Long Alarm bell Poems

A child lights our way in life...
The greatest gift there is to be.
They suppress our selfish inclinations...
They set our passions free.

They give sense to our mortality.
They put narcissism in its place.
With a child... you're a...

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The lights stream out the tunnel,
The tube stops at the platform, 
Passengers interchange.

I wonder if the man in the suit,
Ever stopped to think about that guitar player,
The busker he never thought to spare a little...

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As a new day arises, you are once again faced with that trenched alarm bell.
You open your eyes to feelings of emotional turmoil in the pit of your stomach, a remembrance of this living hell....

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The Monologue of Saul



(A lone voice whispers)



Do people 
Maybe even you 

Who have ever been broken in two 
By love

Sometimes sit wondering 
What was I thinking of

Was I seduced by a dark dream from those...

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"No, they are assassins from Akrah!"
"They cannot be my Lord, we have orders to take them in!
"They are assassins, I say. You shall not take them in!"
"Whatever, my orders are to take them in."
"And if...

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Impatient floodwaters at dams
Waiting for shutters to open, 
A hodgepodge of puppets
Excited to perform: at deep slumber, 
Waiting for my eyes to close, 
The naughty byproducts of my brain!

I fly, glide: liberating!
I sing with a...

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In these a-dying days,
people are given mo’ grief news
Hope cost less than
a jug bottle of dirt cheap booze

While the crying game
is being played
over and over,  time again hence

Death has a new name:
Covid-19
is the ICU...

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* Dedicated to Constance, the Rambling Poet
   Written for her "Follow the Rules" contest
   By Carolyn Devonshire

For simply failing to walk between the road’s white lines‘~~~~

As a teen my sister got...

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ONE NIGHT AT AN OYSTER BAR

        "Do they have steak?", he said
      to his friends, while passing time,
     ...

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A word of caution... the alarm bell sounds,
        you will hear no absent cheering.
But be aware... some people care
        to flaunt...

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"Love Weaves A Mysterious Magic Spell"                             ...

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I woke up this morning, the clouds all grey
No birds were singing, no music played 
"Up in flames" the alarm bell rings
Another day of surviving begins

Up bright and early, heart scan today
What happens next is...

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it’s lonely standing outside the cage
  with the left of centre attitude
             as
the majority look upon 
     ...

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When looking for a quack with spiked rates
Some try the Windowed Office of Bill Gates
Coz right on the spot
He’ll give you a shot
But be prepared to accept his dictates
	
His business, Microshot, you may know
Needled itself...

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Was absolutely healthy, fit and fine     
With Lifestyle of jogging, gym, laugh & be merry   
One day ... alarm bell rang at odd time     ...

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A silent storm is brewing within my chest
A benumbing chill sets my soul aflame
A warm welcome sets alarm bell ringing,
In the realm of hush at the dawn of dusk
do you hear the swooshing
  ...

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From the smallest of handbells to bells that are heavy,
bells of all types make a large bevy.

Small bells are often the tinkling kind
like decorative ones in some stores we find.

There are ring-a-ling bells and bells...

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There was a time I was just me
quite happy that way thought I ok
but deep inside I didn't know
something not right in my piece of clay

I lived with eyes that couldn't see
a mind that truly...

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The wind blows in from the sea. 
Telling tales of misery. 
Ships and men lost in the night. 
Wrecked and sunk, out of sight. 
Boasting, whistling, shrieking to hell. 
Hear the tolling of the alarm...

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