens a Palinode.  

Comes old age and...

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 Written: September 29, 2023
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Silence has an inherent sense of fame.
stance that orates itself without a name.
Before the earth was claimed by sound,
Silence knew it would inherit all around.

Perched on a wall, a cat decries stardom.
Amid...

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Thorns lament
The daunting face of a beggar
one that smiled at a child
understanding words through insight merits

You become the barb wired fences 
where to the blind idiots holding guns 
a man of understanding acquires skill
cursing the...

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