Long Alight Poems
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Psychologically still thirteenPsychologically still thirteen
Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a juncture in relationship,
(whereby one or the other of us)...
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Categories:
alight, 7th grade, age, angst, birth, blue, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Fate decreed sexting or texting while married abominableFate decreed sexting/texting while married abominable
Therefore karma caught up to me big time
and delivered yours truly sent to purgatory
(figurative speaking) by casting a spell,
whereby the government issued Safelink
Tracfone got permanently disabled
and all the data
(including contact...
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Categories:
alight, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Pursuit of Infinite Knowledge and Understanding(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)
The student stands where shifting sands of thought
Once firm with reason
now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes
a threadbare fading strand,
A quest for wisdom
in this digital land.
Sage:...
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Categories:
alight, journey, passion, philosophy, psychological, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Adieu - Part 1Do you remember?
We lay in the moonlight, exhausted and content,
Moments from perfection, skin glistening with moisture,
Salty and sweet from love - love so amazing
That it stunned us every time ...
Always better than before, and always...
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Categories:
alight, heartbreak, love, passion, romantic, sad love, true
Form:
Free verse
And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly staring back at my
Abject countenance with detached contempt and...
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Categories:
alight, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Celena, Brave Celena- Part 1From Judges 11.
Pronunciation: Seh-LAY-nah
His brothers cast the young man out, the child of an harlot;
He fled away to distant Tob before they found an outlet
For anger, more than what they'd done, to fully disinherit
And drive...
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Categories:
alight, assonance, bible, christian, dance, goodbye,
Form:
Narrative
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum and a thunderous beast
With playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide to dreams just out of reach
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles and Squeaks.
Moo! Quack! Giggles tumble and bump.
Flaps...
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Categories:
alight, adventure, books, childhood, imagination, literature, mystery, teen,
Form:
Narrative
Classified Part ThreeThe photograph that Tim had shown me a few hours earlier certainly did not do it justice.
From what I could see it was a large triangular shape on three legs which were all at a...
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Categories:
alight, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
The Twins, Part 1In the dark of night a wind took hold,
With powers charged to shake the sky,
By moody swings of gods up high,
Their breath alone enraged and bold.
In the dark of night history spoke,
Of a world alive...
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Categories:
alight, brother, philosophy, symbolism, visionary, , cute,
Form:
Prose
Uncle Arthur‘She’s on again - the annual campin’ trip regatta,
and we’ve got ourselves together for our plans to Wonnangatta.
The high country; you can’t beat it for the peace and quiet
unless of course some plans get...
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Categories:
alight, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Megan's Quest Part 5of7At that moment an explosion of mud filled the air
as their tension was now largely increased.
They tried to gather their wits but all took to stare
as for...
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Categories:
alight, adventure, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
June 12th 2017 Transition Revisited and Revised Today 4 2 2021June 12th 2017 TRANSITION revisited and revised today 4/2/2021
While scrolling over outdated docs
(i.e. namely OpenOffice documents)
derrière seated upon hard backed chair,
yours truly came upon following poem
to share with anonymous readers,
whereby slight modifications
got made to...
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Categories:
alight, adventure, angel, anxiety, blessing, conflict, husband, july,
Form:
Rhyme
UnfinishA Dark Identity
Days into nights... time without time
Normalities of everyday life beckons to remain
Shadows with lights.... to find to define
I am he who goes by without a name
The world is only up to date
And I’ve...
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Categories:
alight, on writing and words, me, world, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Justice In the Quest For LoveI saw how martyrs longed for love, and so began the play of my flitting heart
A strange girl had I become, with airs of fickle dream,
My heart an embodiment of wonder to all that dared...
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Categories:
alight, beauty, birth, change, inspiration, life, light, love,
Form:
Narrative
Michael Joseph JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural...
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Categories:
alight, abuse, addiction, america, angel, anniversary, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
A Former Great Nations Squandered Wealth ISwept up into piles; everywhere
Abouts; in collected heaps all
Around.
It is almost as if the drab
Streets were strewn...
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Categories:
alight, philosophy, senses,
Form:
Rhyme
Laura Norder 2 - New Balls PleaseLaura Norder took her gun and strapped it to her thigh
The skirt she wore was so damned short she had to strap it high
And stood there on the corner where the street lamps dare not...
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Categories:
alight, courage,
Form:
Narrative
Rough Roads To RoamThe flames of the furnace (well-travelled by wind
slowly glazing the rags of gray women chagrined
at the sight of a hair fleeing tresses now thinned)
sometimes billow like waves flooding naves through the night,
when the lightning...
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Categories:
alight, culture, earth, humanity, planet, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Spirit of ChristmastideSpirit of Christmastide
Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette
in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of
crystal laughter...
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Categories:
alight, christmas, december, joy, love, nostalgia, winter,
Form:
Narrative
My Daughter's SmileMy Daughter's Smile
By Linda Hays-Gibbs
There is a light, a light so sweet, comes from a smile beaming out from deep-within a soul, of infinite warmth, a burning coal alight with dawn, a tune to...
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Categories:
alight, children, emotions, feelings, inspirational, religion, religious, smile,
Form:
Ballad
Log Cabin By the Railway TrackHilda my partner turned in her bed as the early morning train hurtled by at breakneck speed sending tremors round our dwelling.
Those long flowing tresses embrace the shafts of first light so enthusiastically.
An otherworldly spot...
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Categories:
alight, adventure, change, cool, creation, destiny, environment, imagination,
Form:
Prose
Whar Art Thou Dame of My DreamWhar art thou dame of my dream?
Eagerness readily overtakes me prior
to succumbing to nightly slumber.
Tis boot a blink when eyelids become relaxed
adrift abed invariably occurs counting backwards
from one hundred –...
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Categories:
alight, absence, addiction, allusion, angel, appreciation, celebration, red,
Form:
Rhyme
The Day Murphy Came To TownOne day in early summer Murphy the Irishman came to town,
He rode upon a matted mule , his face was burnt and brown,
The corks that hung from his bushman's hat persuaded flies to keep away,
But...
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Categories:
alight, humorous,
Form:
Verse
Doomsday Clock Minute HandDoomsday Clock minute hand...
hovers over 100 seconds to midnight
as of January 2022,
which apocalyptic prognostication
established by the Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists
maintained since 1947,
the clock quantifies a metaphor
for threats to humanity
from unchecked...
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Categories:
alight, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Rum n Raisin 15 - World Wide WebIf you’re a human, a word of advice
Don’t leave computers with cats, rats or mice
If these share your home but you need to be gone
For heavens sake make sure that you’re not logged on.
Some creatures...
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Categories:
alight, animal, cat, dog, humorous,
Form:
Narrative